Project Director, FEP

What Makes Us Great

The heart of our Company is a dedication to delivering energy that drives progress. We put people first, work to keep them safe, and build trusting relationships.

What You'll Be Working On

• Serve as the executive leader and primary point of accountability for the FEP program, exceeding $1 billion in authorized value.
• Establish project vision, execution strategy, governance framework, and delivery model aligned with corporate objectives.
• Provide overall accountability for project safety, scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and commercial performance.
• Lead integrated teams consisting of project management, engineering, construction, procurement, legal, regulatory, finance, and operations personnel.
• Direct program-level planning, coordination, and execution across multiple interdependent project workstreams.
• Develop and maintain executive relationships with regulators, governmental agencies, customers, community leaders, and strategic stakeholders.
• Lead executive steering committees, governance boards, and investment review forums.
• Provide strategic recommendations to executive leadership regarding project investments, risk mitigation, regulatory strategy, and business outcomes.
• Approve major project changes, contracting strategies, contingency utilization, risk responses, and resource allocation decisions.
• Oversee project controls, forecasting, financial performance, contingency management, and executive reporting.
• Drive project recovery strategies and executive decision-making when project performance deviates from approved baselines.
• Provide executive leadership throughout project development, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness phases.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, environmental, financial, safety, and corporate governance requirements.
• Ensure successful transition of completed facilities and assets to operations.
• Sponsor continuous improvement initiatives and advancement of enterprise project management capabilities and governance practices.
• Represent the Company in executive, industry, regulatory, governmental, and public-facing forums related to the FEP program.
• May be required to support and or advise other projects.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field required.
• PREFERRED: Master's degree in a related field.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience leading large capital projects, programs, or portfolios.
• Demonstrated success managing complex capital projects or programs with significant budget, schedule, regulatory, and stakeholder requirements.
• Experience serving in a senior leadership role responsible for the delivery of large-scale infrastructure, energy, utility, transportation, or industrial projects.
• Proven experience leading large scale, highly complex, multidisciplinary teams and external partners in a complex project environment.
• Demonstrated experience engaging executive-level stakeholders and making decisions with significant operational, financial, and strategic impact.
• Advanced knowledge of large-scale capital program management, including project development, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project governance, project controls, forecasting, risk management, contract administration, and capital investment practices.
• Strong understanding of utility, energy, pipeline, LNG, transmission, or other major infrastructure projects, including applicable regulatory and environmental requirements.
• Exceptional executive leadership, strategic planning, and decision-making skills with the ability to align project execution with organizational objectives.
• Advanced financial and business acumen, including the ability to evaluate investment decisions, project economics, contingency utilization, and commercial risk.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including experience influencing executive leadership, Boards of Directors, regulators, government agencies, customers, and community stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams and external partners in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Ability to assess, prioritize, and mitigate enterprise-level risks while balancing safety, scope, schedule, budget, quality, and stakeholder commitments.
• Ability to drive organizational alignment, manage competing priorities, and make sound decisions with significant operational, financial, and strategic impact.
• Ability to represent the Company in executive, regulatory, industry, governmental, and public-facing forums while advancing strategic business objectives.
• PREFERRED: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience leading projects exceeding $1 billion in authorized value.
• Experience presenting to Boards of Directors, executive committees, regulators, and government agencies.
• LNG, pipeline, transmission, utility, energy, transportation, or major infrastructure project experience.
• Experience managing EPC, EPCM, Alliance, or Program Management delivery models.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangement
• Competitive base salary
• Fantastic opportunities for career growth
• Coooperative, supportive, and empowered team atmosphere
• Annual bonus and salary increase opportunities
• Monthly recognition events
• Infinite wellness initiatives and community events
• Robust and customizable benefit packages - choose what works best with your life. Options include generous 401k, medical, dental and life insurance, tuition reimbursement, compensated volunteer hours and MORE!
• Paid time off, holidays, and a separate bank of sick time!

About the Role

This role provides enterprise-level leadership and governance for a complex, multi-billion-dollar infrastructure initiative, ensuring the achievement of safety, regulatory, financial, operational, and stakeholder objectives throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field required.
• PREFERRED: Master's degree in a related field.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience leading large capital projects, programs, or portfolios.
• Demonstrated success managing complex capital projects or programs with significant budget, schedule, regulatory, and stakeholder requirements.
• Experience serving in a senior leadership role responsible for the delivery of large-scale infrastructure, energy, utility, transportation, or industrial projects.
• Proven experience leading large scale, highly complex, multidisciplinary teams and external partners in a complex project environment.
• Demonstrated experience engaging executive-level stakeholders and making decisions with significant operational, financial, and strategic impact.
• Advanced knowledge of large-scale capital program management, including project development, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project governance, project controls, forecasting, risk management, contract administration, and capital investment practices.
• Strong understanding of utility, energy, pipeline, LNG, transmission, or other major infrastructure projects, including applicable regulatory and environmental requirements.
• Exceptional executive leadership, strategic planning, and decision-making skills with the ability to align project execution with organizational objectives.
• Advanced financial and business acumen, including the ability to evaluate investment decisions, project economics, contingency utilization, and commercial risk.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including experience influencing executive leadership, Boards of Directors, regulators, government agencies, customers, and community stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams and external partners in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Ability to assess, prioritize, and mitigate enterprise-level risks while balancing safety, scope, schedule, budget, quality, and stakeholder commitments.
• Ability to drive organizational alignment, manage competing priorities, and make sound decisions with significant operational, financial, and strategic impact.
• Ability to represent the Company in executive, regulatory, industry, governmental, and public-facing forums while advancing strategic business objectives.
• PREFERRED: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience leading projects exceeding $1 billion in authorized value.
• Experience presenting to Boards of Directors, executive committees, regulators, and government agencies.
• LNG, pipeline, transmission, utility, energy, transportation, or major infrastructure project experience.
• Experience managing EPC, EPCM, Alliance, or Program Management delivery models.