Project Executive - Sustainable Infrastructure

Johnson Controls•Rocky Hill, CT

2d•$112,100 - $168,400•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for executive project level leadership on multimillion-dollar, multi-location energy retrofit projects. This role involves oversight of ongoing project delivery, measurement/verification, and other post-sale activities. The Project Executive determines resource levels to attain schedule milestones, monitors workforce levels to ensure conformance with the construction plan, and hires, retains, and manages on-site work staff in compliance with contract deliverables, budget, and timeline. They control change/scope creep, ensuring all scope changes are documented and change orders are approved prior to or in conjunction with the performance of work. This role implements site safety and security procedures and project work rules, playing an active role in the development of the safety program. The Project Executive develops and maintains customer and subcontractor relationships, ensuring customer satisfaction for the duration of the project and operating effectively in a matrix management environment. They work in conjunction with Area Team Management and both National Operations and Engineering teams. Externally, the Project Executive is actively involved in the local contracting community, industry organizations, and networks with local and national subcontractors. They are the single point of contact for a large, national energy retrofit project at multiple locations, with a project timeline exceeding two years. Internally, they work with Area Delivery Managers to ensure the profitable execution of assigned projects, ensuring tasks are accurate, on-time, billed, within budget, and within scope. They maintain profitability goals and positive cash flow for assigned projects, manage detailed scope development, project costing/savings, and reconciliation processes. The Project Executive leads the team and owns the outcome.

Requirements

10-15 years of construction management experience.
Project size in excess of $10M.
Responsible for complex, large scale projects, working in a multi-stakeholder environment where effectiveness is measured by using influence and knowledge as opposed to direct organizational authority.
Competent in business development; project development, construction management.
Knows implications of project audit.
Develops strategic relationships with contractors, subcontractors, and vendors.
Proficient in software scheduling tools and applications.
Cultivates and maintains effective business relationships at all levels through project phases.
Provides ongoing project status updates with all parties.
Evaluate technologies and equipment, recommending most suitable solution or application.
Displays advanced knowledge of all facets of construction and construction documents.
Provides job site leadership in all areas of scheduling, safety, quality, etc.
Manages critical issues pertinent to the project or the client/facility.
Demonstrates the ability to be an advocate for the customer, using a strategic and long-term approach.
Responsible for internal staffing and reporting on the project.

Nice To Haves

Broad knowledge of commercial/contractual, complexity/deal, structure/financial acumen/disciplines of supply chain…negotiation skills…communication skills…c-level relationships

Responsibilities

Executive project level leadership on multimillion-dollar, multi-location energy retrofit projects.
Oversight of ongoing project delivery, measurement/verification, and other post-sale activities.
Determine resource levels to attain schedule milestones and monitor workforce levels.
Hire, retain, and manage on-site work staff in compliance with contract deliverables, budget, and timeline.
Control change/scope creep, ensuring all scope changes are documented and change orders are approved.
Implement site safety and security procedures and project work rules.
Develop and maintain customer and subcontractor relationships.
Maintain customer satisfaction for the duration of the project.
Operate effectively in a matrix management environment.
Work in conjunction with Area Team Management, and both National Operations and Engineering teams.
Actively involved in the local contracting community, industry organizations, and networks with local and national subcontractors.
Single point of contact for a large, national energy retrofit project at multiple locations.
Ensure profitable execution of assigned projects.
Ensure assigned tasks are done accurately, on-time, billed, within budget, and within scope.
Maintain profitability goals and positive cash flow for assigned projects.
Manage detailed scope development, project costing/savings, and reconciliation process.
Lead the team and own the outcome.
Self-perform development support activities early in the project.
Self-perform cost forecasting, project scheduling, and construction management.
Manage the profitable execution of assigned projects over multiple task orders.
Maintain profitability goals and positive cash flow for portfolio.
Understand project scope and customer expectations.
Utilize resource planning techniques to gain high productivity from team members.
Own the customer relationship at all levels.
Plan, schedule, and control project activities.
Provide monthly reporting of Project financial status.
Participate in Project Delivery Director Monthly Project Backlog reviews.
Oversee FIMs, Multiple FIMs, and innovative/renewable FIMs in multiple geographic locations.
Establish long term customer and contractor relationships.
Influence customer.
Develop and adhere to a Project Execution Plan for each task order and overall project.
Establish customer touch points throughout the life cycle of projects to gain feedback on customer satisfaction.
Provide leadership by demonstrating focus on exceeding customers’ expectations.
Effectively communicate the status of assigned projects to Area Delivery Manager and Delivery Director.
Provide monthly forecasts of revenue, costs, and gross margin for PC execution.
Foster and maintain good working relationships with subcontractors.
Foster and maintain good working relationships with JCI internal Systems, Service and Lighting partners.
Ensure compliance with state, local and federal legal requirements.
Ensure Energy Solutions business is conducted with the highest ethical standards.
Champion and drive the SSA Safety Program for employees and subcontractors at all levels.