Volunteer Project Executive Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Warfel Construction is looking for a Project Executive to join our team in Paoli, PA. This role provides executive oversight on the project level to ensure client satisfaction while establishing and leading a high performing Project Management Team, with defined responsibilities and direction. The Project Executive will communicate with the Client on a regular basis, ensuring satisfaction and repeat business in line with our Clients for Life mission.

The ideal candidate will be located in an area allowing easy and readily available travel to both the office in Paoli, PA and jobsites in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties.

Requirements

Job Responsibilities Include but are not limited to the following:

• Executive contact to the client from Preconstruction, as applicable, through the construction process. Available for the Client calls if the Client wishes to discuss an issue with an Executive.
• Organize and lead a team of 3-5 Project Managers, provide direct oversight to their projects and take an active role in their development.
• Establish team revenue and margin goals in alignment with Warfel strategic plan. These goals will align with the overall organizational goals to ensure proper team size and company performance
• Assist Business Development & Work Acquisition teams to find new client relationships and project opportunities, as necessary, to ensure team revenue and margin goals are met.
• Encompasses strong interview and presentation skills. Has strong planning ability to prepare and respond to RFPs (request for proposal) and RFQs (request for qualifications).
• Strong ability to work with Preconstruction teams to prepare logistics plans, conceptual schedules and constructability reviews at varying stages of project design.
• Assure projects are completed on time and on or under budget to ensure team revenue and margin goals are met.
• Organize and lead multiple Project Teams. Foster internal project team chemistry and relationship building. Ability to effectively work through personnel conflict resolution, internally and externally..
• Visits job sites as required. Reviews job status against CPM schedule, quality control, and jobsite appearance. Actively discusses job status with field supervisor. Identifies inconsistencies between CPM schedule and construction progress, and reviews with field supervisor and project manager to implement a recovery plan if needed.
• Actively discusses quality control with field supervisor. Identifies potential issues, ensures the team has a recover plan in place for any quality control issues, and takes an active role in resolution of major quality control issues.
• Proactively review project communication, schedule progression, change management, and team dynamics (internal and external) to identify and help eliminate potential client relationship issues.
• Active involvement with project turnover and procurement process.  Responsible for ensuring procurement of key critical path trades and early packages to support project team and project success.
• Review major project issues with the Operations Staff to assure Warfel's best interests are being considered. 
• Active involvement with project completion process, ensuring project team completes punch list in a timely manner and all outstanding project items are completed on or before scheduled turnover to the client.
• Attending Owner/Architect meetings as project and client relationship may require.

Qualifications and Experience

• Must have a minimum of a four-year college degree majoring in construction management, engineering, architecture or similar program or similar related career experience.
• 12+ years management experience or similar career experience. Proven record of successfully managing projects consistent with those built by Warfel Construction Company.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• May need to occasionally move around the inside of the office to access file cabinets, manage copiers and other business materials, etc. May also need to move throughout a construction jobsite with potentially uneven terrain. 
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, telephone, copy machine, or printer.
• Frequently communicates with internal and external clients to exchange correct and accurate information.
• Infrequent need to lift or move 5 to 25 lbs within an office environment. Potential to lift up to 60 lbs (large set of drawings) on occasional basis.
• Visits to jobsites may result in exposure to weather elements.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation & Public Holidays)
• Parental Leave
• Employer Paid Short Term Disability

Warfel is an equal opportunity employer. Warfel Construction Company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process. Employment with Warfel Construction Company is at-will and may be terminated at any time, with or without cause or notice.