Senior Construction Project Leader — Deliver, Lead, Profit

gpac; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance package

401K

Competitive base salary

Bonus potential

Job summary

GPAC is conducting a search for a Senior Project Manager on behalf of a confidential client in the United States. The role focuses on leading project teams, delivering quality output, and managing scope, schedule, and budget across construction initiatives.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of construction project management, strong leadership and communication skills, and a track record of profitability. Compensation ranges from $150,000 to $220,000, with bonus potential and comprehensive

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of project management experience in construction.
• Field experience coordinating with construction management.
• Extensive knowledge of scheduling, bids, take offs, change orders, and contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships and assist in winning projects
• Demonstrated ability to run a profitable portfolio.
• Exceptional initiative, execution and communication skills, both oral and written.
• Exceptional analytical, motivational, and leadership skills.
• Construction Management degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and build strong teams for each project while delivering quality output, meeting customer expectations, managing to scope, delivering on time, and delivering within budget.
• Drive division profitability through effective project execution.
• Develop and lead project management technical and schedule goals, procurement and contractual requirements, personnel assignments and capacity planning.
• Evaluate and continually improve the systems and processes used by the department to effectively meet customer requirements and profitability goals.
• Review the overall contractual requirements for all projects and specific process design methodology for individual projects as required.
• Ensure schedule requirements are met for all projects. Readily adjust priorities and milestones based upon changing customer needs, resource availability, and job requirements.
• Interact with the customer to validate expectations are understood and met before, during and after project completion.
• Provide oversight for third-party construction firms.
• Manage project review process with particular emphasis on financial forecasting.
• Proactively and systematically communicate challenges, risks and successes.
• Oversee invoice per project terms and negotiate appropriate change orders.

Skills

5+ years project management in/constr

Field experience with construction mgm

Scheduling, bids, takeoffs, change 1:0

Relationship building and winning bids

Profitability management

Initiative, execution and comms

Analytical, leadership skills

Construction Management degree (plus)

Education

Construction Management degree

Job description

GPAC is conducting a search for a Senior Project Manager on behalf of a confidential client in the United States. The role focuses on leading project teams, delivering quality output, and managing scope, schedule, and budget across construction initiatives.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of construction project management, strong leadership and communication skills, and a track record of profitability. Compensation ranges from $150,000 to $220,000, with bonus potential and comprehensive