Director, Project Management and Construction

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Spring, TX, US

3 days ago Requisition

ATCO is committed to operational excellence and empowering our employees to do their best by supporting their health and drive to learn more. Besides competitive salaries, we offer the following

• Health, Dental, and Vision benefits
• 401(K) plan with Company match
• Employee Share Purchase Program (ESPP) with Company match
• Tuition Reimbursement Program

ATCO STRUCTURES is a modular construction company that has been the industry leader in modular products for over 75 years. We provide best-in-class products and services with flexible solutions and performance excellence, providing our customers with building alternatives for shelter and building solutions.

We are currently seeking a Director of Project Management and Construction.

This position will provide hands‑on leadership for the safe, profitable, and disciplined execution of modular projects, custom design‑build, and new manufactured product portfolios. This role will maintain clear ownership from project award through closeout and is responsible for the project outcome to all stakeholders.

This position will partner closely with the Sales team during pursuit, estimating, contract formation, and project award, and remaining engaged throughout project execution, which includes client communication, change management, cost recovery, schedule decisions, and issue resolution.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Portfolio and Project Delivery Leadership

• Personally lead selected large, complex, high‑risk, or strategically important projects from handoff through commissioning and closeout.
• Provide active direction and oversight across the broader portfolio of modular, custom design‑build, and purchased projects.
• Confirm that scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, procurement, site execution, commissioning, and closeout requirements are clearly defined and owned.
• Create recovery plans for projects that deviate from plan and elevate decisions promptly when executive support is required.
• Maintain a consistent operating cadence including kickoff meetings, project reviews, site reviews, risk reviews, forecast updates, and closeout reviews.

Team Leadership, Capacity, and Accountability

• Lead, coach, and develop approximately four to six Project Managers and provide clear direction to Field Superintendents and Construction Managers.
• Assign projects and resources based on capability, workload, complexity, geography, and risk.
• Set clear expectations, decision rights, deliverables, and deadlines; inspect follow‑through and address missed commitments directly and constructively.
• Build a high-accountability culture that supports collaboration, candid communication, disciplined execution, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain visibility to team capacity, project workload, travel needs, and critical coverage requirements; re‑balance resources as conditions change.
• Conduct regular one‑on‑one coaching, team meetings, project health reviews, and performance discussions in coordination with Human Resources and leadership.

Process Discipline and Project Controls

• Own and continuously improve the project management operating system, including stage gates, handoffs, baseline plans, cost coding, document control, client invoicing control, change control, reporting, and closeout requirements.
• Ensure project teams use approved templates, systems, schedules, logs, and financial controls consistently and accurately.
• Establish minimum standards for project plans, responsibility matrices, submittal and RFI tracking, procurement logs, schedule updates,…