COO, Design-Build

Chief Operating Officer, Design Build

Al. Neyer seeks a COO, Design Build (COO,DB) who will serve as the chief leader of our construction and design teams and be a key member of the company’s executive leadership. Founded in 1894 and 100 percent employee-owned since 2014, Al. Neyer has experienced a long run of historic growth driven by a disciplined commitment to our core values and an entrepreneurial spirit. Our next COO, DB will join a peer group of expert leaders who are forging the path to success for our best-in-class team of nearly 175 development and design-build professionals based in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Nashville, and Raleigh. Al. Neyer benefits from a reputation of unmatched integrity and seeks a professional who will steward this legacy.

About Al. Neyer

For more than 125 years, Al. Neyer has offered a diverse set of real estate development and design-build construction solutions for commercial clients. Established in 1894 and employee-owned since 2014, the company specializes in build-to-suit and speculative commercial projects, including industrial facilities, office and medical buildings, multi-unit residential, as well as urban mixed-use developments. Our company’s growth is fueled by a strong commitment to our core values and the constant cultivation of a best-in-class team. Rooted in design-build construction, our development approach integrates all functions in-house including design, project management, finance, leasing, and ongoing portfolio management.

Our success is built on our disciplined approach to continuously evolving our strategy, refining our processes, and building our data-driven capacity. Most importantly, this pursuit of growth and excellence is made possible through an organization built with and by the best people. Everyone at Al. Neyer is a leader, or a developing leader and embodiment of our core values is front and center.

Summary Of Responsibilities

As a key member of the executive leadership team, the COO, DB will assume a strategic and hands-on leadership role in the growth and overall management of the design and construction functions. The successful candidate will position him or herself as a partner to the CEO and establish credibility throughout the organization as a thought leader that implements effective and efficient solutions. The COO, DB will have primary day-to-day responsibility for estimating and preconstruction activities, construction project oversight including project management and field management, and internal and external architectural activities. The COO, DB will continuously evolve the organizational structure of these teams to maximize efficiency, plan and execute our projects with expertise, and mitigate risk. Further, the COO, DB will value technology and maximize its use to achieve company and departmental objectives. The COO, DB will oversee a team of approximately 95 construction and design professionals who manage projects ranging from $1MM tenant improvement projects to $100 million multifamily projects across a diverse geography.

Essential Job Functions

• Maximize margin realization on design-build business while maintaining exceptional client satisfaction and non-negotiable safety protocols.
• Ensure we have appropriate and sufficient subcontractor relationships that promise to maintain a competitive environment for subcontractor awards, are void of conflicts of interest, and generate opportunity for long successful subcontractor relationships as well as for new subcontractors who desire to do business with Al. Neyer.
• Demonstrate the highest commitment to our people focused approach by attracting, developing, and retaining top talent in the department, with a particular focus on the departmental leadership team.
• Consistently improve our capacity to grow through employing technology to support the estimating, project management, and architectural functions.
• Ensure appropriate segregation of duties within the department and across other departments such as legal, development, and accounting.
• Employ a system of operational oversight that anticipates and detects issues, consistently evaluate and improve the effectiveness of benchmarks for quality, performance, processes, timeliness, and value.
• Anticipate the staffing demands and advance for consideration and approval increases and decreases to staffing as well as align the company with key third party relationships where expertise or people power are insufficiently met by our internal team.
• Consistently and reliably be accountable for project forecasting, estimating, budgeting, and cost control.
• With our risk management team, identify risk and implement insurance and risk mitigation strategies.
• Cultivate a culture of innovation and learning within the department that promotes us as an industry leader in construction and design methods as well as leadership development.
  
  
  

Employees may be asked to perform other tasks not listed in the essential job functions.

Candidate Characteristics

• Capacity and zeal for organizational design, process development, and risk management
• Demonstrated capacity to be a standout as measured by our Leadership Manifesto: curious, humble, positively influential, credible, persistent, assertive, and adaptive
• Strong interpersonal skills, proven ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization
• Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment, make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses, and situationally negotiate to a win-win solution
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation
• Hands-on style, unconcerned with organizational rank
  
  
  

Key Performance Indicators

Al. Neyer is enhancing its data-driven focus and has identified key performance indicators, which may evolve, that inform the performance of the COO, DB and the department.

• Estimate quality: Project cost/Contract estimate %
• Gross and Net Margin %
• Schedule achievement
• Client sentiment rating
• Safety infractions
• % timely field inspections
• Retention %
  
  
  

Qualifications And Experience

Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in Engineering, Construction Management, or Organizational Leadership

Minimum 15 years’ experience in the construction of commercial buildings, including at least 10 years leading multi-site, multi-level organizations

Physical Demands & Environmental Requirements

Low physical effort required to sit, stand at files, bend, stoop, lift, and walk. Maximum unassisted lift is 35 lbs. Average lift is less than 10 lbs. Requires ability to use a keyboard and monitor. Also requires the ability to communicate verbally, both in person and on the telephone. May require some travel by car.

Average inside office environment. Average office noise levels. No personal protective equipment is required. Ambient temperature is between 68F and 76F.