Job Description
Position: Project Executive - Industrial Construction
The Project Executive provides executive-level leadership and overall direction for major industrial capital projects, ensuring the safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery of all project phases from initiation through turnover. The Project Executive is responsible for Safety, Quality, Planning, Scheduling, Budget, Contract Management, Risk Mitigation, and Construction Execution. This position is based on project sites in locations to be determined and provides strategic oversight of project teams, contractors, and stakeholder interfaces to achieve alignment with corporate objectives and client expectations.
Project Executive - Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership & Strategy: Provide overall leadership to the project organization, ensuring alignment with company goals, client expectations, and contractual obligations. Establish and communicate project vision, objectives, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to all stakeholders.
Safety Culture: Champion a world-class safety culture across all aspects of the project. Lead by example to ensure compliance with OSHA standards, corporate HSE policies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Quality Assurance: Oversee the implementation of project-specific quality programs covering design, procurement, fabrication, construction, and commissioning. Ensure quality hold points, audits, and final acceptance protocols meet technical and contractual requirements.
Planning & Execution: Approve and oversee detailed project execution plans, schedules, and resource allocations. Monitor critical path activities and drive timely decision-making to maintain schedule integrity.
Financial Management: Maintain overall responsibility for the project's financial performance, including cost control, forecasting, change management, and contract compliance. Ensure financial reporting accurately reflects project status and risk exposure.
Contracts & Commercial Management: Oversee negotiation, execution, and administration of major contracts and subcontracts. Support claim prevention and resolution strategies to protect the company's commercial interests.
Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary point of contact with the client, corporate leadership, and external partners. Foster transparent communication, proactive issue resolution, and long-term relationship development.
Change & Risk Management: Lead formal change management processes, ensuring scope, cost, and schedule impacts are fully assessed and approved. Identify, quantify, and mitigate project risks and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
Team Development: Build and mentor a high-performing project team encompassing engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning disciplines. Encourage collaboration, accountability, and professional growth.
Reporting & Governance: Ensure accurate, timely, and transparent reporting of project performance, forecasting, and key metrics to corporate management and clients.
Commitment: Maintain a strong on-site presence and demonstrate commitment to execution excellence, quality, and leadership. Overtime and travel may be required to meet project objectives.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical discipline (Master's degree or PMP preferred).
Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience managing large-scale industrial or EPC projects exceeding $500MM total installed cost.
Proven experience delivering projects in the Steel, Aluminum, Mining, or Heavy Industrial sectors.
Strong understanding of EPC execution models, contracting strategies, risk management, and project controls.
Demonstrated leadership, communication, and negotiation skills at executive and client levels.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Primavera P6, Procore, and enterprise project management or financial reporting systems.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Medical Insurance
HSA with Employer Contributions
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Group and Voluntary Life Insurance
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Critical Illness Plan
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Vacation
401(k) with Employer Match
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.
GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, For contractors, Work at office, Visa sponsorship