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Path Construction

Builds commercial facilities and housing

Division Manager - Construction

Full-Time
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's
Austin, TX, USA
In PersonTravel required 1–2 times per month.
Architecture & Civil EngineeringConstruction Management

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 10 years of building and construction management experience.
  • Proficiency in estimating, scheduling, cost controls, and financial reporting.
  • OSHA site safety experience.
  • Proven experience in multiple asset classes within the construction industry.
  • Proficiency in pre-construction standards and procedures.
  • Expertise in building systems and assemblies.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Sage, Primavera, and Microsoft Project.
  • Willingness to travel 1–2 times per month.
  • A strong work ethic and desire to work in a team environment and grow the company.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement the regional business plan for growth and sustainability.
  • Manage multiple project teams to deliver successful and profitable projects, including allocating and overseeing team members.
  • Hire regional personnel.
  • Negotiate and review prime construction contracts.
  • Report to corporate leadership and participate in corporate-level planning.
  • Oversee pre-construction activities, including soliciting and pre-qualifying vendors, running pre-construction meetings, value engineering, and estimating.
  • Review design documents, verify complete and accurate scopes, identify and resolve design conflicts and missing information, and prepare, track, submit, and distribute pre-construction requests for information.
  • Seek out and retain new and existing clients through industry contacts and business development efforts; implement a customer retention and satisfaction plan; and coordinate with national business development personnel.
  • Develop or lead processes that create effective estimates and accurate, profitable proposals.
  • Improve and enforce process controls and procedures.
  • Establish budget controls and assume responsibility for profits and losses.
  • Analyze and mitigate project risks.
  • Schedule projects, including pre-construction activities.
  • Oversee project claims and their resolution.
  • Oversee and facilitate purchasing and the issuance of subcontracts and purchase orders.
  • Manage project controls for safety, quality, owner relations, and profitability.
Desired Qualifications
  • A degree in engineering or construction management is preferred.
  • Strong estimating abilities and experience competitively procuring work receive higher consideration.

About the company

Path Construction builds facilities for public agencies, property developers and private businesses across the United States. Its portfolio spans housing, schools, healthcare buildings and civil infrastructure, with work ranging from ground-up buildings to major renovations. Clients hire the firm for general contracting, design-build and construction management, while its development business handles site selection, feasibility studies and project financing. Before construction starts, the company coordinates project scope, preliminary schedules, design teams and subcontractors, then oversees work through the final walk-through. Founded in 2008, Path Construction is headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Arlington Heights, IL

Founded

2008

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What believers are saying

  • Early careers span office and field work: Path interns work alongside professionals with direct access to senior leadership.
  • Skills receive employer support: Path lists certification training alongside its employee benefits.
  • Path proved its conversion capability: the 153-apartment 111 Point redevelopment opened in July 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Client approvals constrain execution: Chicago's water-district owner reviews every aspect of Path's North Branch pumping station rehabilitation.
  • Some site work interrupts nights: Path reports overnight storm emergencies at the operating North Branch pumping station.
  • Travel belongs to the job: Path advertises a Chicago-based traveling superintendent position.

What makes Path Construction unique

  • Architecture stays in-house: Path's own team designed interiors for its Chicago office conversion.
  • Trades stay partly in-house: Path self-performs concrete, carpentry and electrical work.
  • Planning uses digital building models: Path uses Navisworks to identify design conflicts before construction.

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