Director of Site Planning and Integration

JOB SUMMARY:

Thermo Bond Solutions builds the physical infrastructure behind the next wave of high-density, AI-driven compute: engineered, precast, and deployed close to where the power and the workload live. As Director of Site Planning and Integration, you lead Thermo Bond’s role once the unit leaves the plant: coordinating site readiness with the customer’s site team and engineer of record, then setting, connecting, and turning over our units. You’ll build the process that turns early installs into a repeatable playbook across many locations. This is a build-the-function role. We need a field-tested construction leader who can build process while the work is already moving, get through permitting, zoning, weather, and utilities without losing the schedule, and make calls in a market that won’t wait.

REPORTS TO:

Head of Program & Product Management

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Leads the site integration function, including field coordinators and outside consultants, and builds the team as deployments scale.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build and lead the site planning and integration function, including standards, playbooks, and team.
• Define and document the site integration process, including standard work, checklists, stage gates, and handoffs.
• Lead Thermo Bond’s site-planning support, including preliminary layouts, mock-ups, and unit requirements, for review and approval by the customer’s civil engineer of record.
• Support the customer and their consultants with Thermo Bond product data, drawings, and documentation for permitting, zoning, and code approvals.
• Recruit, qualify, and grade site partners, including consultants, builder’s representatives, civil and site-development firms, and field contractors, and recommend partners internally and to customers.
• Manage Thermo Bond’s direct subcontractors and consultants, including scopes, schedules, and performance.
• Prepare site-specific estimates and site intake packages for internal and customer-side project managers.
• Coordinate site-preparation sequencing with the customer’s site team so foundations and utilities, designed and certified by others, are complete before units arrive.
• Track civil and site-work status, including geotechnical, survey, grading, SWPPP, and special inspections, which are performed and certified by the customer’s engineer of record and contractors.
• Manage Thermo Bond’s scope at each site (delivery, set, connections, commissioning, turnover) and coordinate with the customer’s GC or construction manager.
• Provide as-built documentation for Thermo Bond-supplied equipment. Site as-builts are by others.
• Lead repeat-build customer deployment programs across many sites at once, including delivery waves, site sequencing, and customer reporting.
• Partner with Project Management, Purchasing, Operations, and Business Development to align site schedules with production, long-lead items, and customer commitments.
• Provide site requirements, installation scope, and schedule input to Business Development for customer proposals.
• Feed field lessons back to Engineering and Product Management so design, Bills of Material (BoMs), and released drawings reflect what works on site.
• Drive continuous improvement of site processes using field data and lessons learned from each deployment.
• Own Thermo Bond’s site-scope budget, cost tracking, and change orders against plan.
• Set safety and quality standards for Thermo Bond personnel and our direct subcontractors. Communicate Thermo Bond’s site-readiness requirements to the customer’s site team.
• Report site status, risks, and field issues plainly to senior leadership and customers.
• Hire, develop, and lead site integration staff and field coordinators as deployment volume grows.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ten or more years of experience in construction management, site development, field installation, or infrastructure deployment, including five or more years leading multi-site or multi-contractor work.
• Proven track record delivering repeat-build or multi-site programs on schedule and budget.
• Strong written and verbal communication is required, including coordinating with field teams, contractors, customers, jurisdictions, and leadership using Microsoft Teams, email, and phone calls.
• Experience building or improving site, construction, or deployment processes, including standard work, checklists, and stage gates.
• Working knowledge of permitting, zoning, building and electrical codes, and utility interconnection.
• Experience qualifying, managing, and grading consultants, general contractors, and trade subcontractors.
• Experience preparing site and construction estimates.
• Ability to read and interpret site plans, construction drawings, and specifications.
• Experience running site safety programs and field quality inspections.
• Strong budget, schedule, and contract management skills.
• Self-motivated leader who can build a function with limited supervision.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Site work for mission-critical power, cooling, telecommunications, utility, or energy infrastructure.
• Modular, prefabricated, or precast installation, including crane work, set, and tie-in.
• Experience as a builder’s representative or owner’s representative.
• Commissioning, closeout, and customer turnover.
• Lean, Kaizen, or Green Belt process improvement experience.
• Leading field teams across multiple states.
• Strong skills in Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS:

·None required. PMP, OSHA 30, Lean, Kaizen, Green Belt, or construction management certification preferred.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management or a related field, such as business, operations, or engineering, combined with ten or more years of relevant site, construction, or deployment experience.

TRAVEL, HOURS OF WORK & SUPERVISION:

This is a full-time position. Travel of up to 30% may be required to deployment sites, plants, and customer locations, including overnight stays. The employee is expected to independently manage site programs while coordinating with the respective manager and cross-functional program teams.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

This position is a full-time, salaried position and is eligible to participate in Thermo Bond vacation, medical, 401K, and life insurance programs.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS (including but not limited to):

• Regular work at outdoor job sites and in plant environments, including uneven terrain and varied weather.
• Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Able to lift/carry 15 lbs.

SUCCESS MEASURES:

• Customer sites are confirmed ready before Thermo Bond units arrive.
• Thermo Bond’s scope installs on the committed schedule and budget.
• Delivery waves and site sequencing run from one plan that every function works from.
• Site processes are documented, followed, and improved with each deployment.
• Field lessons reach Engineering and update released drawings and BoMs.
• Customers get plain, reliable site status.
• Site estimates and intake packages reach project managers complete and on schedule.
• Recommended partners perform to scope, safety, and quality standards.
• Serves as a trusted partner to Business Development, Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, Project Management, Product Management, and customers.

Expected hours: No less than 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person