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Role Description

Shawmut is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Director – Field Operations, Mission Critical to join our senior leadership team. This role provides executive-level oversight of field operations for large-scale, MEP-intensive, fast-track data center projects across the United States. As a key leader in our Mission Critical group, you will:

• Drive mission-critical business goals, execution standards, and safety culture across field operations.
• Partner closely with estimating, preconstruction, planning, safety, quality, and commissioning teams to support seamless project delivery.
• Support go/no-go decisions, pursuit strategy, staffing plans, and alignment across regions and programs.
• Lead recruiting, development, and retention of mission-critical field leadership.
• Ensure teams possess strong technical capability in MEP systems, redundancy, commissioning, and fast-track execution.
• Conduct performance coaching and succession planning to build strong organizational depth.
• Engage directly with clients at the executive level to support presentations, reviews, and satisfaction efforts.
• Participate in deal reviews focused on schedule feasibility, constructability, logistics, phasing, and risk mitigation.
• Lead recovery actions on underperforming projects to protect schedule, financial outcomes, and client relationships.
• Establish and maintain standards for mission-critical field operations, staffing, safety, sequencing, and quality.
• Review and validate project schedules to ensure realistic delivery strategies in fast-track environments.
• Oversee constructability, commissioning readiness, inspections, and turnover quality across all active projects.
• Implement standardized field operations processes, systems, and financial controls.
• Maintain strong, professional relationships with clients, designers, contractors, and vendors.
• Represent Shawmut at key mission-critical and data center industry events to strengthen market presence.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of construction experience with significant leadership responsibility on mission-critical or data center projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, complex, MEP-driven project teams in fast-track environments.
• Strong background in field operations, schedule management, logistics, commissioning readiness, and risk mitigation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field preferred.
• Equivalent industry experience considered.
• Deep knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems, redundancy strategies, commissioning integration, and mission-critical execution.
• Proven ability to develop, mentor, and retain high-performing field teams.
• Strong communication and client-facing skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels.
• Ability to manage multiple high-stakes projects simultaneously and make clear, strategic decisions under pressure.

Requirements

• Eligible candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship or restriction, now and in the future.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – Be an employee-owner!
• 401(K) with Company Match – Receive a company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
• Generous Paid Time Off – vacation and sick time, 12 holidays, summer Fridays, and a yearly volunteer day.
• The Extras – Cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services, and more.

Salary Range Information

Boston Base Salary Range: $175,000 - $300,000. The range stated is specific to Boston. Placement within the listed range depends on many factors including, but not limited to years of experience, project size capability (for Construction & Field roles) and internal company equity. Candidates in other geographic markets will also be considered; compensation ranges for those locations may vary based on local market conditions and cost of labor.