Sr Project Executive - Federal (50% Travel)
Gilbane · California
📍 Concord, CAvia icimsFirst listed here 2026-08-23
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Overview
Do you consider yourself to be a highly technical, strong communicator with the desire to work in a team environment on complex projects? Gilbane is seeking a Senior Project Executive - Federal Construction to lead multiple projects teams simultaneously, guiding the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of complex construction projects. This role will sit primarily on the job site, with occasional travel to the office for trainings, meetings, etc.
Who are we?
As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Who are you?
You are a coach/leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset. You provide feedback and guidance to help others excel in their current or future roles. You determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress. You establish measures to assess the impact, quality, and timeliness of results while praising successes and sharing lessons learned. You build high performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals through motivation and discipline to maximize impact on the organization and the individual.
You leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane’s business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantage. You deploy a strategic mindset when considering solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that may develop in the future.
Your core values match Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.
What’s in it for you?
Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.
Responsibilities
Assumes overall accountability for jobsite safety
Assumes overall accountability for meeting contract requirements
Verifies the accuracy of project financial forecast, notice provisions, and billings to meet contract requirements and resolve potential claims and deviations
Ensures team creates a project-specific quality plan aligned with the owner contract and contract documents
Ensures a team creates a closeout plan in alignment with the contract documents
Provides leadership in motivating the project team(s) and maintain a positive work environment
Directs and supervises work of project administration, project superintendents, and engineers to establish operational priorities and maintain satisfactory relationships with owners, subcontractors, unions, etc.
Assumes overall accountability of subcontracting strategy and the integrity of the buyout process on all projects
Negotiate all aspects of contracts, lead implementation of risk mitigation plan, final review of draft contracts, agreements, and purchase orders
Assumes overall accountability to ensure project compliance with the insurance and bonds
Manages the design phase of a GMP or design build project; leads and oversees the development of GMP/ lump sum submission
Oversees schedule planning and execution of multiple projects; accountable for the management of schedule risks that lead to erosion and provides guidance in strategies and actions to prevent risk
Develops a comprehensive understanding of the local market areas and profiles to create and lead a networking strategy
Partners with business development to ensure seamless integration with sales strategies, client capture plans and account plans. Optimizes profit levers and gross profit margin tactics to achieve performance targets on new sales. Leads opportunities to strengthen client, partner, and industry relationships that help position Gilbane as the ”Builder of Choice”
Responsible for the career development and coaching of team members
Fosters a positive and inclusive work environment to motivate and engage team members
Interprets and translates the organizational strategy, ensuring team understanding of their role in accomplishing strategic goals
Support recruiting and hiring process
Participate in estimate reviews, support lump sum bidding efforts for specific projects, potentially lead pursuit with support from estimating department
Perform constructability and design reviews for projects
Perform risk assessment of project schedules and monthly status to help teams assess better path to finish with Trades and Client
Participate in monthly operational support, operational excellence, safety and quality meetings to provide guidance and leadership
Perform quarterly project reviews with help of Operational Excellence
Participate in strategic planning sessions for Business Unit
Function as a PX on at least (1) project
Track REA and Claim progress on all projects within the Business Unit, providing support and guidance as necessary
Track self-performance needs, strategies to suppleme
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