Project Executive

Responsibilities

• Affirms overall responsibility for jobsite safety
• Affirms overall responsibility for meeting contract requirements
• Verifies the accuracy of project financial forecast, notice provisions, and billings to meet contract requirements; escalates unresolved deviations to leadership
• Ensures team creates a project-specific quality plan aligned with the owner contract and contract documents
• Ensures a team creates a closeout plan in alignment with the contract documents
• Provides leadership in motivating the project team(s) and maintaining a positive work environment
• Directs and supervises work of project administration, project superintendents, and engineers to establish operational priorities and maintain satisfactory relationships with owners, subcontractors, unions, etc.
• Affirms overall responsibility for subcontracting strategy and the integrity of the buyout process at project level
• Negotiates all aspects of contracts, leads implementation of risk mitigation plan, final review of draft contracts, agreements, and purchase orders
• Affirms overall responsibility to ensure project compliance with the insurance and bonds
• Coordinates all preconstruction services ensuring alignment with contractual obligations; reviews and approves all deliverables to Owner and design team
• Affirms overall responsibility and leads the team with effective communication and prioritization to ensure focus and discipline to meet the project schedule
• Develops a comprehensive understanding of the local market areas and profiles to create and lead a networking strategy
• Promotes seamless integration with sales strategies, client capture plans and account plans
• Optimizes profit levers and gross profit margin tactics to achieve performance targets on new sales
• Leads opportunities to strengthen client, partner, and industry relationships that help position Gilbane as the “Builder of Choice”
• Responsible for the career development and coaching of team members
• Fosters a positive and inclusive work environment to motivate and engage team members
• Interprets and translates the organizational strategy, ensuring team understanding of their role in accomplishing strategic goals

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management
• Industrial experience strongly preferred
• Education experience nice to have
• 10-15 years of experience
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong technical and communication skills are critical
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Leadership and management skills
• Knowledge of industry standard software, Microsoft Office (preferred)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management
• Industrial experience strongly preferred
• Education experience nice to have
• 10-15 years of experience
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

Skills

• Strong technical and communication skills

Benefits

Salary to be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience of the applicant, as well as the internal equity and alignment with the team. For Chicago, IL, this ranges from $190,000 - $210,000 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan.

We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry.

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