Duke Energy Corporation

Project Director - Project Management and Construction (PMC)

Duke Energy Corporation$120K — $150K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degrees preferred.
  • 9+ years of related work experience; alternatives accepted for experience in lieu of degree.
  • Strong expertise in Project Management, Decision Making, and Problem Solving skills.
  • Familiarity with utility business operations or new generation projects.
  • Professional certifications (PMP, CMII) and licenses (PE) are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the project organization, ensuring effective team performance and resource planning.
  • Facilitate communication among stakeholders, leading regular project meetings and status reports.
  • Oversee project planning activities to meet PMCoE standards, including scope definition and funding authorization.
  • Ensure excellence in project execution covering all aspects from planning to close-out.
  • Mentor and provide leadership development for Project Managers and Project Controls staff.
  • Craft and deliver project presentations to senior management and external stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment promoting flexibility.
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentoring.
  • Access to a wide range of internal resources and network for project success.
  • Engagement with senior leadership and external stakeholders in significant projects.
Full Job Description
Important Application Submission Information
In order to ensure your application is successfully received before the job posting expires, please submit your application by 11:59 PM on Sunday, August 9, 2026

Project Director (PD) position opened to support the expanding portfolio within PMC's Gas Development organization. Work is underway on development of various natural gas combined-cycle and simple-cycle facilities, an LNG storage evaluation and other existing facility modifications. Duke's Integrated Resource Planning team continues to identify the need for new generation in all jurisdictions and additional sites must be evaluated and prepared for development. Development process covers everything from permitting, regulatory approvals, scope and pricing development and approvals, stakeholder engagement/coordination, bidding and selecting major equipment and contractors, and preparing the project for success as it transitions into the commit phase for execution. Depending on various factors, the development project manager may continue with the development team working on future sites or transition with a project into execution.

This position has single point accountability, and/or is a position of leadership, direction senior management and oversight. The Project Director (PD) position is responsible for the management, or the oversight / direction of managing, all phases of project/program planning and execution to ensure all project success factors are met, including but not limited to scope, schedule, cost, quality, environmental, safety, communications, security, and integration. In addition, this position is highly involved in the funding management and budgeting of the project / program responsible. This position may have direct reports consisting of Project Managers and Project Controls and/or other resources such as construction management, engineering, administrative support staff and contingent workers.

This position typically is assigned to projects classified as "Brown" per the Project Management Center of Excellence Project Profile Matrix which typically range from $100M to $500M with a high level of complexity. These projects typically involve high scope complexity, team members who are sourced from multiple organizations, rely on multiple interdependent vendors, and stakeholders that include Senior Management, External Agencies, and likely the Board of Directors (among others). The PD serves as the unifying agent providing leadership, management, direction, coordination, and control of the overall project in accordance with the established policies, procedures, systems, and requirements of The Company.

This position is considered a senior leadership / executive level position; minimum qualifications and proven behaviors must be met to be placed within this position. Progression to this level is very restricted on the basis of business need.

Responsibilities
Create / Staff / Lead Project Organization. Provide leadership, oversight management, delegation, and coordination to the various internal and external organizations that are providing services to the project (development, engineering, project controls, estimating, construction management, supply chain, legal, risk, EHS, QA/QC, operations, communications, regulatory, security, fuels, transmission, etc.). This position manages all matrixed members of the team on a daily basis and is responsible for staffing project teams appropriately, managing the performance of team members, and the redeployment of team members at project closure.
Establish and maintain communications among all project/programs stakeholders. Structure, lead, and/or assist in leading all project related meetings and reports required to ensure open communication between all team members, key stakeholders, and management (monthly project reviews, kickoff meetings, weekly reports, monthly reports, etc.) and to properly report project status. Assure that Project Plan, all appropriate reports and reporting means are developed and managed according to PMCoE Standards. Present reports to appropriate management / governance team skillfully.
Assure Excellence in Project Planning. Drive and oversee the process of project planning according to PMCoE Standards and Corporate Policies. This includes project / program planning activities like funding justification and authorization, program / project (s) scope definition, integrating team from functional roles, establishing appropriate team monitoring and controlling behaviors, etc.
Assure Excellence in Project Execution. Includes objectives, stakeholders, scope, roles and responsibilities, assumptions and constraints, deliverables, WBS, schedule, external communication, regulatory strategy, procurement strategy, contractor and supplier strategy, resource plan, budget, lessons learned, risk plan, quality plan, safety plan, environmental plan, security plan, integration plan, data management plan, communications and reporting plan, change management, and project close out.
Excellent Leadership, Development, Mentoring of PM's and PC's Roles. Provide coaching, direction, mentoring and leadership to career path staff / team members. Share tools, learnings, expertise in manner consistent with corporate leadership and PMCoE.
Expert Presentation / Interpersonal Skills. Ability to create, develop and deliver project / business case presentations to Senior Management / project sponsors. As well, this role must have excellent interpersonal skills in or to manage and direct teams and to be able to interface with other management, outside agencies and potentially, board of directors.

Required/Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree
• 9 plus years related work experience
• In lieu of Bachelor's degree(s) and 9 plus year(s) related work experience listed above, High School/GED and 13 plus year(s) related work experience
• Strong Expertise in Project Management, Decision Making, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Desired Qualifications
• Master's degree in project management or
• Master's degree in Business Administration
• Professional Engineer and/or Configuration Management II Professional (CM2-P) and/or Project Management Professional (PMP)

Preferred Qualifications
• Projects related work experience; Risk Management; Leadership; Employee Management/Development; Oversight
• Expertise to Strong Expertise in project related Scheduling, Cost Controls, Quality, Risk
• Utility Business Unit Experience and/or focus on new generation
• Construction Management knowledge
• Masters - business (MBA), project management, or equivalent
• PMI (PMP) / CMII / AACE / Utility Technical Certifications
• Contractors License
• Professional Engineer License

The Project Director may develop relationships with individuals in the following organizations ranging from individual contributors to Senior Department/Enterprise Leadership (i.e. Business Analyst through CFO):
• Community Relations
• Finance
• Engineering
• Environmental, Health and Safety
• Enterprise Security
• Global Risk Management and Insurance
• Human Resources
• Quality
• Development
• Project Controls
• Construction Management
• Supply Chain
• Legal Department
• Project Management Center of Excellence (PMCoE)
• Operations
• Corporate Communications
• Regulatory and Compliance
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Fuels
• Others

To perform this job, there is frequent interaction with others in the following positions at external companies, regulatory agencies or other organizations:

  • Senior/Executive Leadership of external Suppliers/Vendors
  • Sales/Marketing Leadership of external Suppliers/Vendors
  • Project teams of external Suppliers/Vendors
  • Leaders of Regulatory Agencies
  • Public Staff


Mobility Classification - Hybrid

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Travel Requirements

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)
No

Represented/Union Position
No

Visa Sponsored Position
No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

About Duke Energy Corporation

Duke Energy is one of the largest energy holding companies in the United States. Its Electric Utilities and Infrastructure business unit serves approximately 7.5 million customers located in six states in the Southeast and Midwest.

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Market Cap
$79 billion
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Net Income
$1.3 billion
5 Year Trend
+2%
Revenue
$23.8 billion
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