Senior Project Executive, Higher Education Construction

Coakley & Williams Construction; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Coakley & Williams Construction (CWC), based in Bethesda, MD, seeks a Project Executive to lead educational and institutional construction projects and grow the higher education portfolio. This full-time role offers executive authority over pursuits, staffing, and project execution, with potential advancement to Business Unit Leader.

You will strengthen client relationships, oversee safety, budgets, schedules, and quality, and partner with COO and unit leaders on strategy and growth while

Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of experience in managing building construction projects in excess of $20 Million.
• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Business, Engineering, or Related field.
• Experience developing business and maintaining long-term client relationships within the educational and institutional construction market.
• Proven track record of client satisfaction and profitability.
• OSHA 30 hour, First Aid and CPR certifications.
• LEED Specialty Accreditation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, Procore, Bluebeam; familiarity with Primavera scheduling and BIM.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for multiple educational and higher education construction projects from preconstruction through closeout.
• Develop and maintain relationships with institutional owners, higher education leaders, architects, engineers, consultants, and trade subcontractors.
• Identify and advance new opportunities while serving as a final reviewer of project pursuits, proposals, RFP responses, and interview strategies.
• Partner directly with the business leaders on higher education growth strategy, market positioning, and pursuit decisions.
• Lead project teams and oversee safety, scheduling, procurement, quality, risk, subcontractor performance, and client communication.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, change orders, cost controls, owner requisitions, and overall project profitability.
• Guide constructability, phasing, logistics, estimating, scheduling, BIM, and value-management decisions during preconstruction.
• Help select, mentor, and develop project team members with support from CWC's Talent Acquisition team.
• Represent CWC within higher education and construction industry organizations, conferences, and networking events.

Skills

Executive leadership

Client relationship management

Pursuit strategy

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Business, Engineering, or Related field

Tools

Procore

Bluebeam

Office 365

Primavera scheduling

BIM

Job description

Coakley & Williams Construction (CWC), based in Bethesda, MD, seeks a Project Executive to lead educational and institutional construction projects and grow the higher education portfolio. This full-time role offers executive authority over pursuits, staffing, and project execution, with potential advancement to Business Unit Leader.

You will strengthen client relationships, oversee safety, budgets, schedules, and quality, and partner with COO and unit leaders on strategy and growth while