Job Description

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Location: Odessa or Houston, TX

Type: Full time

The Project Executive – Mission Critical serves as the senior executive responsible for the overall success of major mission critical programs, mega-projects, and strategic client relationships. This role provides executive leadership across multiple project functions and project leaders, ensuring operational excellence, commercial success, organizational effectiveness, and long-term client satisfaction.

The Project Executive is accountable for portfolio-level performance, strategic decision-making, executive stakeholder engagement, business development support, organizational leadership, and financial outcomes. This position develops and leads large project organizations while serving as the executive face of the company to clients and industry partners.

Key Responsibilities

Executive Leadership

• Provide executive oversight of major projects, programs, or portfolios.
• Lead Project Directors, Project Managers, Construction Executives, and functional leadership personnel.
• Establish organizational structure, governance processes, and accountability systems.
• Drive operational excellence and consistent execution across project teams.

Strategic Client Leadership

• Serve as executive sponsor for key client relationships.
• Lead executive-level engagement, negotiations, dispute resolution, and strategic planning activities.
• Develop long-term partnerships that generate repeat business opportunities.
• Support business development and strategic growth initiatives within the mission critical market.

Commercial & Financial Oversight

• Maintain accountability for portfolio profitability and financial performance.
• Review and approve major commercial decisions, contracting strategies, procurement commitments, and risk mitigation plans.
• Ensure achievement of financial, operational, and client satisfaction objectives.

Organizational Leadership

• Build, mentor, and develop high-performing project leadership teams.
• Drive succession planning and leadership development initiatives.
• Promote a culture focused on safety, accountability, operational excellence, and client service.
• Lead organizational improvement and best-practice implementation efforts.

Program & Project Governance

• Oversee project health, risk management, resource allocation, and executive reporting.
• Intervene and provide leadership on critical project challenges and recovery efforts.
• Ensure consistency in project controls, reporting, forecasting, and execution methodologies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; advanced degree considered a plus.
• 20+ years of progressive EPC, EPCM, industrial construction, infrastructure, mission critical, or major capital project experience.
• 10+ years leading large project organizations in executive leadership roles.
• Demonstrated success delivering projects or programs with Total Installed Costs exceeding $500 million and preferably exceeding $1 billion.
• Experience leading organizations consisting of 150-500+ personnel across multiple disciplines.
• Proven success managing executive client relationships and strategic accounts.
• Strong commercial, financial, contractual, and organizational leadership capabilities.
• Exceptional executive presence, communication skills, and business judgment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with hyperscale data centers, mission critical infrastructure, semiconductor facilities, advanced manufacturing, power generation, LNG, or other large-scale capital projects.
• Experience managing multi-project programs or regional portfolios.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, CCM, DBIA, PE, or equivalent.