Project Executive - Chicago

Turner Construction Company; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Turner Construction Company in Chicago is seeking an experienced project leader to manage multiple projects from preconstruction through closeout. You will coordinate teams, controls, and client communications to deliver on time and within budget.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree plus 18 years of related experience, strong knowledge of cost, scheduling, and contracts, and a proven ability to win new work while upholding safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree plus minimum of eighteen years' related experience or equivalent.
• Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing, and engineering principles.
• Advanced presentation and communication skills; ability to read, understand and interpret contract documents and project schedule.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with clients and design community to enhance future business development opportunities.
• Lead and mentor high-performance teams with supervision, training, coaching and timely performance appraisals.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to secure new work for the business unit.
• Oversee the master project schedule and manage its implementation, budget and financials.
• Drive adoption of BIM and Lean to benefit the project and enforce safety and QA/QC programs.

Skills

Leadership

Client relations

Communication

Project management

Negotiation

Team supervision

BIM

Lean

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

BIM

MS Office

Job description

Division: Chicago Main

Project Location(s): Chicago, IL 60603 USA

Minimum Years Experience: 18

Travel Involved:

Job Type: Regular

Job Classification: Experienced

Education:

Job Family: Construction

Compensation: Salaried Exempt

Position Description: Leads, manages, and coordinates all phases of one or more projects from preconstruction through closeout. Contributes to the securing of new work for the company.

Reports to: Construction Executive, Operations Manager, Senior Operations Manager, 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.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing Departments 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.

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The salary range for this position is estimated to be 200,000.00 - 247,000.00 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 eighteen years' related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or 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 business opportunities. Must have knowledge of regional market and sales/closing skills. Proven written and verbal communication abilities, proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Office Suite of programs. Must have advanced presentation skills. Ability to read, understand and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work and project schedule. Ability to implement leading-edge technologies such as Building Information Models (BIM) 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.

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 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.