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Kimmel & Associates · 1 week ago

Project Director-Renewable Energy

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$225K/yr - $300K/yr

15+ years exp

Kimmel & Associates is a leader in Renewables & Sustainable Infrastructure, and they are seeking a highly experienced Project Director to lead the delivery of complex infrastructure programs. This role involves overseeing EPC partners and managing large-scale projects while ensuring safety, quality, schedule, and budget objectives are met.

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Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end project delivery from NTP through energization and operational handoff

Oversee EPC contractors and ensure adherence to contractual, safety, quality, schedule, and cost requirements

Manage a portfolio or program of concurrent large-scale infrastructure projects

Coordinate and integrate Electrical, Civil, Mechanical, and Water scopes across campus-level developments

Provide leadership on Medium and High Voltage infrastructure, including substations and grid interconnections

Enforce contract performance, including KPIs, liquidated damages (LDs), and long-term service agreements (LTSAs)

Ensure compliance with safety standards, regulatory requirements, and client SLAs

Collaborate closely with internal development, engineering, operations, and executive teams

Identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies across schedule, cost, and technical execution

Support commissioning, energization, and successful turnover to Operations teams

Qualification

Large-scale project deliveryMediumHigh Voltage systemsEPC managementPMP certificationData center experienceRisk managementContract performance enforcementLeadership

Required

Bachelor's degree required

15+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure project delivery, with 5+ years of recent experience in data centers, mission-critical, or other high-tech complex projects

Demonstrated experience delivering $100M+ projects or programs

Extensive hands-on experience in high hundreds of megawatts electrical and electro-mechanical systems

Strong background in Medium and High Voltage electrical construction, including substations

Experience with hyperscale data centers, mission-critical facilities, semiconductor, or utility-scale power projects

Proven ability to manage EPC partners, OEMs, and complex vendor ecosystems

Hands-on experience with protection & controls, EMS/SCADA, plant controllers, and power quality (PQ) troubleshooting (with expert third-party support as needed)

Strong understanding of SLAs for industrial or data center customers

Demonstrated success enforcing contract performance requirements, including KPIs and LDs