Energy Project Director

About the role

The Opportunity with McKinstry We are adding a Project Director to our growing Energy team in Dalls, TX. In this role, your day-to-day will consist of ensuring continuity, quality, risk mitigation, and profitability through all cycles of a project to develop legacy client relationships that meet client needs and promote business opportunities. Additionally, some responsibilities you will have include:

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Single point of accountability for developing and delivering high quality solutions to customers.
• Work with clients and development staff to develop technical, high value solutions that solve our client's needs.
• Oversee all direct and indirect project-related activities during development.
• Cookse seamless transitions of project phases between internal departments.
• Successfully manage Delivering committed project objectives including scope, schedule, budget, and customer expectations.
• Transition project from development to implementation, to Maintenance & Verification and Operations.
• Negotiate customer contracts and minimize organizational risks around scope, schedule, budget, and margin goals.
• Document and resolve customer service support and billing issues.
• Prepare and lead all project financial reviews and reporting. Manage project cash flow including any outstanding AR with customer.
• Deploy Safety awareness and deliverables throughout the project life cycle.
• Communication: Successfully manage and lead project teams to a common goal.
• Continuous monthly reporting of project health to OPS manager.
• Serve as primary point of contact with customer.
• Inform internal and external customers of new offerings and upgrades.
• Direct customer requests for product functionality enhancements to the appropriate people.
• Make presentations to a variety of audiences, act as technical subject matter expert.
• Report on financial status of project to stakeholders.
• Business Development: Develop and maintain client relationships at a variety of levels.
• Develop and define and document project strategies, goals and objectives.
• Formulate business and sales strategy with team to drive additional work with our customers.
• Support sales staff by generating preliminary assessments, technical solutions, fee proposals, presentations, studies, and other sales support and project development information and materials.
• Maintain relationships with building owners, contractors, consultants and vendors within the industry.
• Mitigate risk on behalf of the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Architecture or Facilities Management or equivalent field of study required.
• Fifteen (15) years of experience may substitute for education.
• Ten (10) years of engineering, construction, real estate and/or facility services project management experience required.
• CEM, PE, LEED, CPM professional designations preferred.
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Project required; working knowledge of SharePoint and CRM preferred.
• Knowledge of: All phases of developing complex client direct operations & maintenance solutions preferred.
• Construction management, energy modeling calculations, and industry standard efficiency improvement measures preferred.
• Customer business and financial models preferred.
• Performance contracting preferred.
• Complex financing options, proformas, and utility incentive programs preferred.
• Contractual negotiations, procurement, and knowledge preferred.
• Comfortable speaking in front of others, creating and giving presentations to clients and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• PeopleFirst Benefits: Competitive pay, 401(k) with employer match and profit-sharing plan, Paid time off and holidays, Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision with low or zero deductible options and low out of pocket maximums.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: McKinstry is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, race, color, creed, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law.