Senior Director - Construction

Location: Ivins

Kaiva Tech, LLC is seeking a Senior Director - Construction in Utah. Position Summary The Senior Director of the Construction Business Unit will provide executive oversight, operational guidance, and hands-on support across the construction portfolio. The Senior Director is responsible for strengthening the organization's construction operations and positioning the business unit for sustainable, scalable growth. Leadership Expectations The Senior Director is expected to operate as a collaborative, hands-on executive who can balance strategic leadership with direct project and team support.

This individual must be comfortable establishing structure, holding teams accountable, building trusted relationships, and helping the Construction Business Unit grow without sacrificing execution quality, profitability, or customer service. This role will develop and implement standardized best practices, tools, processes, controls, and procedures that improve project execution, financial performance, risk management, and organizational accountability. Working in close partnership with the Executive Team, Construction Business Unit leadership, and project teams, the Senior Director will identify new opportunities, strengthen customer and industry relationships, contribute to capture and proposal efforts, and facilitate the expansion of existing accounts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Business Unit Leadership and Strategy
· Partner with executive leadership to establish and execute the strategic direction of the Construction Business Unit.
· Develop an operating model that supports growth, consistent project delivery, profitability, and accountability.
· Translate organizational objectives into measurable business unit priorities, performance expectations, and execution plans.
· Provide leadership, coaching, and guidance to directors, project executives, program managers, project managers, superintendents, and support personnel.
· Promote collaboration and alignment across operations, contracts, finance, business development, human resources, and shared services. Operational Excellence
· Develop, document, and implement construction best practices, standard operating procedures, tools, templates, and management controls.
· Establish consistent processes for project startup, planning, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, subcontract management, change management, quality control, safety, closeout, and lessons learned.
· Implement project governance practices that provide leadership with timely and accurate visibility into project status, financial performance, risks, and corrective actions.
· Strengthen forecasting, work-in-progress reporting, cost-to-complete analysis, cash-flow management, and project-level financial accountability.
· Evaluate existing systems and recommend tools or process improvements that increase efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
· Ensure project teams maintain complete, accurate, and timely documentation. Project and Portfolio Oversight
· Provide executive oversight of assigned construction projects and strategic programs.
· Conduct regular project reviews focused on schedule, cost, quality, safety, contractual requirements, staffing, procurement, and customer satisfaction.
· Identify emerging project risks and work with project teams to establish mitigation and recovery plans.
· Support the resolution of complex operational, contractual, subcontractor, customer, and performance issues.
· Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with contract requirements, organizational standards, and established financial targets.
· Assist with resource planning and the allocation of personnel across the construction portfolio. Business Development and Relationship…