Project Executive

About Us

Gaston Electrical is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. EMCOR is the world's leading provider of mechanical and electrical construction and facilities services, including planning, consulting, and operations and maintenance. Since 1934, Gaston Electrical, a union contractor, has provided expert electrical and low voltage contracting services to the commercial, institutional, life-sciences, hospitality, and retail markets in New England. Our company leadership and skilled electricians build trust through best-in-class services, quality workmanship, safety practices, and reliability.

Position Overview

Gaston Electrical is looking for a Project Executive who is responsible for leadership and oversight for the day-to-day operations of a project management team in addition to planning, directing, coordinating and budgeting activities concerned with large, complex electrical construction projects. The desired results are 1) our projects are run efficiently with maximum profitability and high customer satisfaction; and 2) our project management processes are standardized and efficient.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Include the following. Other duties will likely be assigned.

• Oversee and direct large, complex construction projects from conception to completion.
• Lead Project Managers and maintain oversight of their projects. Assess performance and deliver feedback regularly and in quarterly discussions.
• Review WIP schedule for all assigned projects.
• Engage regularly with our customers and respond with urgency to build trust. Partner with Project Manager to develop relationship with key clients.
• Build trust by consistently meeting project deadlines and customer expectations.
• Leverage relationships to identify future work opportunities.
• Ensures accurate and timely project documentation, including but not limited to, RFI's submittals, schedule updates, time records, supplemental work orders, change order pricing, and general project correspondence.
• Establishes, maintains, and tracks performance standards for all work performed on assigned project.
• Adheres to the Company uniform project management procedures and cost accounting standards.
• Participate in estimating hand off meetings to establish project budgets and initial project expectations.
• Establish project schedule.
• Ensure manpower is appropriately assigned to projects by working with Director, Field Operations.
• Create cost code allocations from initial estimate.
• Identify pre-fabrication opportunities and collaborate with GF, Director of Field Operations and Pre-Fab manager to lay out, plan and schedule all prefabricated assemblies.
• Oversee all multi-trade coordination efforts and scheduling with our BIM department.
• Enforce compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, safety standards and contracts and report all variances to Executive Leadership
• Work with corporate Safety Manager to ensure jobsite workers are adhering to Gaston safety rules and regulations.
• Work with GF to increase jobsite efficiencies and to remove any obstacles to worker productivity.
• Maximize project profitability and identify ways to reduce installation costs.
• Manage small and large package buyouts.
• Participate in WIP meetings with accurate cost-to-complete estimates.
• Price and negotiate project change orders.
• Manage vendors and track all deliveries with the assistance of project coordinators.
• Identify all constructability concerns and issue timely RFIs.
• Coach and train Project Managers on effective project management principles and consulting skills.
• Collaborate with Project Coordinators as required for assistance in Purchase and delivery tracking, software inputs, permit pulling, change order management, project close out materials, clerical duties, etc.
• Coordinate with Accounting to resolve any project cost issues.
• Identify process improvements to ensure we are continuously improving.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Position Requirements/Preferred Skills, Education and Experience

• 15 years electrical construction project management experience
• Demonstrated experience managing and mentoring other project engineers / managers
• Self-motivated leader who can manage large, complex projects and work
• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with customers – written and verbal
• Demonstrated experience influencing others to get work done
• Strong estimating experience and understanding of project financials
• Bias for taking action quickly and finding answers to problems
• Organizational and time management skills

Software Skills

• Knowledge of Spectrum Construction Software preferred.
• Knowledge of Conest Estimating Software preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS 

Must have the demonstrated ability to effectively communicate in English, cooperate, and collaborate with multiple levels of customer, employees, unions, government agencies, vendors and suppliers, and other contractor organizations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, see, talk, and hear. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is regularly required to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to commute to field locations. The employee must have the ability to navigate around job site locations.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee should expect to sit for long periods in front of a computer and also travel to field locations as needed.

While visiting field locations, the employee may be required to work outdoors, be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical and electrical parts; high, precarious places; dust, fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions, extended exposure to sunlight; cold and heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

We offer our employees a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package and are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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