Project Development Manager

About the role

The Project Development Manager will lead the development and continuous improvement of processes, procedures, and tools for efficient and consistent execution of Project Development operations. This role involves working with clients to define and develop projects from conceptual ideas to a defined project ready for detailed design, procurement, and construction execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and continuous improvement of processes, procedures and tools for efficient and consistent execution of Project Development operations.
• Work with the VP – Project Development, Project Executives and Business Unit Leaders on strategy and shaping the Project Development Group organization to provide Best-In-Class execution models for project development operations.
• Lead the consolidation and communication of best practices and lessons learned from project development execution.
• Through engaging communication, provide execution expertise, establish team goals, and align with project objectives.
• Develop and execute a communication and training plan, ensuring team members are informed of strategy, shared goals, objectives, individual responsibilities, best practices, and policies.
• Engage with third party engineers, vendors, and OEM’s to understand their development processes, procedures and tools so we can integrate them into our approach; identify industry best practices and incorporate into our continuous improvement effort.
• Support the project teams as they develop and maintain the Division of Responsibilities (DOR) for their project, to include internal as well as third party and client responsibilities.
• Provide guidance to the project team on how to maintain efficient execution processes within a dynamic and ambiguous environment, with limited information, including documenting and communicating design assumptions internally and with the client.
• Conduct/support monthly internal project performance status reviews.
• Oversee the monitoring and reporting on progress of projects against the execution plan; direct project teams on taking appropriate corrective action if progress is not in line with the plan.
• Contract and Scope Change Management: develop and champion best practices to identify, control, and communicate changes to project contract obligations and project design scope.
• Oversee project team’s implementation of contract and scope change management process as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in mechanical, process, chemical, civil/structural, or electrical engineering, or related field; Master of Business Administration preferred, but not required
• 15+ years' experience in increasingly challenging positions, preferably in an engineering or construction organization within the Life Sciences/Biotech/Pharmaceuticals sector
• 7+ years’ experience in managing an engineering and design team of at least 20 or more
• 5+ years’ experience performing engineering-related design or management within the industrial market
• Good negotiation, presentation and persuasion skills
• Experienced in communicating ideas, winning approval, and reaching resolutions with a variety of audiences
• Experience with management of projects and progression of ideas to execution in a complex environment
• Strong analytical ability along with the capacity to interpret data and make recommendations
• Comfortable with change and ambiguity; adaptable, collaborative and a systems thinker
• Self-motivated, results oriented and must constantly coach in order to develop future leaders
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Attention to detail, with the ability to recognize discrepancies
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Qualifications

• Must be self-motivated, results oriented and must constantly coach in order to develop future leaders
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Attention to detail, with the ability to recognize discrepancies
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Skills

• Great flexibility to react to issues and short-fused client RFPs/requests while demonstrating an ongoing ability to deal with ambiguity and remain focused on successful project operations
• Manage many varied personalities on the work team and at the client level
• Communicate clearly and consistently with appropriate documentation
• Communicate effectively with Clients at all levels, always looking for additional work
• Oversee the monitoring and reporting on progress of projects against the execution plan; direct project teams on taking appropriate corrective action if progress is not in line with the plan

Benefits

• Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance
• Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!

Pay

The salary range for this position considers a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

Schedule

No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does. The pace is fast!