Project Executive - Commercial (Seattle

Project Executive

As a Project Executive, you will serve as a leader and strategist for the Seattle Commercial Market Sector, with an emphasis on large-scale ground-up and complex commercial construction. You will build trusted relationships with clients, design partners, trade partners, and Lewis teams while providing executive leadership to multiple project teams from pursuit and preconstruction through closeout.

You will be accountable for the overall success and profitability of assigned projects and contribute to the performance of the Commercial business unit. Success is measured by safety, client satisfaction, profitability, schedule, quality, design excellence, and team development. You will also support market strategy, business development, organizational initiatives, and continuous improvement.

Primary Functions and Essential Responsibilities

Client Development

• Develop and execute strategies for obtaining new project opportunities. Identify and prioritize clients and project leads in targeted segments, research background information, and coordinate pursuit efforts with Marketing, Estimating, and Preconstruction.
• Lead negotiated and alternative-delivery sales efforts, including differentiation strategy, proposal management, and interview preparation.
• Oversee assigned project bids and new-work proposals, engaging the estimating team to prepare budgets, pricing strategies, and proposal deliverables.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients, design teams, trade partners, suppliers, and user groups that reflect Lewis core values and meet or exceed client expectations.
• Actively participate in industry, client, and community events to strengthen relationships and enhance the Lewis brand.

People Leadership

• Lead project teams to achieve strong project outcomes and high levels of team performance, while fostering clear communication and alignment between field and office teams.
• Set expectations, motivate diverse teams, resolve challenges and conflicts, and establish an accountable, collaborative team environment.
• Identify and communicate staffing needs; participate in recruiting, selection, and retention of high-performing team members.
• Lead by example in accordance with Lewis core values and actively support mentoring, succession planning, and career development.

Safety

• Lead, promote, and ensure compliance with Lewis and industry safety policies, demonstrating personal ownership of the goal to return every worker home safely each day.
• Ensure required project safety reviews and inspections are completed, communicate results, and drive timely corrective action and team accountability.
• Integrate safety into preconstruction and project planning and actively support jobsite crisis response and incident investigations.

Contracts / Risk Management

• Negotiate owner contract terms in partnership with the President or Vice President and oversee subcontract negotiations to align risk with appropriate commercial terms and margin.
• Maintain detailed knowledge of key contract terms and ensure compliance with critical price, schedule, notice, and documentation requirements.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate project and business risks; solve complex issues in a manner that protects client and Lewis interests.

Preconstruction

• Partner with Estimating and Preconstruction to deliver estimates, value analysis, schedules, constructability reviews, design management, logistics plans, safety plans, procurement strategies, and buyout support.
• Align preconstruction deliverables with Lewis standards and client expectations, and lead an effective transition from pursuit and preconstruction into project execution.
• Develop staffing and execution plans so project teams are prepared and fully resourced before construction begins.

Construction Management

• Establish project objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards consistent with Lewis requirements and project commitments.
• Direct multiple projects in various stages of development and maintain executive-level oversight of project status, schedule, cost, quality, change management, and client satisfaction.
• Oversee development and maintenance of comprehensive project…