Vice President of Construction

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

The Pursuing Firm is a multi-discipline Engineering, Inspections, and Construction firm serving the telecommunications, energy, utility, and fiber-related infrastructure sectors. We are built on the core belief that our greatest assets are our employees and our clients.

As a leader in exceptional technical service, we aim to employ unique talent that possesses the willingness and ability to seek and comprehend our clients’ needs while consistently exhibiting unrelenting attention to detail and a desire to settle for nothing but the best. This philosophy is coupled with our commitment to providing superior client service founded on unmatched client responsiveness, transparency, and client-tailored managerial systems and communication protocols.

The Pursuing Firm is seeking a senior leader for its Construction business sector in the telecommunication vertical. The ideal candidate will strategically complement existing executive leadership and greater position the firm for its next phase of growth through the strengthening of current industry contacts, recruitment efforts, technical breadth, operational strategy, and business acumen. The role partners with Engineering and Administration to translate strategic plans into safe, efficient, and repeatable construction operations.

• Provide executive leadership and direction for all construction operations.
• Accountable for fiscal responsibility and sound financial management through the development, recognition, and implementation of sustainable strategic practices that increase revenues and decrease costs.
• Develop and manage department construction budgets, forecasts, and capital expenditure; implement cost controls and margin-improvement initiatives.
• Implement standardized construction operating processes, quality assurance/quality control protocols, technical standards, close-out standards, and continuous improvement practices to scale repeatable and consistent processes & procedures.
• Execute subcontractor strategy: prequalification, procurement, contracting (turnkey and specialty), performance management, claims resolution, and supplier development.
• Establish and enforce safety programs, standard operating procedures, and KPIs to achieve best in class safety performance.
• Lead, recruit, and develop multi-disciplinary teams and build a high-performance culture.
• Oversee risk identification, protocols, and mitigation strategies.
• Maintaining cognizance of both the external and internal competitive landscape, opportunities for expansion, customers, markets, and new industry developments and standards.
• Develop client relationships, client retention practices, and grow/maintain revenue streams.
• Represent the company with customers, vendors, regulators, and community stakeholders; support negotiations as needed.
• As the selected individual will be responsible for representing The Pursuing Firm internally and externally, they will be expected to act in a professional manner and uphold The Pursuing Firm’s mission and values at all times. The Vice President of Construction should set the standard for interpersonal attitude, industry camaraderie, a respect for others, and a demonstration of company values.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related field.
• Ten years of progressive construction/field operations experience in wireless telecommunications (macro towers & site civil development), including five (5) or more years in senior leadership.
• Demonstrated success delivering large multi-site wireless rollouts and complex integration projects.
• Strong knowledge of tower construction, structural design, and site civil development.
• Minimum of four (4) years’ experience in client strategy development, client management, and client-facing (multi-sized) project management.
• Experience managing multi-tier subcontractor networks and major vendors.
• Proven record of accomplishment with project controls, estimating, scheduling and PM/ERP tools.
• Excellent leadership, negotiation, stakeholder, and…