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Project Director - Michels Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.

Lomira, WI  

Project Director

Location: Nationwide
Employment Type: Full-Time
Travel: Approximately 75% Travel Required

Lead the Delivery of Industry-Defining Mission-Critical Infrastructure

The successful delivery of hyperscale data centers requires exceptional leadership, strategic planning, financial discipline, and operational excellence. Project Directors serve as executive leaders responsible for overseeing large-scale project delivery teams, managing client relationships, driving commercial performance, and ensuring successful execution of some of North America's most complex mission-critical infrastructure programs.

About Michels Infrastructure Solutions

Michels Infrastructure Solutions (MIS) brings together the full capabilities of the Michels Family of Companies under a Super General Contractor (Super GC) model, providing mission-critical owners and developers with a single point of accountability for every phase of project execution. By combining self-performed specialty design, construction, and commissioning services, MIS delivers large-scale, multidisciplinary projects with greater control over safety, quality, schedule, and cost.

MIS specializes in the delivery of hyperscale data centers and mission-critical facilities, leveraging expertise across mass grading and site development, wet and dry utilities, fiber and telecommunications infrastructure, ground improvement, deep foundations, structural concrete, power infrastructure, and commissioning. Our integrated delivery approach enables customers to partner with a single-source team capable of executing some of North America's most complex and demanding infrastructure projects.

Position Overview

As a Project Director, you will provide executive leadership for large-scale hyperscale data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects from project pursuit through final turnover. You will be accountable for project safety, client satisfaction, commercial performance, operational execution, staffing strategy, and overall business results across one or multiple major projects.

This role serves as the senior leader responsible for aligning project teams, field operations, clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and executive stakeholders around successful project outcomes. You will oversee Project Managers, Construction Managers, Project Controls personnel, and field leadership while ensuring projects are delivered safely, profitably, and in accordance with client expectations.

Success requires exceptional leadership skills, executive-level communication abilities, strong financial acumen, and proven experience managing large, complex infrastructure programs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide executive oversight for hyperscale data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects from preconstruction through closeout.
  • Establish project execution strategies that support safety, quality, schedule, financial, and client satisfaction objectives.
  • Lead Project Managers, Construction Managers, Project Controls teams, and field leadership personnel throughout all phases of project delivery.
  • Develop and maintain executive-level relationships with clients, developers, design partners, subcontractors, and key stakeholders.
  • Drive project profitability through effective commercial management, contract administration, forecasting, risk management, and change management.
  • Support strategic growth initiatives, project pursuits, proposal development efforts, and customer engagement activities.

What You'll Do

  • Oversee the successful delivery of large-scale hyperscale data center and mission-critical infrastructure programs.
  • Serve as the senior client-facing representative and executive sponsor for assigned projects.
  • Lead project teams responsible for site development, mass grading, wet utilities, dry utilities, fiber infrastructure, ground improvement, structural concrete, power infrastructure, and commissioning activities.
  • Direct project execution strategies, staffing models, procurement planning, risk mitigation efforts, and operational priorities.
  • Monitor project financial performance, forecasts, contract compliance, cash flow, schedule performance, and resource utilization.
  • Review and approve project budgets, execution plans, staffing plans, procurement strategies, and major project decisions.
  • Support contract negotiations, dispute resolution, change order management, and commercial strategy development.
  • Facilitate executive project reviews, client meetings, operational reviews, and project performance assessments.
  • Work closely with preconstruction, estimating, procurement, safety, quality, commissioning, project controls, and operations teams to ensure successful project outcomes.
  • Identify business risks and opportunities while implementing strategies that improve operational performance and client satisfaction.
  • Mentor and develop future project leadership while fostering a culture of accountability, safety, collaboration, and operational excellence.

Why Michels Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.?

  • We deliver some of North America's largest and most complex hyperscale data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects.
  • We leverage a unique Super GC delivery model that combines specialty construction capabilities under a single-source execution approach.
  • We are family owned and operated.
  • We invest an average of $5,000 per employee per year in training and career development.
  • We perform challenging, meaningful work that supports cloud computing, artificial intelligence, digital connectivity, and economic growth.
  • We believe everyone is responsible for promoting safety, regardless of job title.
  • We are part of the Michels Family of Companies, one of North America's largest and most diversified energy and infrastructure contractors.
  • We offer opportunities to lead nationally significant projects that shape the future of digital infrastructure.

Comprehensive Benefits Package

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Short-Term Disability Insurance
  • Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Legal Plan
  • Identity Theft Protection and Monitoring Plan

Benefits may vary based on position and location.

Why You?

  • You like to surround yourself with dedicated, value-driven people.
  • You relish new challenges and evolving technology.
  • You cringe when you hear: “Because that's the way we've always done it.”
  • You enjoy building and maintaining long-term executive-level client relationships.
  • You thrive leading large teams through complex operational and commercial challenges.
  • You want your efforts noticed and your results to make a meaningful impact.
  • You value autonomy while having the support of a diversified, industry-leading organization.
  • You want to work to make a difference.

What It Takes

  • Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Civil Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field and 10+ years of progressive project leadership experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Demonstrated experience leading large-scale mission-critical, hyperscale data center, EPC, industrial, power, utility, heavy civil, or complex infrastructure projects.
  • Proven success managing projects with significant financial responsibility, complex stakeholder groups, and aggressive schedules.
  • Strong client-facing experience with demonstrated ability to develop and maintain executive-level customer relationships.
  • Experience managing Project Managers, Construction Managers, Project Controls teams, field leadership personnel, and multidisciplinary project organizations.
  • Strong understanding of project execution, project controls, project finance, procurement, scheduling, contract management, risk management, and commercial strategy.
  • Experience overseeing self-perform construction operations including civil, utility, structural concrete, power, telecommunications, and mission-critical infrastructure scopes.
  • Experience supporting business development efforts, proposal development, strategic pursuits, and executive project reviews.
  • Proficiency with Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Power BI, or similar project execution and reporting platforms.
  • Strong financial, organizational, analytical, negotiation, leadership, presentation, and communication skills.
  • Ability to make sound decisions in fast-paced environments while balancing operational, financial, and customer priorities.
  • Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
  • Ability to travel approximately 75% and support long-term onsite project assignments throughout North America as required. Travel may include extended durations based on project assignments and business needs.

Join a company that powers progress. Be a part of Michels Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.—where you don’t just build projects, you build a career.

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