Project Director - Mission Critical

Big-D Careers•Salt Lake City, UT

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Big-D Mission Critical is looking for a Project Director who will lead the successful delivery mission critical construction projects by providing strategic oversight and operational leadership across all phases of the project lifecycle. This is a great opportunity to continue your career with a company that is on a mission to be the most sought-after company in the business. We seek and employ exceptional, hard-working, lifetime learners; we give them the tools to succeed when we find them. We have a culture of growth and achievement powered by innovation, supported by purpose and joy. This position can be based in Salt Lake City, UT or in a traveling role. Position Summary: This role ensures projects meet safety, financial, schedule, and quality objectives while maintaining strong client relationships and proactively managing risk. The Project Director serves as a key leader in advancing the organization’s mission critical market presence, guiding teams through complex technical and commercial challenges, and ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and industry best practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, or engineering or other related field required.
10+ years in construction leadership

Nice To Haves

Mission Critical or data center projects preferred
Campus-scale programs preferred

Responsibilities

Leads commissioning strategy across multiple projects
Oversees commissioning managers and commissioning agents
Develop and implement commissioning plans, schedules, and procedures for construction projects with commissioning agents, user groups, subcontractors, and construction team members
Coordinate with design and construction teams to review project requirements and ensure that commissioning activities are integrated into the master project schedule
Manage the commissioning process for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, building controls and other critical systems
Manage pre-functional and functional testing of equipment and systems to verify proper installation and functionality
Manage documentation of commissioning activities, test results, and equipment certifications
Collaborate with user groups to ensure a smooth transition from construction to operation
Solution-oriented troubleshooting
Schedule and review factory witness testing
Help coordinate and verify site acceptance verifications
Ensure all testing L1-L5 is properly performed and documented
Work with various manufactures, subcontractors, vendors and customer for equipment energizations and start-up
Prepare for and manage materials necessary for commissioning process
Write and track RFI’s and document general best practices and procedures
Submit and track change orders
Manage commissioning teams for each scope including mechanical, electrical, controls and CxA
Develop comprehensive commissioning schedule and prepare for recovery
Hold prep meetings, safety briefings and commissioning coordination meetings
Review and approve testing scripts with CxA/customer and ensure feasibility with subcontractors
Participate in job closeout process
Monitors and enforces, along with project team, safety and OSHA standards to maintain safe working environment for all employees and site visitors
Understands and can build a commissioning schedule
Works with project team and subcontractors to ensure detailed commissioning schedule is met
Proactively mitigate foreseen constraints, and assist in implementing plans to maintain or recover schedule
Communicate unresolved constraints and impacts in a timely manner as well as plans to mitigate impacts
Help ensure most up to date project documents are supplied to subcontractors and CxA
Assist with redlining and updating drawings as you progress through commissioning
Full understanding of commissioning process and able to provide quality control review of plans/specifications and documentation
Responsible to provide technical and procedural commissioning direction to internal and external shareholders
Understands equipment issue priorities and their effect on process, drives issue resolution
Strong understanding of LOTO and energy management throughout testing evolutions