Project Director - Mission Critical

Big-D$110K — $130K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in construction management, architecture, or engineering or related field required
  • 10+ years in construction leadership
  • Experience with mission critical or data center projects preferred
  • Experience in managing campus-scale programs preferred

Responsibilities

  • Leads commissioning strategy across multiple projects
  • Oversees commissioning managers and agents
  • Develops and implements commissioning plans and schedules
  • Coordinates with teams to integrate commissioning into master project schedule
  • Manages the commissioning process for critical systems
  • Collaborates with user groups for smooth transition from construction to operation
  • Participates in job closeout process

Benefits

  • 100% Medical & Dental premiums paid for
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with Employer Contribution
  • PTO & Holidays
  • 401k with match
  • Life Insurance & Disability paid for
  • Supplemental Benefits available
  • Company Vehicle
Full Job Description
Big-D Mission Critical is looking for a Project Director who will lead the successful delivery mission critical construction projects by providing strategic oversight and operational leadership across all phases of the project lifecycle.

This position can be based in Salt Lake City, UT or in a traveling role.

Position Summary:

This role ensures projects meet safety, financial, schedule, and quality objectives while maintaining strong client relationships and proactively managing risk. The Project Director serves as a key leader in advancing the organization's mission critical market presence, guiding teams through complex technical and commercial challenges, and ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and industry best practices.

Experience/Training:

  • Bachelor's degree in construction management, architecture, or engineering or other related field required.
  • 10+ years in construction leadership
  • Mission Critical or data center projects preferred
  • Campus-scale programs preferred


Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned to meet business and project needs)

  • Leads commissioning strategy across multiple projects
  • Oversees commissioning managers and commissioning agents
  • Develop and implement commissioning plans, schedules, and procedures for construction projects with commissioning agents, user groups, subcontractors, and construction team members
  • Coordinate with design and construction teams to review project requirements and ensure that commissioning activities are integrated into the master project schedule
  • Manage the commissioning process for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, building controls and other critical systems
  • Manage pre-functional and functional testing of equipment and systems to verify proper installation and functionality
  • Manage documentation of commissioning activities, test results, and equipment certifications
  • Collaborate with user groups to ensure a smooth transition from construction to operation
  • Solution-oriented troubleshooting
  • Schedule and review factory witness testing
  • Help coordinate and verify site acceptance verifications
  • Ensure all testing L1-L5 is properly performed and documented
  • Work with various manufactures, subcontractors, vendors and customer for equipment energizations and start-up
  • Prepare for and manage materials necessary for commissioning process
  • Write and track RFI's and document general best practices and procedures
  • Submit and track change orders
  • Manage commissioning teams for each scope including mechanical, electrical, controls and CxA
  • Develop comprehensive commissioning schedule and prepare for recovery
  • Hold prep meetings, safety briefings and commissioning coordination meetings
  • Review and approve testing scripts with CxA/customer and ensure feasibility with subcontractors
  • Participate in job closeout process
  • Monitors and enforces, along with project team, safety and OSHA standards to maintain safe working environment for all employees and site visitors
  • Understands and can build a commissioning schedule
  • Works with project team and subcontractors to ensure detailed commissioning schedule is met
  • Proactively mitigate foreseen constraints, and assist in implementing plans to maintain or recover schedule
  • Communicate unresolved constraints and impacts in a timely manner as well as plans to mitigate impacts
  • Help ensure most up to date project documents are supplied to subcontractors and CxA
  • Assist with redlining and updating drawings as you progress through commissioning
  • Full understanding of commissioning process and able to provide quality control review of plans/specifications and documentation
  • Responsible to provide technical and procedural commissioning direction to internal and external shareholders
  • Understands equipment issue priorities and their effect on process, drives issue resolution
  • Strong understanding of LOTO and energy management throughout testing evolutions


Benefits

  • 100% Medical & Dental premiums paid for
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with Employer Contribution
  • PTO & Holidays
  • 401k with match
  • Life Insurance & Disability paid for
  • Supplemental Benefits available
  • Company Vehicle


NOTE: Interested applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and become the property of Big-D Construction. #LI-Onsite

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