Project Director

Project Director

The Project Director is responsible for the successful delivery of our Baggage Handling Systems at airports. This Project Director must have a proven track record with demonstrable positive results in the delivery of large (greater than $50M), complex projects or programs from Material Handling Systems, General Construction or other related fields.

Builds and organizes multi-disciplined teams of Site Managers, Supervisors, Engineers, Planners, Administrators, and others as required to lead delivery of large and complex projects in excess of $50M or groups of projects comprising multi-year programs at select large airports.

• Leading project teams through sales, pre-construction (systems engineering), execution, and closedown phases.
• Leads the administrative, commercial, technical and financial management and control of all assigned projects.
• Establishes team expectations based upon corporate objectives.
• Puts mechanisms and processes in place to ensure expectations are fulfilled.
• Creates and maintains continuous improvement loop to monitor performance and improvement opportunities.
• Coordinates with external stakeholders from middle management to C-Level stakeholders to deliver program requirements while protecting Vanderlande interests.
• Coordinates with Government and Authority Having Jurisdiction; as well as city, state, and federal governments to fully comply with the law.
• Develops and maintains appropriate relationships with labor, including local unions, to ensure successful project delivery.
• Puts organization in place to address requirements of internal stakeholders.
• Serves as a proactive leader and problem solver to address complex issues and situations as they arise.
• Implements and leads program level Risk Management process.
• Mentors project team members.
• Sufficient understanding to contract law to successfully negotiate and execute prime contracts, subcontracts, and change orders.
• Leads training, development, and evaluation of the performance of all reporting employees. Works with other department managers in reference to the needs and performance of members on the project teams.
• Directly supports sales activities as required.

Requirements :

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.