Senior Construction Project Leader

Gilbane Building Company; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 215,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilbane Building Company seeks a Senior Project Executive to lead complex construction programs with accountability for safety, schedule, and commercial success. The role focuses on on-site leadership, client interaction, and delivering high-quality results across multiple markets.

The ideal candidate has 12–18 years of experience delivering $100M+ programs, a degree in engineering/construction management, and a proven track record in team leadership and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Strong technical and communication skills are critical.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Leadership and management skills.

Responsibilities

• 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 and resolve potential claims and deviations.
• Ensures team creates a project-specific quality plan aligned with the owner contract and contract documents.
• Ensures a team creates a closeout plan in alignment with the contract documents.
• Provides leadership in motivating the project team(s) and maintain 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 on all projects.
• Negotiate all aspects of contracts, lead implementation of risk mitigation plan, final review of draft contracts, agreements, and purchase orders.
• Assumes overall accountability to ensure project compliance with the insurance and bonds.
• Manages the design phase of a GMP or design build project; leads and oversees the development of GMP/ lump sum submission.
• Oversees schedule planning and execution of multiple projects; accountable for the management of schedule risks that lead to erosion and provides guidance in strategies and actions to prevent risk.
• Develops a comprehensive understanding of the local market areas and profiles to create and lead 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. Leads opportunities to strengthen client, partner, and industry relationships that help position Gilbane as the "Builder of Choice".
• Responsible for the career development and coaching of team members
• Fosters a positive and inclusive work environment to motivate and engage team members
• Interprets and translates the organizational strategy, ensuring team understanding of their role in accomplishing strategic goals

Skills

Strong technical and communication

Leadership and management

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or Construction Management

Tools

Job description

Gilbane Building Company seeks a Senior Project Executive to lead complex construction programs with accountability for safety, schedule, and commercial success. The role focuses on on-site leadership, client interaction, and delivering high-quality results across multiple markets.

The ideal candidate has 12–18 years of experience delivering $100M+ programs, a degree in engineering/construction management, and a proven track record in team leadership and client satisfaction.