Senior Project Executive
About the role
Gilbane is seeking a Senior Project Executive to join a dynamic and expanding organization that prioritizes employee development and offers substantial advancement opportunities. As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices, shaping communities since 1873. You will have the opportunity to work on diverse projects including schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, and sports arenas.
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway.
Responsibilities
- Assume overall accountability for jobsite safety and meeting contract requirements.
- Verify the accuracy of project financial forecasts, notice provisions, and billings to meet contract requirements and resolve potential claims and deviations.
- Ensure the team creates a project-specific quality plan aligned with the owner contract and contract documents.
- Ensure a team creates a closeout plan in alignment with the contract documents.
- Provide leadership in motivating the project team(s) and maintain a positive work environment.
- Direct and supervise the work of project administration, project superintendents, and engineers to establish operational priorities and maintain satisfactory relationships with owners, subcontractors, unions, etc.
- Assume overall accountability of subcontracting strategy and the integrity of the buyout process on all projects.
- Negotiate all aspects of contracts, lead implementation of risk mitigation plans, and perform final reviews of draft contracts, agreements, and purchase orders.
- Assume overall accountability to ensure project compliance with insurance and bonds.
- Manage the design phase of a GMP or design-build project; lead and oversee the development of GMP/lump sum submission.
- Oversee schedule planning and execution of multiple projects; accountable for managing schedule risks and providing guidance to prevent risk.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of local market areas and profiles to create and lead a networking strategy.
- Partner with business development to ensure seamless integration with sales strategies, client capture plans, and account plans. Optimize profit levers and gross profit margin tactics to achieve performance targets on new sales.
- Lead opportunities to strengthen client, partner, and industry relationships to position Gilbane as the "Builder of Choice."
- Responsible for the career development and coaching of team members.
- Foster a positive and inclusive work environment to motivate and engage team members.
- Interpret and translate organizational strategy, ensuring team understanding of their role in accomplishing strategic goals.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management.
- 12-18 years of experience leading projects of $100M or larger in markets such as healthcare, life sciences, higher-education, etc.
- Or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Skills
- Strong technical and communication skills.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Leadership and management skills.
- Core values matching Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Tough-mindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.
Benefits
- Competitive health and welfare benefits.
- Generous profit-sharing/401k plan.
- Multi-dimensional training opportunities through Gilbane University, a top training organization in the construction industry.
- Opportunity to work with an experienced team and learn new industry skills.
Pay
The pay ranges from $215,000 to $280,000 plus benefits and a retirement program, based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and experience of the applicant, as well as internal equity and alignment with the team.