Commercial Project Delivery Director

SunStrong Management, LLC • Houston, TX

10d • Remote

About The Position

SunStrong Management is seeking a remote Commercial Project Delivery Director. SunStrong delivers technical asset management and operations for a renewable portfolio spanning solar, battery energy storage, wind, and EV infrastructure. Project Delivery reports into Commercial Operations by design: the organization that will operate an asset for thirty years controls the standard by which it is accepted at twelve months.
The Commercial Project Delivery Director owns the execution of SunStrong's construction and capital project portfolio and the quality of every asset handed to Operations. The role is accountable for schedule, cost, safety, and — distinctively — for the long-term operability of what gets built. It carries commercial ownership of EPC relationships, gate discipline across the delivery path, and the capability of the delivery team.
Part of this will be to create protocols, reporting and other organizational processes where none currently exist. This is not a scheduling or reporting role. The Director is expected to hold a gate against schedule pressure, to refuse an incomplete turnover package, and to defend a punchlist category on the record with a contractor who would prefer it to be dropped.

Requirements

• Ten or more years in construction or project delivery within energy, utility, or infrastructure, including five or more years leading project managers.
• Demonstrated ownership of utility-scale or distributed generation construction portfolios, with direct EPC contract administration experience.
• Working command of EPC agreement structure — substantial and final completion, performance guarantees, liquidated damages, retainage, warranty, and change control.
• Direct experience with commissioning, capacity and performance testing, and turnover acceptance.
• Demonstrated ability to hold a commercial position with a contractor under schedule pressure.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience.

Nice To Haves

• Solar PV and battery energy storage delivery experience; familiarity with tracker, inverter, and BESS platform differences and their operational consequences.
• Prior operations or asset management experience — the perspective this role is built to import into construction.
• PMP, or PSP / CCP through AACE International.
• Experience with acquired or in-flight construction portfolios and the transition of contractor relationships mid-project.
• Interconnection, AHJ, and utility coordination experience across multiple jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Own the Project Delivery to Operations Protocol — maintain it, enforce it, and revise it against what each project cycle exposes.
• Serve as decision authority at Gates 0, 2, and 6; support the VP of Commercial Operations at Gate 5 Operability Acceptance with a documented recommendation and risk position.
• Resolve punchlist category disputes on the record; escalate to the VP any request to waive a Category A item.
• Maintain the portfolio gate forecast and surface projected holds early enough that they are decisions rather than emergencies.
• Establish and maintain the fleet equipment standard and the operability review checklist in partnership with Portfolio Management and Field Service.
• Own the commercial relationship with Field Service Partners — selection, negotiation support, performance management, and escalation.
• Direct contract abstraction and ensure Baseline Exposures are identified, owned, and mitigated before a project advances.
• Negotiate change orders within delegated authority; prepare and defend positions above that threshold.
• Maintain the FSP performance scorecard and translate it into award decisions, negotiated terms, and surveillance intensity on subsequent projects.
• Pursue performance guarantee, warranty, workmanship, and latent defect claims in coordination with Legal and Asset Management before claim windows expire.
• Own aggregate schedule, cost, and cost-to-complete across the delivery portfolio; approve baseline changes.
• Allocate Project Managers and Project Controls resources against project complexity, exposure, and geography.
• Chair the weekly internal delivery standup and the monthly owner project review.
• Own the delivery risk register and drive mitigation to closure rather than to documentation.
• Interface with Asset Management on COD-dependent lender, tax equity, and host obligations, and Finance on capital forecasting and cash flow.
• Establish the owner-side safety expectation for EPC and subcontractor personnel; verify that stop-work authority is real on every site.
• Ensure incident and near-miss investigation quality meets SSM standards regardless of which party performed the work.
• Direct the Inspection and Test Plan review process and the designation of hold and witness points across the portfolio.
• Drive quality trending — punchlist volume normalized to MW, recurrence rate, nonconformance disposition — into contractor selection and design standards.
• Build and develop the Project Delivery team — hiring, leveling, development plans, and succession.
• Establish competency standards for advancement within the Project Manager ladder and the Project Controls track.
• Drive the working relationship between Project Delivery and Operations so that operability input arrives at design review, not at turnover.
• Represent Project Delivery to GoodFinch, lenders, tax equity partners, and host customers.

Benefits

• PPO and HDHP Medical Plans
• buy-up plans for both Dental and Vision
• ancillaries such as Accident, Critical illness, Hospital indemnity
• Employer sponsored Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Life
• Legal services along with multiple add-ons.
• Safe Harbor Match of 100% up to the first 4% and 50% on the next 2% with immediate vesting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director