Construction Executive - Chicago

Turner Construction Company; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

Turner Construction Company in Chicago seeks a seasoned Project Executive to lead multiple projects from preconstruction through closeout, secure new work, and coordinate cross-functional teams on complex initiatives.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 18+ years of related experience, strong BIM/LEAN proficiency, and proven leadership, communication, and negotiation skills to drive schedules, budgets, and safe, compliant project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus minimum of 18 years' related experience.
• Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing and engineering principles.
• Ability to seek out and find new business opportunities and read/interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications and project schedules.
• Advanced presentation skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and BIM/LEAN technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain long-lasting relationships with clients and design community to secure future business opportunities.
• Lead and mentor high-performance teams; ensure staff performance appraisals are completed.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to secure new work for the Business Unit.
• Provide leadership in risk evaluation, contract negotiations, and budget/financial management for projects.
• Oversee multiple projects from preconstruction through closeout and manage Master Project Schedule implementation.
• Ensure adherence to ethics, safety, QA/QC, and Turner initiatives and technologies.

Skills

Leadership

Sales skills

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

BIM

LEAN

Microsoft Office

Job description

Division: Chicago Main

Project Location(s): Chicago, IL 60601 USA

Minimum Years Experience:

Travel Involved:

Job Type: Regular

Job Classification: Experienced

Education:

Job Family: Construction

Compensation: Salaried Exempt

Position Description: Leads, manages, and coordinates all phases of multiple projects from preconstruction through closeout. Responsible for securing of new work for the Company.

Reports to: Operations Manager, Senior Operations Manager, or Regional Operations Manager

Essential Duties & Responsibilities*

• Develop and maintain long-lasting relationships with clients, the design community, and organizations to enhance future business development opportunities.
• Develop high performance teams through supervision, training, coaching, and mentoring. Ensure regular feedback is shared with staff including timely completion of employee performance appraisals.
• May have overall staffing responsibilities within the Business Unit.
• Collaborates with Sales and Marketing to secure new work for the Business Unit.
• Ensure strict adherence to ethics and compliance requirements on all projects.
• Provide leadership in risk evaluation, contract negotiations, fee and pricing decisions.
• Manage and lead multiple projects simultaneously from preconstruction through closeout.
• Oversee the development of the Master Project Schedule and manage its implementation.
• Provide oversight for budget and financial management for all projects.
• Support and drive utilization of various Turner initiatives and technologies.
• Oversee the administration of the Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) program.
• Drive enforcement of safety protocols by the project staff.
• Become a good corporate citizen in the community and maximize Turner-controlled resources to benefit business unit goals and objectives.
• Participate in Corporate initiatives; represent the Business Unit or Region on teams.
• Perform and document Operations Review Meetings (ORMs).
• Supervise one or more Project Executives.

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The salary range for this position is estimated to be 184,000.00 - 267,000.00 USD annualized.

Turner Construction provides flexible benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, financial benefits such as a 401(k) plan, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, wellness benefits, a voluntary legal plan, identity theft, life insurance, and short-term and long-term disability coverage.

In addition to our extensive benefits offerings, we provide paid vacation, wellness/sick time, holidays, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonuses, and end-of-year appreciation pay.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree plus minimum of 18 years' related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or and experience. Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing and engineering principles and techniques, as well as accounting principles. Ability to seek out and find new business opportunities. Must have knowledge of the regional market and proven sales skills. Proven written and verbal communication abilities; proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Office Suite. Ability to read, understand and interpret contract documents, drawings specifications, scopes of work and project schedule. Must have advanced presentation skills. Ability to implement leading-edge technologies such as BIM (Building Information Modeling) and LEAN to benefit the project. Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.

Physical Demands: Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

*May perform other duties as necessary or assigned.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.