Traveling Project Executive - Self Perform Concrete

Turner Construction Co.; United States; On-site; USD 195,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account

Wellness benefits

Legal plan (voluntary)

Identity theft protection

Life insurance

Short‑term and long‑term disability

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Employee referral bonuses

End‑of‑year appreciation pay

Job summary

Turner Construction Co. is seeking a senior leader to guide Self‑Perform Operations (SPO) across the business center and local offices.

You will drive strategic planning, SOP alignment, and cross‑functional collaboration while emphasizing safety, staffing, and profitability. The role requires deep SPO knowledge, 15+ years in building construction, and demonstrated leadership with a strategic business mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited program and a minimum of 15 years of building construction experience.
• In‑depth knowledge of Self‑Perform Operations (SPO) specific scopes of work and trades.
• Experience with large and mega construction projects is desired.
• Demonstrate people‑oriented leadership style.
• Strong business acumen, strategic mindset, and financial comprehension to facilitate operational decisions.
• Ability to forecast, budget, and lead workforce development across multiple offices.
• Ability to align resources with strategic business objectives and drive profitability.

Responsibilities

• Lead SPO organization across business centers and local offices with executive presence.
• Develop and communicate SOPs for SPO aligned with leadership directives.
• Deliver context and information to enable cross‑functional collaboration.
• Promote a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and accountability across teams.
• Prioritize safety and integrate EH&S Building LIFE principles.
• Drive annual profit plan in collaboration with the GM and leadership teams.
• Oversee financial forecasting, reporting, estimating, and production tracking.
• Engage with projects and business development to maintain staffing pipelines.
• Coordinate workforce planning and succession across offices.
• Strategize resource deployment to achieve revenue and hiring goals.
• Plan SPO resources based on revenue benchmarks and forecasts.
• Promote mobility and career development across centers.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Financial acumen

People management

SPO knowledge

Forecasting & budgeting

Resource planning

Communication

Cross-office collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Position Description

Lead with executive presence, strategic understanding of Self‑Perform Operations (SPO), and a broader company perspective to lead the SPO organization, objectives, and projects within the business center and local offices.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Lead with action to build trust and promote the One Turner philosophy with business centers, local offices, and external resources. Drive business center local office culture consistent with SPO guiding principles and influence the culture regarding SPO on every project.
• Lead development and communication of SPO organizational standard operating procedures (SOPs) throughout the business center aligned with functional and business center leadership directives and Turner Operation Group (TOG) recommendations. Collaborate with National SPO leadership to align and improve operational efficiencies across business centers and facilitate the sharing of best practices.
• Deliver communications to provide context and share information effectively across organizational levels and externally facilitate collaboration across business centers to develop seamless SPO operations and integration across the company.
• Demonstrate people‑oriented leadership to facilitate collaboration, develop relationships, and expand professional networks internally and externally.
• Prioritize SPO safety across the business center and collaborate with Safety to develop communication plans and SOPs for adoption by business center local offices. Promote integration of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Building L.I.F.E. principles and strive for zero incidents among SPO and staff.
• Lead business planning to develop and implement an annual profit plan in alignment with the General Manager (GM) and establish an evaluation process to achieve stated goals. Accelerate growth, drive earnings targets, and develop strategies to increase SPO penetration and profitability. Leverage SPO expertise and talent placement throughout the business center to increase profitability.
• Implement standards for financial forecasting, reporting, estimating, and production tracking. Conduct regular reviews of SPO goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) against actual performance and develop plans to improve performance as necessary.
• Maintain active engagement with business center projects and business development opportunities, attend presentations to maintain a full understanding of major projects, financials, SPO impact, and related staff opportunities.
• Collaborate with business center leadership, Resource Officer, and local Human Resources to identify workforce planning needs for SPO employee assignments, participate in project recruiting, career progression, and succession planning activities to sustain a staffing pipeline that meets forecasted requirements and enhances retention.
• Drive actions to align recruiting planning for both staff and trades with the technical skills and acumen needed to perform direct work scopes required to achieve financial and hiring goals.
• Strategically plan business center and local office SPO resources based on revenue benchmarks and actuals to facilitate operational and financial decisions and resource management goals. Coordinate needs and availabilities with direct work SPO business leaders.
• Promote employee mobility within SPO and facilitate career development opportunities with other business centers and in conjunction with the Resource Manager. Strategically deploy resources to grow capabilities across business centers.

The salary range for this position is estimated to be 195,000.00 – 262,000.00 USD annualized.

Benefits

Turner Construction provides flexible benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, financial benefits such as a 401(k) plan, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, wellness benefits, a voluntary legal plan, identity theft, life insurance, and short‑term and long‑term disability coverage.

In addition to our extensive benefits offerings, we provide paid vacation, wellness/sick time, holidays, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonuses, and end‑of‑year appreciation pay.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited program and a minimum of 15 years of building construction experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• In‑depth knowledge of Self‑Perform Operations (SPO) specific scopes of work and trades.
• Experience with large and mega construction projects (desired).
• Demonstrate people‑oriented leadership style.
• Strong business acumen, strategic mindset, and financial comprehension to facilitate operational decisions.
• Deep understanding and ability to establish strategic plans for workforce development, resource management, and staff career development across multiple offices, in a demanding and competitive environment.
• Able to develop a clear vision for achieving resource management goals aligned with strategic business objectives.
• Exhibit behaviors and values that align with the organizational culture; viewed as a leader and role model for inclusion and collaboration.
• Extensive experience establishing and achieving strategic business key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Advanced knowledge of forecasting and budgeting and a history of meeting financial performance metrics.
• Ability to grow leadership impact beyond local responsibilities, focusing on overall company performance.
• Leadership presentation delivery and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence and engage others across organizational levels who are not direct reports.
• Extensive experience leading diverse and remote teams, fostering collaboration, and driving accountability.
• Ability to oversee and drive accountability for resource planning, assess and support career development for employees, and collaborate with other leaders to identify career opportunities across the organization.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands, talk, and hear. The employee frequently views a computer monitor and frequently uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is regularly required to be mobile, and the employee regularly travels both short and long distances via a variety of conveyances. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee performs work on‑site at construction work sites, office locations, and/or off‑site venues. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office or remote setting. The noise in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate in an office setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works at construction work sites 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 the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

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.