Head of Engineering

About Us Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $7.6 billion in revenue for 2024, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast-track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential-related building projects. This position serves as the overall Project Leader for the jobs in which they are involved. Responsibilities range from project set up, project buy out, contract execution and compliance, material procurement, progress tracking, material invoice approval, responsible for project sequencing and scheduling, maintaining and updating schedules, coordination and communication with General Contractor, change order distribution/tracking, coordination with Estimators, cost report job forecasting, overall project fiscal responsibility. Serve as primary contact to customers on projects. Establish and maintain schedules with regard to both drawings and delivery. Work with suppliers to ensure that internal schedule is consistent with job schedule and manage schedule changes internally. Work closely with accounting to establish and manage a schedule of values for progress billing. Coordinate with subcontractors. Maintain project budget throughout each project, with profit and loss accountability. Prepare, issue and track change order status for material above and beyond the original contract. Minimize job site and schedule problems wherever possible and minimize cost impact of potential back charges. Ensure department achieves goals through management and leadership mentality. Mentoring Project Coordinator’s. Bachelors degree in Construction management or Engineer recommended. ~ Problem-solving skills, with an adaptable and flexible style in working with all types of individuals. ~ Project set up, budget planning, buy out, and cost reporting experience is a must. ~ Knowledge and understanding of building construction combined with steel design concepts presented on architectural and engineering drawings. ~ Ability to work with Microsoft Office Suite, On-Screen Estimating software and ACC Build. ~ Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills. ~ Effectiveness in planning and controlling work, motivating and developing subordinates, improving work methods and results, encouraging and supporting suggestions for work improvements, etc. ~ Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems. ~ Knows and projects costs to complete accurately. Operates within the organization's formal and informal structures, builds allies and relationships across departments, uses allies to build consensus and create results, is appropriately diplomatic, understands others' roles and perspectives, can sell projects and ideas across the organization. ~ Anticipates and resolves conflicts, turns team diversity into an advantage, uses unique team talents, defines processes and goals, works for consensus. ~ Establishes project goals, milestones, and procedures, defines roles and responsibilities, acquires project resources, coordinates projects throughout company, monitors project progress, and manages multiple projects. ~ Our clients and projects are nationwide – Travel will be required. We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs. Candidates selected for this position will be subject to a comprehensive background check, which includes mandatory drug testing. 2024 ENR Midwest – Midwest Contractor (#1). 2024 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms – Design-Build Contractor (Top 5). 2024 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors – Green Contractor (Top 5). Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance. Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location.