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Mace · 1 week ago

Associate Director - Project Management

Lake Charles, LA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$170K/yr - $170K/yr

25+ years exp

Mace is a company focused on redefining ambition and creating responsible places with transformative impacts. They are seeking an Associate Director - Project Management to lead a multi-disciplinary project team for a new specialty chemical plant, overseeing various project management functions and ensuring client relationships are maintained at a leadership level.

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Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Promoting and following health, safety and environment (HSE) policies and regulations and be fully committed in enhancing site safety culture and initiatives throughout all phases of the project, demonstrating operational excellence on topics such as HSE, client excellence, and team performance

Serving as the key point of contact and primary client relationship executive at a leadership level, building and maintaining long-term relationships with clients and key consultants, suppliers and other 3rd parties working on the project

Participating in preconstruction discussions with clients at a leadership level. Leads internal team and collaborates with external partners to develop contractual obligations, such as estimates, schedules, staffing plan and business plan

Overseeing and assessing all components of the project master schedule throughout the lifecycle of the project to ensure contractual obligations are met and to hold team members accountable to all expectations

Overseeing the integration of all projects multi-disciplines (owner's, a/e, contractors, procurement and supply chain) within the master program schedule. Developing the work plan that forms the program manual and program management plan (PMP)

Serving as escalation point for all project, financial, business development, contractual and client relationship risks for the work program relative to contractual obligations

Providing suggestions to solve escalated project, staffing, financial, schedule, contractual, subcontractor and client relationship issues throughout project lifecycle

Reviewing the claims resolutions recommendations and client relationship issues throughout project lifecycle

Negotiating issue resolution including change orders, contingency expenditures, and appropriate fee enhancements

Participating on project risk assessments and escalates various risks to steering group and executive owner leadership to provide visibility, mitigate risk and create appropriate solutions

Reviewing and submitting for approval all program definition documents and capital funding requests

Reviewing and providing recommendations to change orders requests and impact mitigation strategies throughout the project life cycle. This includes scope, cost, schedule control, and cost reduction initiatives

Ensuring that estimating, HSE and schedule impacts from change order requests, throughout the project life cycle, are continually reviewed and validated as and when new information becomes available

Reviewing and providing feedback on the metrics and basis for progress reporting against the program, projects, and contracts. reporting shall include performance measurement, forecasting, trending, issues, actions, progress and overall status

Establishing value engineering and constructability review guidelines and protocols to be followed by A/E firms, general contractors and other 3rd party’s consultants or service suppliers

Support approval or revisions over value engineering and constructability review recommendations

Review project level operability and maintainability recommendations

Review design, procurement and construction progress and provide recommendations for recovery plans

Review and provide feedback on the program level framework for program quality control

Review and provide quality recommendations and corrective actions. Review and provide feedback on project level quality assurance plans

Establish program phasing strategy

Review and maintain project manuals and construction management guidelines, policy, and procedures

Review program guidelines and protocols for cost reduction initiatives

Review program level cost reduction recommendations

Review program level operability and maintainability recommendations

Oversee design, procurement and construction progress and provide recommendations for recovery plans

Review and provide recommendations on project level safety recommendations and corrective actions

Review and provide feedback on the program level framework for construction quality control

Review and provide quality recommendations and corrective actions. Review and provide feedback on project level quality assurance plans

Collaborate with appropriate internal and external stakeholders to achieve consent. Review all beneficial use recommendations

Ensures owner rep staffing levels are sufficient, relative to contractual commitments, schedules, and constraints. Plans and adapts owner rep resource management as needed to ensure proper staffing levels and results

Continuously monitor performance of Mace group staff to ensure that the client does not spend time mentoring or managing

Qualification

Capital program leadershipProject delivery methodsNegotiating contractsManaging integrated teamsChemical sector experienceCommunication skillsPresentation skillsWritten skillsProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree (M.S. or MBA preferred)

Minimum of (25) years of demonstrated capital program leadership experience in industrial manufacturing, natural resources and chemical sectors

Experience managing an integrated team on large complex and multi-phase capital process consisting of multiple project elements

Knowledge of multiple project delivery methods

Proven track record of leading programs of $300 Million or greater

Demonstrated experience providing leadership of a team in an integrated project delivery organization

Demonstrated experience in negotiating multi-million-dollar contracts as part of a multi-dollar program

Proven track record of following through on commitments

Demonstrated experience in delivering major capital programs successfully (on budget, time, meeting safety and quality standards within approved scope)

Proven track record of partnering and issues resolution

Demonstrated excellent communications, presentation and written skills

Company

Mace

Glassdoor4.2

Mace is an international consulting and construction company.

Founded in 1990

London, England, GBR

5001-10000 employees

http://www.macegroup.com

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