Director - Design Project Management

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Summary Objective 

The Director of Design Project Management is responsible for leading the Design Project Management organization and ensuring successful execution of Stellar Energy projects from contract award through engineering completion. This role provides leadership, direction, and oversight to a team of Design Project Managers (DPMs) and is accountable for engineering project execution, schedule performance, resource utilization, project controls, risk management, and customer satisfaction.

The Director of Design Project Management establishes project execution standards, drives engineering predictability, manages project performance metrics, and ensures projects are executed on time, within budget, and in accordance with customer requirements and company standards. This position serves as a critical link between Engineering, Project Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Executive Leadership to ensure alignment and successful business outcomes. 

Essential Functions 

• Lead, develop, and manage a team of Design Project Managers responsible for the execution of Stellar Energy projects.  

• Own engineering project execution performance across the project portfolio, ensuring delivery commitments are met for scope, schedule, budget, and quality.  

• Establish and maintain project execution standards, processes, tools, and best practices across the Design Project Management organization.  

• Drive accountability for project planning, schedule development, resource forecasting, and execution performance.  

• Provide oversight of project schedules and ensure Design Project Managers maintain integrated project schedules utilizing Microsoft Project.  

• Ensure project baselines are established and maintained for scope, schedule, cost, and resource commitments.  

• Implement and drive project controls processes including earned value management (EVM), schedule performance measurement, cost performance tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis.  

• Monitor project portfolio health and proactively identify risks, constraints, and resource conflicts that could impact project execution.  

• Drive corrective actions and recovery plans for projects experiencing schedule, budget, quality, or resource challenges.  

• Ensure Design Project Managers perform critical path analysis and maintain accurate schedule logic, dependencies, and engineering milestones.  

• Lead portfolio reviews and provide executive-level reporting on engineering project performance, risks, resource requirements, and forecasted outcomes.  

• Drive engineering resource planning and capacity management to ensure proper allocation of engineering personnel across projects.  

• Partner with Engineering Operations, Chief Engineers, and Functional Engineering Leaders to balance workload and optimize engineering productivity.  

• Develop and maintain engineering execution metrics including on-time delivery, schedule adherence, engineering productivity, quality performance, forecast accuracy, and resource utilization.  

• Provide leadership and oversight for engineering manhour budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.  

• Ensure consistent management of RFIs, ECRs, CORs, design reviews, vendor submittals, and engineering change processes across all projects.  

• Drive excellence in 30%, 60%, and 90% engineering design review processes.  

• Collaborate with Chief Project Managers to align engineering deliverables with overall project execution strategies and customer commitments.  

• Support strategic planning and organizational scaling initiatives through data-driven resource, capacity, and performance analysis.  

• Develop and mentor Design Project Managers to improve project management capabilities, leadership skills, and execution consistency.  

• Establish training, coaching, and development plans to strengthen project management competencies within the organization.  

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on execution excellence, schedule predictability, quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction.  

• Participate in customer reviews, project gate reviews, executive reviews, and strategic planning activities.  

• Support ISO 9001 and other quality management system requirements and audits.  

• Ensure compliance with company policies, engineering standards, contractual requirements, and applicable codes and regulations. 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Education & Experience 

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required.  

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive engineering, project engineering, project management, or engineering leadership experience.  

• Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience managing Design Project Managers, Project Engineers, Engineering Managers, or related technical professionals.  

• Demonstrated experience leading large multidisciplinary engineering project portfolios in an industrial, power generation, data center, manufacturing, HVAC, EPC, or engineered-to-order environment.  

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Disclaimer: We strive to provide competitive compensation for this position, tailored to a variety of factors. The actual compensation will depend on elements such as seniority, merit, geographic location, education, experience,  travel requirements, and union designation.   Our compensation range is generally based on the national average for the country.  Additionally, benefits may vary depending on the region, business alignment, union involvement, and employee status.

Thrive at work and at home:

• Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives – WE DARE TO CARE!
• Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• Paid time off includes  up to 15 vacation days, paid holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave. 
• 401K match up, educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.    

Disclaimer:  Benefit offerings may vary by site as well as Collective Bargaining Agreements and local/state regulations

Safety Sensitive Role:

The company designates certain roles as Safety Sensitive. Safety Sensitive roles may require that you pass additional drug screening.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.