Head of Engineering and Project Management

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.

The Project Manager will provide leadership to the project staff and ensure quality and timely execution of design-build projects from design to completion.

Working under the leadership of a Senior Project Manager, the Project Manager coordinates all aspects of the project including:

Coordination with the project team (designers, engineers, production, assembly, site crews).

Communication and coordination involving the customer and their project team (project managers, architects, engineers, consultants), to ascertain contract time, cost, and quality objectives, and organize project resources accordingly.

Develop an understanding of the bid scope and contract documents (trade contract, scope drawings, specification, exhibits, bid pricing and clarifications).

Develop, track, update, and report on the detailed project schedule for design, engineering, mockups, production, and installation activities.

Develop, track, update, and report on the contract schedule of values and payment requisitions, ensuring the project cash flow is met and payments received in a timely manner

Develop and understand of the contract budget.

Coordinate all aspects of project Quality Control; develop, track, update and report on the contract quality control and assurance system.

Pricing and purchasing of materials, equipment, and sub-contracts, ensuring that both budgetary and specified contractual cost, time and quality requirements are met.

Research, substantiate, present and report changes to the contract scope.

Provide and submit all required internal and external contract reports and submissions.

Manage maintenance and warranty work on completed projects.

Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual 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.

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.

Prepare and monitor realistic construction schedules and achieve full cooperation of superintendents and subcontractors.

Bachelors degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or other related discipline.

• 7-10 years of project management experience large scale subcontracting projects, preferably.
• 2 years of experience in Glass and Glazing Project Management - Unitized Systems.
• Proficient using MS Office, Word, Excel, Project, with an aptitude to learn any required in-house software.
• Excellent critical thinking 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 necessary.
• Experience with scheduling, dealing with subcontracts, subcontractors and/or self-perform work.
• Experience leading successful project teams, including development of employees, and maintaining relationships with external entities.
• Creative and results-oriented, with a strong sense of urgency.
• Successfully project managed projects of at least 10 million dollars (design-build preferred).
• Ability to walk the job site, climb ladders, and multi floor scaffolding.
• 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.

2025 ENR Midwest – Midwest Contractor (\#1).

2025 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms – Design-Build Contractor (Top 5).

2025 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors – Green Contractor (Top 3).

2025 ENR Top 25 Data Center Builders – Data Center Contractor (Top 3).

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.