Make an Impact
As the Lead Construction Operations, you are responsible for managing the superintendents, construction project management, effective client engagement, and for completing projects from preconstruction estimating and bidding through construction completion within established quality, budget, and schedule constraints. You are responsible to provide overall administrative and technical direction for projects, along with preparing portions of contract proposal estimates for one or more disciplines, including the determination of applicable project plans and specifications.
Deliver Results

• Oversee the total construction effort to ensure each project is constructed in accordance with design, budget and schedule. Interface with client representatives, A/E representatives, union officials, subcontractors, security, and other stakeholders.
• Create project work scopes with Superintendent for bidding. Run Pre-Bid meetings, and Post-Bid Interviews. Manage subcontractors to work scopes and contracts.
• Create and maintain an overall construction schedule in conjunction with the Superintendent, utilizing Microsoft Project or similar software. Coordinate with Owner and subcontractors. Prepare and execute project work plans.
• Conduct effective team meetings during all phases of design and construction as applicable. Manage weekly contractor progress meetings along with the Superintendent and update meeting minutes for distribution.
• Solve complex project issues by providing team support and technical advice while answering questions that arise in the field or in Requests for Information (RFI's.)
• Ensure an organized and safe job site is maintained throughout the project. Coordinate and supervise all construction activities in conjunction with the Superintendent.
• Actively and creatively identify new business opportunities and develop new client relationships along with maintaining established relationships. Listen for and seek out new projects which may exist or are being formulated.

Required Qualifications

• 8-10 years of related experience in a Construction Superintendent and/or Construction Manager role.
• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, or equivalent in education and experience.
• Commercial construction project experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools, including Microsoft Project, Word, and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Health and Safety training, including CPR/First Aid Certification and OSHA 30 Hour Construction Training.
• Procore experience.

People Matter
Each individual's background, knowledge, ability, and experience contributes to strengthening our organization and projects. Our dedication to diversity includes company provided training and education, equitable recruitment, a grassroots employee DEI committee, and robust community partnerships.
Progressive Companies is comprised of people with a variety of abilities, races, colors, religions, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, ages, veteran statuses, and more. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential elements of innovative design. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Transforming Spaces. Empowering People.
The talented professionals of Progressive Companies are designers of a bold new future, creating high-performance structures and pathways, delivering on today's needs and preparing for what's to come. We live by the idea that design isn't simply about beauty, it's about improving strategic outcomes-what we call Performance Based Design. Our work spans across the nation, allowing team members to work on a variety of exciting projects and maximize impact as trusted partners to our clients and communities.

Sustainable and Inclusive
We are dedicated to human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive design practices. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to building trust, respect, and truly innovative design making spaces welcoming and accessible to all. Our sustainability approach embraces the AIA 2030 Commitment, together with a range of high performance, restorative, and regenerative strategies with a focus on climate responsive results to maximize positive impact in our industry.

Employee Owned
We act like owners-because we are. From modest beginnings of four original engineering partners in 1962, to almost 300 architects, engineers, designers, and consultants across multiple regional offices today, the energy, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurial mindset you expect from a CEO come standard with every team member.

Culture of Excellence
The firm is continually ranked as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation®, with comprehensive benefits including an award-winning wellness program, hybrid work schedule, summer hours, profit-sharing, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). We take our work seriously, but have fun along the way, which fuels the creative spirit and supports a focus on work and life integration.
Progressive Companies is committed to development and growth of team members through continuing education, mentorship, growth opportunities, and more. We are dedicated to giving back to our communities, with paid service-learning hours available to every employee and corporate sponsorship for a wide range of community organizations and activities.
Other details

• Job Family Construction
• Job Function Construction
• Pay Type Salary

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