Location
Sterling, VA | United States
Job description
Objective: The Project Executive will be responsible for setting the strategic vision, creating a leadership culture, and growing the Construction business unit. This position is responsible for leading strategy formation and implementation of the business plans. The division leader leads by example, drives performance, and defines a strong culture.
Job Duties : Business Management - Manage project budgets, track expenses, and ensure cost effective project delivery for the business.
- Work with centralized procurement teams to ensure effective buyout of equipment, material, and labor.
- Identify and implement cost saving measures without compromising project quality.
- Directly accountable for managing the business unit’s profits and losses.
- Collaborate with the accounting team on accounts payable and accounts receivable.
Client Management - Cultivate long-standing relationships with clients built on trust and consistent follow through.
- Lead the business unit’s initiative for repeat work with valued clients.
- Approach challenging discussions with clients from a collaborative mindset.
- Identify opportunities for business development and contribute to overall business growth.
Team Leadership - Lead a team of (senior) project managers, assistant project managers, field supervisors, and production laborers.
- Develop high-performance teams through supervision, training, coaching, and mentoring. Ensure regular feedback is shared with staff, including timely completion of employee performance reviews.
- Manage and develop assigned staff toward maximum job performance and career potential.
- Foster and enhance architect, subcontractor, and vendor relations.
- Provide leadership in risk evaluation, contract negotiations, and pricing decisions.
- Demonstrate a high standard of persona, accountability, and integrity-mentor staff to the same high standards.
- Foster a collaborative and positive working environment for the team.
Project Management - Lead the business unit in creating comprehensive project plans, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
- Oversee the project management teams to uphold and enforce project timelines.
- Build task and labor forecasting including job supervision needs, and production labor requirements to maintain schedule.
- Review contractual scope requirements and qualify project budgets.
- Understand and administer contract and subcontract agreements.
- Establish, update, and communicate the Master Project Schedule and manage its implementation.
- Review documents for potential change order opportunities. Ensure change orders are priced and executed in a timely manner.
- Lead the team from a technical perspective with review of design system operations and specifications.
- Drive enforcement of safety protocols by the project staff.
Job Requirements: - 15+ years of engineering, architectural, construction, or project management experience in related markets.
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Project Management, Architecture, Engineering or equivalent.
- Strong organizational skills: candidate should be energized by working with different teams, both internal and external.
- Ability to multi-task and work on multiple projects and teams concurrently. Comfortable learning new software platforms to track and organize project information.
- Technical background with an understanding of building engineering and commercial projects; prior experience in commercial projects.
- Detailed knowledge of resource planning and financial planning.
- Excellent writing, organization, and communication skills.
- Positive attitude and ability to navigate in a fast-paced environment.
- General knowledge of construction principles and practices.
- Team player that's passionate about innovation and driven to optimize and build better buildings and products. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. On occasion, lift and/or move more than 75 pounds with assistance.
Job Competencies: To perform the role successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Attendance & Punctuality - is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; arrives at meetings and appointments on time.
- Reliability - follows instructions, responds to management direction; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
- Quality - demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; monitors own work to ensure quality.
- Productivity & Quantity - meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly.
- Teamwork - contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests.
- Communication - listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions.
- Safety and Security - examines safety and security procedures; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.
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