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Project Executive (Nationwide)

Gilbane Building Company

Providence, RIFull-time$155–273K/yrSeen todayStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$155–273K/yr
Location
Providence, RI
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Gilbane Building Company is building a nationwide talent pool for Project Executives to lead large or multiple small project teams and guide project direction, completion, and financial outcomes. The role is primarily jobsite-based, with occasional office travel, and candidates should be open to relocation and travel. The position emphasizes project leadership, client and business development partnerships, team development, and construction delivery.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Technical Skills, requiredCommunication, requiredTeamwork, requiredLeadership, requiredManagement, requiredMicrosoft Office, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering or Construction Management or Equivalent, nice to have10+ Years Experience, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

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 Project Executives for various locations nationwide. We are looking for candidates across the country who are open to relocation and travel as necessary. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding organization that prioritizes employee development and offers substantial advancement projects. We are actively building our talent pool for future opportunities within our organization. If you are interested, please submit your application and we will contact you for an initial discussion.

At Gilbane, our Project Executive is expected to lead a single large project team or multiple small project teams, guiding the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of the project(s).

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 potential claims; escalates to leadership of unresolved 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 maintains 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 at project level

  • Negotiates all aspects of contracts, leads 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

  • Coordinates all preconstruction services ensuring alignment with contractual obligations; reviews and approves all deliverables to Owner and design team

  • Assumes overall accountability and leads the team with effective communication and prioritization to ensure focus and discipline to meet the project schedule

  • 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

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management

  • 10-15 years of experience

  • Or equivalent combination of education and experience

  • Experience in Health Care, Advanced Manufacturing Science and Technology, Life Science, K-12, Higher Education preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

  • Strong technical and communication skills are critical

  • Ability to work in a team environment

  • Leadership and management skills

  • Knowledge of industry standard software, Microsoft Office (preferred)

Salary to be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education and/ or experience of the applicant, as well as the internal equity and alignment with the team.

The pay ranges from $154,800 - $272,500 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Note to Recruiters, Placement Agencies, and Similar Organizations: Gilbane does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our jobs alias, website, or to any Gilbane employee. Gilbane will not pay fees to any third party agency or firm and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Gilbane and will be processed accordingly.

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How this job compares

Set against the 3,316 open Construction Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$155–273K/yr
  • US median$126–191K/yr1,689 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $214K, is 36% above the US median midpoint ($157K) — in the top quarter of Construction Management salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 22 open Construction Management jobs in Rhode Island and 3,316 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Rhode Island
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Construction Management postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (2,695 postings).
Education
829 of the 3,316 open Construction Management jobs (25%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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