Project Executive – Life Science
The Project Executive role is to effectively manage both small and large scale projects from discovery and design to development and implementation. A Project Executive is responsible for all the duties performed by the Project Manager as well as the following:
Responsibilities
- Maintains adherence to HITT’s standards of safety
- Ensures the all job processes are followed in accordance with HITT policies
- Negotiates terms and conditions of contracts with clients
- Monitors the progress of each project through updated schedules
- Ensures that the project Quality Control Plan is followed
- Assists that project staff in resolving scope problems with subcontractors
- Ensures proper assignment and evaluation of field personnel both within the project team and throughout the company
- Identifies and negotiates time extensions where justified and allowed
- Acquires new work as well as maintaining existing clients
- Maintains positive relationships with the subcontractor community
- Ensures timely completion of closeout process
- Leads the preconstruction and RFP package effort with the help of the Preconstruction Department and/or other company resources
- Delegates responsibility when necessary to ensure that the project/tasks run smoothly
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in commercial construction, including experience with a commercial general contractor
- Prior Life Science construction project experience required
- High school diploma required, four-year degree from an accredited university within the construction, engineering, or business concentrations strongly preferred
- Previous experience in a project management role with the ability to execute multiple projects and/or simultaneously
- Ability to master sector/project-specific software systems including but not limited to: Microsoft Office suite (ex. Project, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.), ProCore, Adobe, BlueBeam, JD Edwards
- Mastery of reading construction drawings; tasks including reading, interpreting, and updating construction project-related drawings
- Ability to organize necessary resources, including people, tools and time to meet tight deadlines and achieve desired results
- Knowledge of current market conditions including pricing conventions and trends
- Must demonstrate a strong ability to:
- Carry oneself as a leader and knowledge holder of the project while facilitating the decision-making process
- Demonstrate a positive attitude and passion for construction and our industry
- Communicate clearly, concisely, and professionally, with a strong ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner
- Take initiative and seek responsibility
- Demonstrate integrity consistent with The HITT Way and HITT’s core values
- Seek continuous improvement of knowledge and abilities, internal focus on self-improvement
- Recognize quality and implement contractual and HITT quality standards
- Adapt and exercise flexibility with the ever-changing world of technology, design, means and methods
- Collaborate with people of various backgrounds and styles
- Foster positive relationships with colleagues, clients, subcontractors and vendors
- Approach all situations with a customer service oriented attitude
- Coach, train and educate assistant level operations team members
- Sustain existing client relationships and develop new client relationships
- Understand and know what tasks are more important than others; discern what needs to be solved immediately and what can wait; ability to multi-task effectively
- Exhibit respectfulness by being punctual, engaged/focused, and respectful of others
HITT Contracting Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
Project Management
