Project Executive

Overview

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily with the design team and provide oversight and direction to the Construction Manager while managing scope, schedule, budget, risk, and reporting across assigned phases of work.
• Manage and Oversee the Senior Project Manager and Field Superintendent.
• Manage assigned phases from pre-construction through close-out (planning, procurement, construction, and turnover).
• Develop and maintain work plans, look-aheads, schedules, and milestone tracking; validate progress and drive corrective action.
• Run recurring meetings with clear agendas, decisions, and action items; ensure timely meeting minutes and follow-up actions are published.
• Take ownership and manage key project logs (RFIs, submittals, design clarifications, action items) to drive timely decisions.
• Coordinate with design teams, consultants, and inspectors to maintain schedule and quality objectives.
• Prepare clear status reporting for the construction and development leadership team (progress, risks, mitigations, and decisions needed).
• Coordinate with tenant/anchor teams to align base-building readiness, logistics, and turnover requirements (as applicable).
• Interface daily with MTA/New York City Transit stakeholders (including Metro-North); align work plans with agency review and approval requirements.
• Coordinate stakeholder working sessions to align phasing, logistics, and operational constraints with the overall project schedule.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of experience as a Manager (or similar) delivering large-scale construction projects.
• Experience coordinating complex stakeholder groups (design, CM/GC, consultants, inspectors, and public agencies).
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, schedule management, and cost control across multiple trades.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience with transit-adjacent / infrastructure-integrated projects and below-grade work in dense urban environments.
• Familiarity with Procore and Bluebeam.
• Owner mindset; balances technical performance, schedule, cost, and risk.
• Commercial instincts and negotiation skills; comfortable making recommendations and driving decisions.
• Highly organized and deadline-driven; thrives in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.
• Problem solving capabilities to provide direction to team to resolve field conditions, scheduling conflicts, etc. and bring consensus among all stakeholders.