Associate Director - Project Management

Mace-posted 7 days ago

Full-time • Executive

Onsite • Lake Charles, LA

5,001-10,000 employees

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At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site . Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are: Safety First - Going Home Safe And Well Client Focus - Deliver On Our Promise Integrity - Always Do The Right Thing Create Opportunity - For Our People To Excel Mace Group looking for an Executive Program Manager (EPM) to join our team in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The EPM will be a member of the project delivery team and leader of the multi-disciplinary Mace owner representative project team members responsible for supporting our resilience and renewable energy client to build a new specialty chemical plant. The position involves significant independent responsibility to oversee and provide executive level guidance, direction and supervision to the owner rep members supporting the design management, construction management, project controls, health and safety and quality assurance and quality controls functions, as well as direct supervisory responsibilities related to the professional and practice related development of all department staff.

Promoting and following health, safety and environment (HSE) policies and regulations and be fully committed in enhancing site safety culture and initiatives throughout all phases of the project, demonstrating operational excellence on topics such as HSE, client excellence, and team performance.
Serving as the key point of contact and primary client relationship executive at a leadership level, building and maintaining long-term relationships with clients and key consultants, suppliers and other 3rd parties working on the project.
Participating in preconstruction discussions with clients at a leadership level.
Leads internal team and collaborates with external partners to develop contractual obligations, such as estimates, schedules, staffing plan and business plan.
Overseeing and assessing all components of the project master schedule throughout the lifecycle of the project to ensure contractual obligations are met and to hold team members accountable to all expectations.
Overseeing the integration of all projects multi-disciplines (owner's, a/e, contractors, procurement and supply chain) within the master program schedule.
Developing the work plan that forms the program manual and program management plan (PMP).
Serving as escalation point for all project, financial, business development, contractual and client relationship risks for the work program relative to contractual obligations.
Providing suggestions to solve escalated project, staffing, financial, schedule, contractual, subcontractor and client relationship issues throughout project lifecycle.
Reviewing the claims resolutions recommendations and client relationship issues throughout project lifecycle.
Negotiating issue resolution including change orders, contingency expenditures, and appropriate fee enhancements.
Participating on project risk assessments and escalates various risks to steering group and executive owner leadership to provide visibility, mitigate risk and create appropriate solutions.
Reviewing and submitting for approval all program definition documents and capital funding requests.
Reviewing and providing recommendations to change orders requests and impact mitigation strategies throughout the project life cycle. This includes scope, cost, schedule control, and cost reduction initiatives.
Ensuring that estimating, HSE and schedule impacts from change order requests, throughout the project life cycle, are continually reviewed and validated as and when new information becomes available.
Reviewing and providing feedback on the metrics and basis for progress reporting against the program, projects, and contracts. reporting shall include performance measurement, forecasting, trending, issues, actions, progress and overall status.
Establishing value engineering and constructability review guidelines and protocols to be followed by A/E firms, general contractors and other 3 rd party’s consultants or service suppliers. Support approval or revisions over value engineering and constructability review recommendations.
Review project level operability and maintainability recommendations.
Review design, procurement and construction progress and provide recommendations for recovery plans.
Review and provide feedback on the program level framework for program quality control.
Review and provide quality recommendations and corrective actions. Review and provide feedback on project level quality assurance plans.
Establish program phasing strategy.
Review and maintain project manuals and construction management guidelines, policy, and procedures.
Review program guidelines and protocols for cost reduction initiatives. Review program level cost reduction recommendations.
Review program level operability and maintainability recommendations.
Oversee design, procurement and construction progress and provide recommendations for recovery plans.
Review and provide recommendations on project level safety recommendations and corrective actions.
Review and provide feedback on the program level framework for construction quality control.
Review and provide quality recommendations and corrective actions. Review and provide feedback on project level quality assurance plans.
Collaborate with appropriate internal and external stakeholders to achieve consent. Review all beneficial use recommendations.
Ensures owner rep staffing levels are sufficient, relative to contractual commitments, schedules, and constraints. Plans and adapts owner rep resource management as needed to ensure proper staffing levels and results. Continuously monitor performance of Mace group staff to ensure that the client does not spend time mentoring or managing.

Bachelor's degree (M.S. or MBA preferred).
Minimum of (25) years of demonstrated capital program leadership experience in industrial manufacturing, natural resources and chemical sectors.
Experience managing an integrated team on large complex and multi-phase capital process consisting of multiple project elements.
Knowledge of multiple project delivery methods.
Proven track record of leading programs of $300 Million or greater.
Demonstrated experience providing leadership of a team in an integrated project delivery organization.
Demonstrated experience in negotiating multi-million-dollar contracts as part of a multi-dollar program.
Proven track record of following through on commitments.
Demonstrated experience in delivering major capital programs successfully (on budget, time, meeting safety and quality standards within approved scope).
Proven track record of partnering and issues resolution.
Demonstrated excellent communications, presentation and written skills.

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