Project Director - Rail, Roadways and Resort Development

Project Director - Rail, Roadways and Resort Development

Full-time

Business Segment:
Universal Destinations & Experiences HQ

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world‑class content and bring it to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad‑supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, Dream Works Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry‑leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood.

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Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

This position provides leadership to a multi‑disciplinary team responsible for the planning, design, construction, and commissioning of infrastructure and property development projects and associated resort complex (ERC). The Project Director oversees all aspects of enabling public roadways, bridges, and construction logistics across the ERC, ensuring successful project delivery aligned with budget, schedule, quality, safety, creative, and guest experience objectives.

Responsibilities include directing project strategy, planning, commercial management, stakeholder coordination, design integration, construction execution, and commissioning activities. The role also focuses on minimising project risks, claims, disputes, change orders, and interface disruptions while maintaining strong control of schedule, budget, quality, and field operations. Success in this role requires hands‑on leadership, effective collaboration across project participants, and the development of high‑performing internal, consultant, and contractor teams supported by efficient document control processes.

• Work with Universal Destinations & Experiences (UDX) leadership and provide direction to multi‑departmental project teams including Universal Creative, Finance, Operations, Procurement, Legal, External Affairs, Security, EHS, etc. to establish scope and schedule requirements, develop budgets and financial planning, manage procurement, address SDO conditions and governmental commitments, and complete design, construction and commissioning.
• Oversee overall project safety, obtain final acceptance for a contractor’s submitted safety plan, and compliance with Environment Health & Safety (EHS) standards.
• Manage the planning and execution of enabling infrastructure and development such as public roadways and bridges. Manage overall site logistics across ERC, in accordance with CDM and statutory and SDO requirements. Manage the planning and integration of construction works pertaining to third party development across the ERC, including rail station and supporting developments.
• Ensure that all project procedures are being followed as it relates to correspondence, RFI’s, directives, design and construction drawings, submittals, meeting minutes, action trackers, default lists, notices, pay applications, etc. necessary to successfully complete works to enable theme park and resort construction.
• Responsible for maintaining the overall project budget and schedule within the targeted objectives set forth during project approval.
• Provide leadership and personal development guidance to all direct reports to support growth within current positions and…