Project Executive, Data Centers

Overview

The Project Executive provides overall leadership and direction on the construction project. Typically, the Project Executive is responsible for negotiating the Owner contract, serving as the main contact for the Project Manager regarding budget, billing, and client satisfaction, and ensuring the fiscal success of the project.

• Provide leadership in business judgment and all financial and profitability aspects of projects under your jurisdiction.
• Participate extensively in the work acquisition process, developing project budgets and schedules that achieve profitability objectives while addressing project-specific challenges.
• Set appropriate milestones and assign staff qualified to handle the scope and complexity of the project.
• Work closely with clients, owners, architects, and subcontractors to develop relationships that exceed client satisfaction to the company’s demanding standards.
• Provide oversight in managing all necessary resources from start‑up through closeout, ensuring the Owner’s expectations for budget, schedule, and quality, as well as profitability objectives, are met or exceeded.
• Own the project from Pre‑Construction through Closeout and beyond:
  • Oversee projects at a high level, monitoring budget, costs, unexpected events, and overall progress.
  • Ensure day‑to‑day operations transition effectively to Project Managers and Superintendents once field work commences.
  • Mentor, train, and coach staff to meet or exceed company standards.
  • Represent the company to Owners, Architects, Consultants, Government Authorities, Vendors, and Subcontractors.
• Project Acquisition:
  • Understand unique owner needs, represent company capabilities, and help close potential clients.
  • Review projects for challenges that could impact budget and profitability, using the Litmus Test.
  • Utilize industry contacts to generate appropriate project leads and follow through to acquisition.
  • Contribute to the RFP response process, including editing project-specific content and participating in interviews as needed.
  • Participate in contract negotiation.
• Project Start‑Up/Turnover/Pre‑Construction:
  • Assign appropriate project staff, including Project Management and Field Operations teams.
  • Review and approve pre‑mobilization activities.
  • Ensure the turnover meeting occurs between Pre‑Construction and Operations teams.
  • Lead pre‑construction and estimating teams in developing project‑specific budgets, schedules, and logistics plans.
• Project Operations:
  • Ensure projects achieve budget, schedule, quality, and profitability objectives.
  • Maintain a thorough understanding of the company/Owner contract and ensure team compliance.
  • Visit sites regularly to monitor performance and expenditures, highlight potential challenges, and provide leadership to bring projects on schedule and under budget when feasible.
• People:
  • Monitor and evaluate Project Manager and Superintendent assignments.
  • Develop the entire team.
  • Assist in sourcing and screening candidates, mentoring, coaching, and training them to perform effectively and match talent to project scope.
• Financial Performance:
  • Manage cash, accounts receivable, accurate financial forecasting, and P&L, including project contingencies, liabilities, and savings potential.
• Schedule Performance:
  • Assist the project staff in developing the baseline schedule.
  • Monitor schedule performance.
  • Assist in initiating lean planning processes and workflow.
  • Ensure project staff understand and are trained in Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and monitor compliance.
• Safety:
  • Champion jobsite safety, motivating the team to implement the company Safety Program.
  • Ensure the original project budget includes appropriate safety funding.
• Meeting Management:
  • Attend scheduled meetings necessary to monitor and manage project profitability.
  • Chair and/or attend weekly project staff meetings.
• Client Relationships:
  • Attend owner and project meetings, maintain continuous client contact to gauge performance perceptions, and communicate relevant information to the Project Team.
  • Represent the company on the team.

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10–15 years of construction management experience for a large‑scale general contractor or CM at…