Project Executive

Department:
Commercial Construction

Reports to:

President / Project Executive

Positions Supervised:
None

Status:
Full-time

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Classification:
This position is classified as exempt and is not eligible for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Founded by Eric Chinburg in 1987, Chinburg Properties is a dynamic and growing company based in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire with projects and properties in NH, ME, and VT. Over nearly four decades, the company has evolved from a small business into one of the most trusted names in quality development, building, renovation, construction management and property management. Chinburg's success is rooted in building strong relationships—with customers, employees, and business partners alike.

Chinburg is known for its innovative development philosophy and commitment to incorporating best practices, including a strong focus on green building principles. Our expanding team includes professionals from diverse educational backgrounds. In recent years, we’ve welcomed top talent from respected institutions such as Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and the University of New Hampshire, MIT. On our team, we have experienced professionals from many industries and trade certifications.

College of Engineering. We have a strong focus on professional development.

At our core, Chinburg remains a family-founded business, and we continue to embrace new employees as part of our extended family. We value individuals who bring warmth and confidence, along with grit and determination, to our team.

The Project Executive provides senior-level leadership for assigned construction projects from business development and preconstruction through closeout. This role is accountable for project performance, including profitability, schedule, quality, client satisfaction, risk management, and team effectiveness.

The Project Executive serves as the senior operational leader who ensures alignment between preconstruction, project management, field operations, and company leadership. The role provides strategic direction to Project Managers and Superintendents, removes obstacles, develops people, and ensures projects are delivered in accordance with company standards and client expectations.

• Provide senior-level leadership and accountability for assigned projects from business development through closeout, including financial, operational, contractual, profitability, budget, schedule, quality, safety, client satisfaction, risk, and team performance.
• Establish clear expectations for Project Managers, Superintendents, and project teams, ensuring consistent execution of company standards, processes, and SOPs.
• Identify emerging issues, remove obstacles, resolve challenges, and elevate significant risks, issues, or opportunities to executive leadership.

• Collaborate with Business Development and company leadership to identify, evaluate, and pursue new project opportunities based on client needs, profitability, risk, complexity, resources, and execution requirements.
• Represent the Company’s capabilities and value proposition, leveraging industry relationships to support leads, proposals, presentations, interviews, negotiations, and go/no-go decisions.

• Partner with Preconstruction to develop budgets, schedules, logistics plans, staffing plans, risk strategies, procurement approaches, and execution plans.
• Assign appropriate project leadership and ensure teams understand roles, responsibilities, contracts, scope, budget, schedule, assumptions, qualifications, and key risks before…