Director of Construction – Water Infrastructure
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Ameresco Director leading remote U.S. construction delivery for multimillion-dollar water infrastructure and AMI projects. Managing subcontractors, budgets, schedules, safety, commissioning, and customer outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Lead planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale water infrastructure and AMI projects
- Manage subcontract administration, construction activities, commissioning, and project closeout
- Provide hands-on leadership to project teams, subcontractors, vendors, consultants, and construction resources
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and customer expectations
- Plan, budget, forecast, track, and manage organizational and team resources
- Serve as the construction interface with engineering, operations, business development, and internal teams
- Develop scopes of work, subcontractor bid packages, contract documents, and related negotiations
- Evaluate technologies, equipment, vendors, and subcontractor approaches
- Monitor vendor and subcontractor coordination for cost, schedule, quality, and budget performance
- Review project submittals for quality assurance, technical accuracy, constructability, and customer-oriented solutions
- Manage and approve construction costs, budgets, forecasts, monthly reporting, and schedule updates
- Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities
- Ensure compliance with company, industry, trade, jurisdictional, and project-specific safety standards, practices, and codes
- Travel as needed to support construction operations
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or another infrastructure-related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience
- Minimum of ten (10) years of construction, engineering, infrastructure, utility, or project management experience
- Experience preferably involving complex water infrastructure, AMI, municipal utility, or large-scale infrastructure projects
- Demonstrated experience managing construction execution, subcontractors, budgets, schedules, project reporting, quality assurance, and customer expectations on complex projects
- Ability and willingness to travel as needed to support construction operations
- Strong working knowledge of construction safety requirements, subcontractor management, commissioning, project controls, and risk management
- Valid driver’s license in good standing, issued by the resident state
- Preference given to candidates currently residing in the Central time zone
- Experience managing and developing direct reports with varying levels of experience (preferred)
- Experience managing multiple subcontractors and consultants on complex, multiphase projects (preferred)
- Experience with municipal water infrastructure, water meter replacement, AMI/AMR deployment, utility construction, or related field implementation projects (preferred)
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while fostering positive internal and external business relationships (preferred)
- Strong verbal, written, technical communication, computer, and presentation skills (preferred)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft Project, and cloud-based construction management software such as Procore or equivalent (preferred)
- Construction management certifications, project management certifications, or applicable state licensing (preferred)
Benefits:
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Performance incentives
- Bonuses
- Commissions
- Equity
- People-oriented insurance, investment, and incentive plans


















