Black & Veatch

Project Director – Transmission and Substation

Black & Veatch

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Houston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Manage a large multimillion dollar portfolio of some of the most visible projects within Black & Veatch
  • Lead project teams that have substantial impact within regional communities
  • Mentor and supervise project managers in a high-growth area of our organization
  • Direct complex project teams requiring global resources and multiple partners or multiple Project Managers
  • Manage multiple clients and/or accountable for implementing expanded new business objectives
  • Oversee and deliver opportunities for new/repeat business, finalizing key contract negotiations with client executives and project managers
  • Manage broad and varied complex risk profile
  • Cultural leader
  • Safety Leader

Requirements

  • 15+ years of relevant industry experience including at least one of the following: 5+ years as a Sr. Project Manager for an EPC firm focusing on at least one of the following technologies (Transmission, Distribution, or Substations including overhead, underground, or HV)
  • 5+ years in a leadership role where you were the owner for EPC T&D/Substation projects and working with an EPC firm
  • 5+ years in a project leadership role (not including PMO or strictly operations) at an organization that focuses on utility-scale T&D/Substation construction and/or design
  • Experience negotiating $50 million+ contracts with clients in the energy utility space
  • Experience managing construction teams directly in both a direct-hire and/or subcontract construction environment
  • Experience managing risk for EPC T&D/Substation projects
  • Deep knowledge of the utility-scale T&D/Substation market
Benefits
  • competitive compensation
  • 401K match
  • benefits that start day 1
  • flexible work schedules
  • paid vacation and holiday time
  • sick time
  • dependent sick time
  • a variety of additional benefits including a company-matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan, and the B&V Credit Union
  • performance-based bonus program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
project managementcontract negotiationrisk managementEPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction)utility-scale constructionT&D (Transmission and Distribution)Substation designconstruction managementleadership in project managementbusiness development
Soft skills
mentoringsupervisioncultural leadershipsafety leadershipteam leadershipcommunicationclient relationship managementstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingcollaboration