Job Description
The Director of Capital Projects leads large-scale engineering, construction, and facility development initiatives to support Sila's manufacturing growth, overseeing project planning, execution, and team management to ensure efficient and compliant facility scaling.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all large-scale capital projects including design, construction, upgrades, and project closeout.
- Build and manage a high-performing engineering, project, and construction team.
- Develop and implement project programs for resource utilization, budgeting, scheduling, quality, and risk management.
- Ensure project alignment across multiple teams such as engineering, manufacturing, and safety.
- Oversee contractor relationships, contracts, and issue resolution.
- Manage all phases of project planning, design, execution, and commissioning.
- Coordinate with operations to ensure operational readiness and plant startup.
- Communicate project progress, performance, and issues to stakeholders.
Requirements
- Minimum of 15 years of progressive, senior leadership experience leading engineering and project teams with a proven track record of scaling, driving organizational change, and managing multi-million dollar budgets.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a science, engineering, construction management discipline or related field.
- Skilled in project planning and risk management.
- Skilled in project planning, risk management, project execution, meeting facilitation, presentation, and communication to all levels of the organization.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Willingness to travel to build sites.
- Knowledgeable in PMP PMI certification (certification is a nice-to-have).
- Experience with process safety, specifically with PSM-covered processes (preferred).
- Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment, such as a laptop, copier, printer, etc., in a fixed location.
- Ability to work 5 days onsite in Alameda or Moses Lake, WA.
- Willingness to undertake approximately 30 business trips primarily to and from Alameda, CA, Moses Lake, WA, and other business sites as needed.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range between $207,000 and $266,000
Work is onsite in Alameda or Moses Lake, WA with 30 business travel days required annually
Part of a competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, equity, and bonuses
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