Project Executive

Project Executive

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Do you consider yourself a highly technical, strong communicator with the desire to work in a team environment on complex projects? Gilbane is seeking a Project Executive to lead a single large project team or multiple small project teams, guiding the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of the project(s). This role will sit primarily on the job site, with occasional travel to the office for trainings, meetings, etc.

As a Top‑10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family‑owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on‑time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway.

You are a coach/leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset. You provide feedback and guidance to help others excel in their current or future roles. You determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress. You establish measures to assess the impact, quality, and timeliness of results while praising successes and sharing lessons learned. You build high‑performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals.

You leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane’s business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantage.

Your core values match Gilbane’s:
Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Tough mindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

Gilbane offers employees multi‑dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award‑winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. You will work with an experienced team that provides a daily learning environment and a chance to protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client.

• Assumes overall accountability for jobsite safety.
• Assumes overall accountability for meeting contract requirements.
• Verifies the accuracy of project financial forecast, notice provisions, and billings to meet contract requirements; escalates to leadership of unresolved deviations.
• Ensures a project‑specific quality plan is aligned with the owner contract and contract documents.
• Ensures a closeout plan is aligned with the contract documents.
• Provides leadership in motivating the project team(s) and maintains 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.
• Assumes overall accountability of subcontracting strategy and the integrity of the buyout process at project level.
• Negotiates all aspects of contracts, leads implementation of risk mitigation plan, and final review of draft contracts, agreements, and purchase orders.
• Assures compliance with insurance and bonds.
• Coordinates all preconstruction services ensuring alignment with contractual obligations; reviews and approves all deliverables to Owner and design team.
• 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 creates a networking strategy.
• Partners with business development to ensure 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.
• Motivates and engages team members while…