Graduate Leadership Development Program; Construction

Program Summary

Peckham’s Graduate Leadership Development Program is an 18–24-month rotational program designed to develop future leaders within Peckham Industries’ Construction businesses. Participants rotate through core functional areas including Estimating and Bid Preparation, Project Management, Intro to XBE including financials and job monitoring, safety and more.

Our program, designed to foster future leaders, will allow you to develop your decision-making, communication, and technical skills, with the help of personal mentors and hands on learning. Upon graduation, you will be placed in a key role contributing to the business unit.

• Protect Family and Friends through employee engagement, prioritizing zero incidents, and complying with all company and federal safety policies and procedures. The role is obligated to be proactive and take necessary corrective actions to resolve safety related issues and to ensure a safe workplace. It is essential to maintain a safety culture that fosters openness, innovation, idea sharing, and actions to improve.
• Understanding the Business - We are committed to serve. Our mission is to provide superior construction materials, products, and services and to exceed expectations for honesty, quality and on-time delivery using teamwork and drive.
• Teamwork. Collaborate and engage with your team to provide added value with quality, service, production, and scheduling.
• Innovation - Understand and improve upon the development of an efficient workflow to use when accomplishing a variety of assignments and projects.
• Transparency and Learning. Leadership skills must include an eagerness to learn from colleagues, development of mastery within the team while acting with humility. Apply learning opportunities to ensure reliable, quality driven plant operations.

• Bachelor’s degree required in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Business Administration, or a closely related field. An Associate’s degree may be considered with strong academic performance and relevant construction, heavy civil, materials, field operations, internship, or co-op experience.
• Minimum GPA of 3.5 or higher preferred.
• Strong listening skills with the ability to communicate effectively across field and office environments.
• Highly organized with effective time-management and prioritization skills in a fast-paced construction setting.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Word.
• Professional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to interact with project teams, supervisors, and clients.
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability, adaptability, and willingness to learn across multiple construction disciplines.
• High degree of accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail, particularly related to safety, quality, and project documentation.
• Must possess a clean driving record and have reliable transportation to travel to job sites as required.
• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Position may require up to 20% travel by personal vehicle to offices throughout the state of New York, and New England based on the needs of the business.

Medium Work:
May be required to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up-to 10 pounds of force frequently, and or a negligible amount of force constant to move objects. Job involves sitting, standing, walking, climbing, reaching, and bending for brief periods of time in all types of weather. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, to communicate to employees/visitors.

This position is also occasionally set in a professional work environment.

At Peckham, you will experience our values wherever you work: corporate offices, plants, quarries, or paving operations. We share a common set of values - safety, integrity, dedication, and efficiency which are embedded in how we show up every day. Ours is a culture where we protect family and friends, our word is our bond, we are committed to serve and results matter.

Our values are the foundation of our growth, and we believe will pave the way for future success.