Project Director

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE : AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe.

At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation. Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.

Ameresco’s Atlantic Canada team as an immediate opening for a Project Director , overseeing a major Energy Savings Performance Contract at a federal client site near Fredericton, NB . This site-based role runs through 2027 and offers the opportunity to lead complex infrastructure upgrades, drive sustainability, and deliver measurable energy savings on a national scale.

Responsibilities

• Provide Senior Level Project Management, support, and oversight for Projects in Atlantic Canada.
• Manage and oversee project lifecycle, including feasibility, budgeting, scheduling, execution, and completion.
• Team Leadership & Development – Demonstrate proven leadership skills to supervise, mentor, and train project staff, including junior Project Managers, Construction Managers and Project Coordinators.
• Quality Assurance - Ensure construction is executed per approved plans, specifications, and quality standards.
• Contract Management - Negotiate and manage subcontracts, purchase orders, change orders, and contract responsibilities
• Relationship Management - Maintain strong relationships with owners, architects, consultants, subcontractors, and public stakeholders
• Manage budgets, cost forecasting, cash flow, payment requests, and change orders; ensure accurate financial tracking
• Develop, monitor, and update project schedules, identify the critical path, and implement recovery actions when needed
• Enforce corporate health and safety programs, ensuring compliance with Ameresco and client health & safety obligations.
• Collaboration with internal and external Engineering to ensure design development and coordination aligns with project goals, schedule and progress.
• Manage all administrative functions according to company policies, leveraging project management systems
• Provide monthly reports on cost forecasts, schedules, cash flow, and project reforecasts.
• Lead project close-out efforts, including archiving documentation, commissioning, resolving deficiencies, and ensuring warranty work
• Plan logistics, oversee site coordination, conduct meetings, and manage site administration
• Strategically oversee risk across the project and ensure mitigation measures are effectively implemented
• Provide a structured decision-making framework, ensuring clear accountability and escalation mechanisms
• Use robust project control systems for cost, schedule, and performance tracking, ensuring projects stay on track
• Sourcing resources for project managers as the project demands dictate
• Provide input to project team to consider alternate measures and suppliers to ensure we are not complacent based on past practice. Incorporate and integrate experiences from other projects with project managers to ensure best practices.
• Provide support and backup for project managers, as required.
• Achieve client and company spend / revenue targets
• Ensure compliance with our contractual obligations (to client and to subcontractors)

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