Director, Construction, Projects & Assets

FTI Consulting•Houston, TX

5d•$117,500 - $212,500

About The Position

FTI Consulting’s Construction, Projects & Assets (CP&A) practice provides disputes, advisory, and transformation services to organizations in capital-intensive industries. Its Advisory & Transformation team works to improve the lifecycle value of critical capital assets, supports clients in transforming their advisory and transformation approaches, and undertakes project and operations management roles around the world. The Director provides client guidance on corporate strategy, business transformation, and digital and innovation capabilities across people, process, data, and technology. The role identifies and addresses complex business, organizational, and operational challenges; leads complex engagement workstreams; manages client expectations, delivery resources, and day-to-day operations; and contributes subject matter expertise to project and asset management engagements. The Director also develops client-facing materials and engagement approaches, and mentors, coaches, trains, and supervises consultants and senior consultants.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Management, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
At least 7 years of relevant post-graduate professional experience in strategy and management consulting, capital projects and infrastructure, asset management, construction management, or a related profession.
Advanced Excel skills for aggregating, modeling, and managing large data sets.
Proficiency developing professional work products using PowerPoint and Word.
Ability to travel to client sites and FTI offices as needed.

Nice To Haves

Industry experience in oil and gas, manufacturing, chemicals, mining, power and utilities, data centers, fab facilities, or infrastructure.
Experience with Power BI or other data visualization or data analysis tools.
Strong public speaking and presentation skills, including the ability to engage sophisticated and challenging audiences.
Proven experience working with senior executives.
Demonstrated project management skills.
Ability to mentor junior team members and lead large engagement teams.
Ability to manage multiple projects with potentially conflicting priorities simultaneously.
Exceptional problem-solving skills and an analytical, innovative, and creative mindset.

Responsibilities

Lead CP&A consulting projects, potentially including strategic plans, organizational assessments, capability maturity assessments, market analysis, digital transformation, asset management, and organizational change management.
Provide subject matter expertise and guidance across project and asset management functions, including growth and sustaining capital, construction, maintenance, shutdowns, turnarounds, outages, and decommissioning.
Build relationships with stakeholders and key leads to support project success.
Provide expertise and best-practice solutions for project and portfolio management processes and project management information systems.
Assess project delivery processes, define requirements, and develop processes for project or portfolio strategy and planning, project risk management, project management, and supporting functions.
Use personal and team expertise to develop best-practice-based solutions.
Develop client-facing materials using Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, to communicate clear arguments through compelling narratives and graphics.
Develop engagement-specific training and organizational change management approaches.
Identify innovative ways to use existing and new consulting capabilities to improve performance and business results and build client buy-in.
Mentor, coach, and train CP&A Consultants and Senior Consultants, and supervise their activities and performance.