Sr Project Executive

DPR Construction; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction seeks an executive-level leader to provide oversight for multiple large projects or a mega project with significant complexity and stakeholder engagement. The role ensures safety, quality, schedule, and financial outcomes while guiding senior project leaders and client relations at the DPR level.

You will partner with field operations and senior leadership to optimize delivery, manage complex contracts, and drive enterprise-wide improvements across a diversified portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification preferred. OSHA 30 program completion within 6 months of hire is required.
• 10+ years of experience in construction project management or operations required.

Responsibilities

• Provides executive oversight and accountability for multiple large projects or a mega project, ensuring alignment with DPR Construction’s objectives.
• Leads and develops project executives and managers, setting performance expectations and execution discipline.
• Oversees project financial performance, forecasting, risk management and contract strategy.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field

OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification

Job description

Job Description At DPR, roles and responsibilities are more than describing a job title—they are a commitment to building great things together. The job description(s) below defines core responsibilities and the scope of the role and is a starting point. Every employee is expected to lead from where they are, take ownership of outcomes, and always act in the best interest of the team, customer, project and organization. As a purpose-driven organization on a journey to be most admired, we rely on trust, shared leadership, open communication, disciplined action and a deep respect for the individual to drive exceptional performance. Success is not just about what we build, but who we build and how we build it: with integrity, enjoyment, uniqueness and an ever-forward mindset.

Job Summary:

Provides executive-level execution leadership for multiple large projects or a single mega project with significant complexity, risk, and stakeholder engagement. Holds accountability for project performance across safety, quality, schedule, financial outcomes, and client satisfaction. Leads and develops senior project leaders while representing DPR Construction with clients, partners, and internal stakeholders. Partners with the Senior General Superintendent and field operations executive-BU as a unified senior leadership team, sharing responsibility and accountability for overall project performance, field integration, and leadership of the extended project organization. Applies enterprise-level judgment to resolve the most complex execution, contractual, and risk challenges while advancing consistent delivery excellence. Advances strategic improvement of the deal by aligning resources across the Family of Companies and cultivating strategic partnerships with Self-Perform Work (SPW) executives and leaders to optimize delivery, risk management, and long-term value creation.

Key Responsibilities:

Provides executive oversight and accountability for execution of multiple large projects or a mega project, ensuring alignment with DPR Construction’s operational and strategic objectives. Leads and develops project executives, and project managers, setting expectations for performance, leadership behaviors, and execution discipline. Represents DPR Construction at the executive level with clients, designers, and key partners, leading resolution of the most complex delivery, contractual, and relationship issues. Oversees project financial performance across assigned portfolio, including forecasting, risk management, contract strategy, and complex negotiations. Establishes governance, escalation, and decision-making frameworks to proactively manage risk and performance across highly complex projects. Reinforces a strong culture of safety, quality, and operational excellence through expectation-setting, leadership engagement, and accountability. Drives continuous improvement by identifying systemic risks, lessons learned, and opportunities to strengthen execution practices across large and mega projects.

Education Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.

Work Experience:

10+ years of experience in construction project management or operations required. Experience leading multiple large projects or a mega project with high complexity and risk required.

Certifications and Licenses:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 30-Hour Construction certification preferred. OSHA 30 program completion within 6 months of hire is required.

Anticipated starting pay range:

$220,000.00- $285,000.00

Nothing is more important than your health and wellness. DPR offers a variety of medical, dental, vision and wellness benefits to keep you healthy.

Read more about eligibility and available benefits programs for skilled craft and labor or experienced professionals and recent graduates.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR, you'll have the chance to try new things, explore unique paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity together—by harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen.

We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Fast Company and Newsweek.

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The DPR family of companies is closing the gap between design and construction with an integrated collection of products and services to build smarter, move faster and achieve strong results.

Our approximately 11,000 employees share a commitment to growth, innovation and building great things—great teams, great careers and great projects that change the world.

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