Project Director-ENG

Zachry Group•Houston, TX

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Engineering Project Delivery Excellence & Proposals is responsible for the leadership, development, resource planning, and performance management of the Engineering Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Field Engineers supporting Power EPC projects. The role serves as the organizational leader responsible for developing project execution talent, improving project delivery consistency, and ensuring project execution best practices are incorporated into all proposals and awarded projects. The Director acts as the primary project execution advisor during proposal development and ensures lessons learned from field execution are reflected in future pursuits, project planning, staffing strategies, and execution methodologies. The position can be in the Zachry Engineering Houston, Downers Grove or Charlotte Office.

Requirements

15+ years of engineering, project management, or project performance experience.
Experience in large engineering project proposal development
Experience in delivering engineering for large EPC projects.
BS in engineering from an ABET accredited school

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred
Power generation or utility industry experience.
Portfolio management experience.
Business intelligence and dashboard development experience.
Experience implementing AI or digital solutions within project organizations.

Responsibilities

Own workforce planning for all Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Field Engineers.
Maintain a forward-looking 12-24 month resource forecast aligned with business development, proposal, and project execution needs.
Identify future staffing requirements, organizational capability gaps, and succession risks.
Develop strategies to ensure adequate project leadership capacity for anticipated growth.
Lead assignment of Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Field Engineers to proposals and awarded projects.
Evaluate project complexity, customer requirements, contract structure, execution strategy, and risk profile to determine appropriate staffing.
Match personnel experience, technical expertise, leadership capability, and development readiness with project needs.
Ensure critical projects are staffed with proven performers while creating developmental opportunities for emerging leaders.
Balance resource utilization, workload, and career development objectives across the organization.
Make staffing recommendations to the Sr. Director for high-visibility, strategic, or high-risk projects.
Suggest high profile Project Engineers and Managers for EPC and Supply chain roles for broader Enterprise needs.
Partner with Human Resources and business leadership to identify and recruit top project delivery talent.
Participate in recruiting strategy, candidate evaluation, interviewing, and selection of Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Field Engineers.
Develop and maintain relationships with universities, industry organizations, and professional networks to strengthen the talent pipeline.
Establish hiring profiles and competency requirements for project delivery positions.
Ensure recruiting efforts support both immediate execution needs and long-term organizational growth.
Accountable for developing the company's future project leadership pipeline by creating career paths across: Field Engineer → Project Engineer → Project Manager → Project Director.
Competency assessments
Leadership development programs
Mentoring and coaching
Succession planning
Talent reviews
Promotion recommendations
Ensure EPC proposal teams have appropriate engineering leadership and direct oversight for engineering execution strategy, and process associated with Power EPC Proposals.
Accountability for the delivery of the Engineering portion of the EPC proposal and its integration with the overall EPC proposal.
Interface and align with the Zachry EPC group (Construction, Supply Chain, Execution Planning), proposal group and Commercial group to support the development and scope definition.
Engaged in Customer Presentations to present the technical aspects of opportunities.
Engaged with Business Development to identify and secure opportunities.
Leverage lessons learned from Engineering execution, Construction execution, Startup and commissioning, Field engineering performance, Schedule recovery efforts, Productivity data, Safety observations.
Create competency matrices for PMs, PEs, and Field Engineers.
Establish career progression framework.
Implement mentorship program.
Complete organization-wide talent assessment.
Establish field engineering governance process.
Ensure the Engineering portion of the EPC proposal is properly staffed, planned and executed.
Create engineering review process.
Enhance risk and contingency process for proposals.
Incorporate field lessons learned into proposal development.