Traveling Project Executive - MSG - Federal Projects

Turner Construction Company; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company seeks an experienced leader for a full-time traveling assignment across the United States, supporting Federal/Defense projects. The role reports to senior operations leadership and requires strong business development and project leadership capabilities.

Must have a Bachelor’s degree and 18+ years of related experience, with expertise in BIM and Lean, and proven abilities in budgeting, scheduling, and contract negotiation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree plus 18+ years of related experience.
• Knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing and engineering principles.
• Ability to seek out and find business opportunities; strong regional market awareness.
• Proven written and verbal communication abilities; proficient with Office suite.
• Advanced presentation skills; ability to read and interpret contracts and drawings.
• Experience implementing BIM and Lean to benefit projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with clients, design community, and organizations.
• Lead and mentor teams; provide feedback and performance appraisals.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to secure new work.
• Ensure ethics and compliance on all projects.
• Lead risk evaluation, contract negotiations, and pricing decisions.
• Manage multiple projects from preconstruction to closeout.
• Oversee master project schedule development and implementation.
• Oversee budget and financial management for all projects.
• Drive Turner initiatives and technologies usage.
• Oversee QA/QC program administration.
• Enforce safety protocols among project staff.
• Act as a good corporate citizen supporting business unit goals.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Presentation skills

Sales/closing skills

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

BIM

Lean

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

This position is for a full-time traveling assignment. Locations are across the United States supporting our Federal/Defense projects and will report to our Federal Market Segment Group. Prior federal/defense related project experience is strongly preferred.

Reports to

Construction Executive, Operations Manager, Senior Operations Manager, Regional Operations Manager

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.

Qualifications

Graduation with a Bachelor’s Degree plus a 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.

Other Duties

• 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.