Director of Mechanical Services

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Director of Mechanical Services

The Director of Mechanical Services is the senior manager over all mechanical construction including pile racking and solar module installation and is the lead and company face of the mechanical construction execution phase to all project stakeholders. The Director of Mechanical Services is jointly accountable for the on-time delivery and profitability delivery of all the renewable construction projects. He/she will work closely with internal stakeholders such as Client Services, Business Development, Project Controls, Pre Construction, Trade SMEs, People & Culture, and all other corporate departments and shall support the construction organization on non-project specific work such as licensing, hiring, process implementations and strategic initiatives.

He/she will coach and develop a construction execution organization composed of subject matter experts superintendents, foreman, operators, apprentices and other support role and functions. The Director of Mechanical Services will play an instrumental role in growing and scaling Cinterra’s mechanical construction capabilities as well as driving the efficiency and profitability of the renewables business.

The Director of Mechanical Services reports directly to the VP of Operations and will typically have multiple teams of site management personnel they directly manage and support, coach, and mentor. The Director shall frequently visit sites both on a regular schedule and as needed on an unscheduled basis, when not traveling the Director will work from their remote office or other agreed location if there is not an established office location in that region.

Travel to Cinterra offices will be required from time to time to participate in key project meetings or other company activities or events.

Successful candidates will be highly capable in each of the following dimensions (among others): adaptability, curiosity, resourcefulness, problem solving, pro-activity, collaboration, communication and operating in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

• Cultivate safety as a core value throughout the company, supporting the corporate safety program and personnel.
• Demonstrate leadership in the area of safety, which requires observing and enforcing safety rules and practices, holding people accountable for safe work behaviors, and promptly correcting conditions and unsafe behaviors which may lead to accidents among all employees, subcontractors, and vendors.

• Provides leadership for regional construction teams by building, in person training, development mentoring and motivating both site management and trade craft to meet project and corporate goals.
• Build out of and management of mechanical construction execution teams from the ground up, scaling operations to multi-Gigawatt level in region.
• Collaborates with Human Resources and leadership to optimize employee development and training for the Construction Team. Provide training, coaching, discipline, motivation, providing 1:1 guidance and mentoring to ensure each direct report and other managers reaches their highest potential.

• Manages portfolios of projects across the United States, overseeing the construction installation and coordination with other Directors to provide fully integrated and efficient mechanical teams across all projects.
• Lead regular weekly meetings with all the regional construction teams, monitor and track progress, document and set / track improvement actions. Attend weekly meetings as required by management, business development, other regions, and senior management.
• Ensure the regular and timely preparation and distribution of construction reporting requirements, construction look ahead, productivity boards, KPI analysis and integration with project reports. Provide weekly information and update report to the VP of Operations.
• Work with estimating to ensure accurate and updated unit rates are being used for all projects.
• Planning - Build out and maintain accurate and detailed man loading schedule for high probability projects in regional pipeline, prepare a regional forecast…