Director Installation Resources

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Grand Rapids, MI - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 141000 - 206000
Posted on: 7 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Director Installation Resources is responsible for ensuring the right installation resource people skills tools and equipment are available and deployed to the right projects at the right time. This includes both near term execution and disciplined long-range planning through Integrated Business Planning (IBP).

A core accountability of this role is to ensure the installation organization is prepared from a capacity and capability standpoint at least six months in advance of forecasted workload by validating demand signals and aligning internal and external capacity accordingly.

This role provides strategic and operational leadership for installation labor across multiple project sites ensuring the workforce is appropriately skilled effectively utilized and capable of delivering safe high quality predictable installations.

The Director operates in a matrixed organization collaborating closely with Installation Directors and cross functional partners to translate business demand into actionable workforce capability and resource strategies.
The position leads four direct reports overseeing Mechanical Installation Electrical Installation Pre Commissioning and Site Inventory Management with accountability for a broader geographically distributed installation workforce.

We offer:

  • Career Development
  • Competitive Compensation and Benefits
  • Pay Transparency
  • Global Opportunities

Learn More Here: provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absencecompensationand training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be$141000to$206000salary at the time of posting. Final compensation will bedetermined by various factors such as work location education experience knowledge and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What You Will Do in This Role:

Strategic & LongRange Planning (IBP & Readiness)

  • Lead enterpriselevel demand and capacity planning through Integrated Business Planning (IBP) aligning sales pipeline portfolio outlooks and execution strategies with labor capacity skills certifications tooling and geographic availability
  • Ensure the installation organization is capacity and capabilityready a minimum of six months in advance of forecasted workload by validating demand and aligning internal and external resources
  • Translate forecasted demand into multiyear workforce capability and investment plans
  • Identify future technical skill certification and jurisdictional requirements early enough to enable proactive hiring training and development
  • Partner with Installation leadership Sales Solution Development HR Finance and Procurement to align workforce strategy with growth risk mitigation and cost objectives
  • Ensure accurate disciplined monthly forecasting processes are in place and consistently followed across the installation organization


Resource Execution & Optimization

  • Own enterprise resource planning and assignment of installation labor tools and equipment across multiple concurrent projects
  • Develop and continuously improve mechanisms and procedures for assigning new projects considering workload utilization skill mix and geographic constraints
  • Balance internal labor contract labor and subcontractors to optimize utilization while maintaining safety quality and compliance standards
  • Own and manage absorption utilization and ratereduction KPIs providing datadriven insights to support smart timely decisions
  • Approve workforce plans organizational structures and resource investments within budget constraints
  • Partner with Finance to manage operational budgets and labor cost performance

Technical Capability & Talent Development

  • Monitor and assess technical skills certifications and qualifications across the installation organization
  • Identify capability gaps and work with Installation leaders to drive targeted training development and hiring recommendations
  • Direct execution of skill development qualification tracking and technical standards across Mechanical Electrical and PreCommissioning disciplines
  • Ensure consistent installation practices technical expectations and execution standards across regions and projects
  • Manage the sourcing qualification and performance of external partners contract labor agencies and subcontractors in partnership with Procurement

Leadership Culture & Continuous Improvement

  • Build and sustain a highperformance safetyfocused and engaged culture across a geographically distributed workforce
  • Provide strong visible leadership and bidirectional communication with the installation workforce
  • Develop and coach leaders at multiple levels strengthening bench strength and succession readiness
  • Drive continuous improvement of policies processes operating models and resource planning tools to improve operational efficiency and predictability
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to Installation leadership on complex workforce capability and execution decisions

Technical Skills & Expertise

  • Strong technical understanding of mechanical installation electrical installation and precommissioning in largescale automated or industrial environments
  • Working knowledge of installation sequencing constructability labor productivity and execution risk drivers
  • Experience managing trade skill mixes certifications and jurisdictional requirements across multiple sites
  • Ability to translate technical requirements into workforce plans training strategies and execution standards
  • Familiarity with tools and systems supporting resource planning capacity management forecasting and workforce analytics

Leadership Capabilities

  • Proven ability to lead large multidisciplinary teams across multiple locations and execution environments
  • Strong people leadership skills including coaching performance management and engagement
  • Ability to influence without direct authority in a matrixed organization
  • Executivelevel communication skills with clarity transparency and accountability
  • Sound judgment balancing safety quality schedule cost and people considerations
  • Ability to operate seamlessly between strategic longrange planning and nearterm execution

What Were Looking For:

  • Bachelors degree in a related field (required)
  • 10 years of experience in installation construction manufacturing engineering or comparable projectdriven environments
  • Demonstrated success in workforce planning capacity management and technical capability development
  • Experience in automotive assembly largescale manufacturing major construction or plant operations preferred
  • Strong commitment to safety quality culture and execution excellence


Required Experience:

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