Job Summary - Contributes on senior leadership teams to formulate strategic planning and the highest-level operational objectives for construction and planning areas.
- Establishes long-term business plans and long-term strategic objectives.
- Directs leadership staff who provide supervision to construction and planning teams.
- Responsible for escalated operational issues, including human resources and/or people management situations.
- Drives innovation and excellence within the area of construction and planning; reviews and creates policies and procedures.
- Determines overall budget for construction and planning teams; reviews and approves financial proposals from direct reporting leaders; has significant fiscal responsibilities that require frequent interaction with executive leaders.
- Provides expertise and identifies grant and/or funding opportunities; develops business relationships across the university and externally.
- Stays up-to-date on new construction and planning standards, procedures, and guidelines and works collaboratively with other construction and planning leaders across departments and/or campuses in determining standards, best practices, and related policies/procedures; ensures the adoption and implementation by direct reporting leaders.
Qualifications Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required - Bachelor's degree in construction management or a related field
WORK EXPERIENCE
Required - 5 years of construction management experience and/or large-format planning, experience managing multi-disciplined construction projects with scopes of work including HVAC, plumbing, and electrical
- 3 years of management experience in a relevant field
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Required - Valid driver's license with the ability to be insured by Indiana University upon date of hire
SKILLS
Required - Proficient communication skills
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism
- Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent collaboration and team building skills
- Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback
- Instills commitment to organizational goals
- Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills
- Effective conflict management skills
- Builds and manages effective teams
- Effective leadership skills
- Ability to represent the company with external constituents
- Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion
- Basic knowledge of Indiana Building Codes
- Ability to read and interpret large-format schematics, blueprints and drawings
- Strong oral and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with a broad range of customers and management levels.
- Demonstrated working knowledge and practical application and experience in word processing, spreadsheet, planning and data base software use as well as e-mail utility
- Demonstrated problem solving skills
- Demonstrated experience and advanced skills in project management/project communication
Working Conditions / Demands This role requires both sedentary work and the ability to move about, sometimes quickly, for long periods of time. It requires moving heavy objects, providing support for heavy objects, and performing strenuous labor under adverse field conditions. The ability to use tools, operate machinery, and to complete construction projects with precision and accuracy is required. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential tasks with or without an accommodation.
This position will be required to travel to the Bloomington campus on occasion.
Work Location Indianapolis, Indiana
Advertised Salary $120,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year
Benefits Overview For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure .
Job Classification Career Level: Strategic
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Engineering, Trades & Facility
Job Family: Construction & Planning
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