Project Director - Mission Critical

Key Responsibilities: Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for large-scale data center and industrial construction projects from preconstruction through completion and turnover. Oversee project execution, ensuring alignment with established budgets, schedules, contractual requirements, quality standards, and client expectations. Lead and mentor Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, General Superintendents, and other key project personnel. Establish project execution strategies, organizational structures, staffing plans, and performance expectations. Maintain executive-level relationships with owners, developers, architects, engineers, consultants, and major trade partners. Oversee project financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, cash flow, change management, and profitability. Review project schedules, milestone commitments, procurement strategies, and construction sequencing to identify risks and maintain timely delivery. Partner with preconstruction teams on estimating, constructability reviews, value engineering, procurement, and project planning. Monitor project progress and proactively address potential challenges involving schedule, cost, labor, materials, subcontractor performance, and design coordination. Ensure project teams maintain rigorous standards for safety, quality control, documentation, and regulatory compliance. Provide oversight of commissioning, systems integration, testing, and turnover activities associated with mission-critical and industrial facilities. Lead executive project reviews and communicate financial performance, schedule status, key risks, and mitigation strategies to company leadership and clients. Identify opportunities to improve project delivery processes, strengthen client relationships, and support future business development efforts.