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Job overview
The Construction Director leads Construction strategic initiatives, client strategy and development, and business-line project management. The role directs business development, department operations, staffing, budgets, financial performance, and quality and safety compliance. It also oversees project-management tools and workflows, staff development, and cross-selling engineering services, while reporting financial information and forecasts to leadership.
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Description
The Construction Director is responsible for the managerial leadership and direction of Construction strategic business initiatives, client strategy and development, and overall business line project management. The Construction Director will lead the department in a dynamic and profitable manner based on the enterprise core values of client satisfaction, commitment, dedication, integrity, safety, and overall outstanding service.
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Manage the development and execution of overall Construction strategic business initiatives to achieve goals and objectives.
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Provide direction and oversight of business development efforts in the identification and vetting of prospective clients and projects. Responsible for business development activities aligned with business goals.
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Provide leadership to the Construction team; direct and coordinate the department, ensuring efficient and cost-effective utilization of staff.
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Manage Construction business development efforts.
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Oversee the development of department tools and workflows to increase efficiency in designs, specification development, and project execution for the department.
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Directly oversee and manage the Construction budget and expenditure of funds.
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Achieve stated targets and standards for Construction financial performance.
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Provide industry expertise with respect to the competition.
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Present monthly financial information to leadership, including sales and revenue forecasts.
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Approve strategies for cross-selling engineering services across the organization.
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Ensure alignment and support of business line staff development, quality control, and resource coordination.
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Oversee the recruitment, development, training, and retention of staff.
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Conduct performance evaluations for department staff.
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Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to the department.
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Interpret the organization's policies, purposes, and goals for staff.
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Ensure overall QA/QC process adherence.
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Enforce compliance with company and site safety policies.
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Perform other duties as assigned.
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Comply with all policies and standards.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Engineering, Business, or a related field from an accredited program, and 13 years of relevant consulting experience, preferably in the construction industry and/or project management, required.
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Expert experience in client and business development.
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Expert experience in managing projects, including proposal development, contract negotiations, project planning, design team coordination and communication, budgeting, schedule management, and client coordination.
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Expert facilitation, collaboration, organization, and problem-solving skills.
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Demonstrated success in achieving budget, savings, and/or profit margin goals on completed projects.
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Ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead, and manage.
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Excellent planning and analytical skills.
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Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients.
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Expert knowledge of project management methodologies and tools, including Microsoft Project or equivalent software.
Job Construction Services
Primary Location US-WI-Appleton
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time
Req ID: 265443
Job Hire Type Experienced
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How this job compares
Set against the 21,006 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Wisconsin median$122–198K/yr152 salary ranges
- US median$24–28/hr506 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 223 open Business Development jobs in Wisconsin and 21,006 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 13 years of experience — more than three in four Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 17,019 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,227 of the 21,006 open Business Development jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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