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Project Director

Jedson Engineering
Cincinnati, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 4/11/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/2/2026
JOB TITLE Project Director – EPC

Summary

JOB SUMMARY

Project Directors should have a proven record of project leadership on EPC projects, either lump sum or reimbursable projects, with a project value between $150MM $500MM. The project Director possesses the knowledge and skills to develop project plans, scope of services, schedules, budgets, and execution plans, understands project success criteria, and is the primary interface with the client, and coordinates and leads the engineering team.

The Project Director will also be involved in various business development activities and will be expected to mentor and develop other employees within their organization.

Essential Functions

  • Clarify the goals, deliverables, and outcomes of the project
  • Participate in Business Development activities from conception, proposal, project success, and client relationship management
  • Contribute to risk reviews and BRMF
  • Involved in FEED phase or equivalent, producing detailed control-level execution plans, budgets, and schedules
  • Oversee detailed design and procurement, managing overall project scope, schedule, budget, and forecasts (including subcontracts).
  • Oversee commissioning (field phase), including managing overall commissioning/turnover scope, schedule, budget, and forecasts
  • Oversee project close-out turning over project close-out reports, including historical data for future reference.
  • Responsible for the Project Services function, including Document Control, Scheduling, and Cost Management
  • Identify potential project risks and develop contingency plans to minimize the impact of such risks
  • Continually monitor risks throughout project lifecycle
  • Responsible for the cost and schedule of the project to include tracking and reporting of budget vs actuals and implementing strategies to execute the project on plan.
  • Accurately predict costs for various phases of project
  • Ensure all project deliverables have been completed as per the contract
  • Facilitate final delivery of project to the client.

Other Skills And Abilities

  • Strong commercial acumen to include understanding of key clients and their industry; market influences, financial cycles and product applications etc.
  • Detailed understanding of different business frameworks including joint ventures and consortiums, and their respective risk, profit, loss and governance
  • Experienced working within different contract agreements from lump sum, reimbursable, G-max etc.
  • Demonstrated understanding of local conditions, environment, climate, labor posture and availability
  • Demonstrated ability to work with local contractors and vendors and to maintain good community relations
  • Good understanding of the impact of local laws, regulations, prices, exchange rates, taxation issues, import and export criteria, logistics, etc.
  • Active engagement with external organizations to include professional associations, education institutes, community partners and industry trade associations
  • Strong understanding of engineering principles, construction processes and project management methodologies.
  • Excellent leadership, communication and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Proficiency in project management software tools such as MS Project, Primavera or similar.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Risk Management capabilities.
  • Financial management and resource optimization.
  • Maintain the firm’s reputation for excellence and delivering complex, multi-discipline projects on time, within budget and with quality.

Minimum Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Engineering, Construction Management or a related field.
  • 15 to 25 years of related project experience.
  • Experience in a project leadership role for a lump sum EPC project of more than $150MM or a Reimbursable project of more than $500MM
  • Strong understanding and working knowledge of Project Controls
  • Ability to foster and build strong relationships with clients, internal stakeholders and engineers
  • Demonstrated leadership skills to support a project from cradle to grave
  • The above information is intended to describe the most important aspects of the job. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required to perform the work.

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