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July Southwest Talent Toolbox

  • Barb Daltorio
  • Jul 6
  • 6 min read

Updated: 21 hours ago

This month’s Talent Toolbox is built with a simple goal: giving you an edge before hiring becomes urgent.


As we head into July, we’re featuring a select group of construction professionals across Florida and traveling markets who have been thoroughly vetted and consistently deliver results. These are proven performers, not just active job seekers who can add immediate value to the right team. See below.


This month’s Talent Toolbox highlights standout talent across Southwest Florida, Traveling Superintendents, and professionals open to relocation. With project activity continuing to grow, top candidates often move quickly. If you’re looking to strengthen your team or prepare for upcoming work, we’d be happy to share profiles, project experience, and availability details.

Southwest Florida

Candidate #: 84770

Position: Project Manager

Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Project Background:

  • Commercial and residential construction

  • Ground-up warehouse

  • Retail shell

  • Medical/veterinary tenant improvements,

  • Multifamily renovations

  • Luxury custom homes

Experience / Accomplishments:

  • 4+ years of construction management experience progressing from Project Engineer to Project Manager with Fox Building Group.

  • Managed commercial and residential projects totaling $15M+, including ground-up warehouses, retail shells, medical TI, multifamily renovations, and luxury custom homes.

  • Led a 70,000 SF warehouse, an 8,600 SF retail shell, and multiple commercial TI projects while overseeing budgeting, scheduling, subcontractor coordination, owner communication, and project delivery

Salary Requirement: $130,000

Desired Geography:

Tampa Bay area, with a preference for St. Petersburg and the surrounding market

Candidate #55698

Position: Senior Estimator/Preconstruction Leader

Location: Tampa

Bidding Projects:

  • Healthcare

    •   Moffitt

    •   AdventHealth Tampa

    •   John Hopkins

    •   BayCare MCB

    •   and more

  • Hospitality

  • Multifamily

  • Government

  • Higher Education

Experience/Accomplishments: 

  • Holds ICRA and CEP certifications

  • Conceptual Estimating

  • Extensive ACHA experience

  • Experience with various construction delivery methods, including CMAR, GMP, IPD, and DBB, with a preference for lean construction management and an integrated approach

  • Multiple Trade Publications

Salary Requirement: $150,000-$175,000 depending on the role

Candidate#: 2680

Position: Project Executive/Chief Estimator

Location: Estero

Project Background:

  • Senior Living

  • Hospitals

  • Medical Buildings

  • University/Student Housing

  • Hotels

  • Airport Fit-outs

  • Banks

  • K-12

Experience/Accomplishments:

  • Bachelor's in Construction

  • Family in Construction

  • Heavy on mentoring and operations

  • Wears many hats

Salary Requirement: $200,000

Candadate# 51308

Position: Senior Project Accountant / Chief Project Administrator

Location: Tampa / Riverview, FL

Project Background:

  • 30+ years in construction project accounting/administration

  • Experience across multiple concurrent projects (typically 5–10 at a time)

  • Background includes large commercial construction environments

  • Strong involvement in full project lifecycle: setup, budgeting, execution, and closeout

Experience / Accomplishments:

  • Great tenure - Almost 12 years at the current company, and almost 20 years with a National General Contractor

  • Trained and mentored project admins and accounting staff

  • Supported company-wide system implementation (CMiC) and training initiatives

  • Promoted multiple times ~20 years, culminating in the District Office Manager role, overseeing all project accounting personnel

  • Known for organization, process ownership, and being the operational “glue” across project teams

  • Maintains strong relationships with subcontractors, architects, and engineers

Salary Requirement: $100,000


Candidate # 55959

Position: Senior Superintendent

Location: Naples, FL

Project Background:

  • Multifamily Luxury Apartments

  • Custom Luxury Homes ($400K–$20M)

  • Assisted Living Facility

  • Resorts

Experience/Accomplishments:

  • Spent the last 2.5 years with National Contractor overseeing large-scale construction projects

  • Senior Superintendent responsible for land development and vertical construction of a 242-unit luxury apartment community

  • Oversaw more than 500 multifamily units while managing a team of six from development through owner turnover

  • Managed construction of 88 condominiums from inception through completion at Avalon of Naples

  • Extensive luxury residential experience leading custom home construction projects up to $20M in Naples and Sanibel

Salary: $150,000


Candidate Number#: 7271

Desired Position: Project Executive

Desired Location: Naples

Project Background:

  • Large-scale hospitality and mixed-use developments up to $163M

  • High-Rise

  • Municipal

  • Multiple public sector projects

Experience/Accomplishments:

  • Proven leadership overseeing both office and field operations on high-profile projects from preconstruction through closeout

  • Strong background in executive-level client communication, project recovery, risk mitigation, and financial oversight

  • Deep Naples market experience with strong relationships across owners, consultants, subcontractors, and municipalities

  • Expertise in GMP development, change management, procurement strategy, and cost control

  • Managed notable projects, including

  • Recognized for mentoring teams, stabilizing difficult projects, and driving accountability in high-pressure environments

  • Architecture degree with strong technical and operational acumen

  • Bilingual in English and Spanish

Salary Requirement: $200,000

Candidate# 104318

Position: Lead Superintendent / Superintendent

Location: Tampa, FL

Project Background:

  • Multifamily (wood frame, podium, tilt-wall)

  • Hospitality (Marriott, convention center, boutique hotels)

  • K-12 / education projects

  • High-rise (up to 65-story exposure)

  • Mixed-use developments (garage, office, residential)

  • Structural steel / industrial components

Experience / Accomplishments:

  • Currently Lead Superintendent on a 7-story mixed-use parking structure + historic renovation 

  • Led the construction of a 170-key SpringHill Suites hotel in Tampa 

  • Completed multifamily developments (255-unit, multi-building projects) 

  • Experience with large-scale school renovations and campus work 

  • Strong background in structural steel (former ironworker) and civil drawings

  • Prior experience as an Engineering Manager and Structural Designer (strong technical/plan-reading capability) 

Salary Requirement: $120,000

Candidate: 21384

Position: Senior Project Manager - ready for Project Executive

Location: Tampa

Project Background:

  • $100M 20-story tower - post-tension concrete & masonry

  • $78M 8-story multifamily

  • $25M 12-story multifamily

  • 20,000 sq ft rectory

  • $10M 8-story 120,000 SqFt storage facility

  • Automotive showroom

  • Youth centers

Experience/Accomplishments:

  • Strong background in both developer-led and GC environments

  • 21+ years of construction experience across multifamily, mixed-use, storage, and institutional projects

  • Proven ability to step into troubled or mid-stream projects and deliver to completion

  • Full lifecycle leadership (“soup to nuts”) — preconstruction through final punch

Salary Requirement: $190,000 base

Candidate #91572

Position: Senior Superintendent / Superintendent

Location: Parish, FL (Tampa/Sarasota)

Project Background:

  • Multifamily Expert - Garden style

  • Student Housing - Podium

Experience / Accomplishments:

  • Great tenure - 13 years with current company

  • Deep multifamily construction expertise

  • Leads full-site operations from clearing to turnover

  • Strong leadership style

Salary Requirement: Current base: $200,000 (willing to consider $160,000 - $180,000)

Desired Geography: Tampa / Sarasota market

Candidate #7379

Position: Estimating Director

Location: Wants to relocate to Tampa from Deerfield Beach to be near family

Education: Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Project Background:

  • Multifamily

  • Municipal

  • Hospitality

Experience/Accomplishments:

  • Name-brand companies

  • Great tenure

Salary Requirement: $220,000

Candidate #80244

Position: Director of Marketing (Regional) - National Commercial General Contractor

Location: Tampa

Project Background:

  • Multifamily

  • Industrial

  • Charter schools

Experience/Accomplishments:

  • 15+ years in multiple commercial real estate sectors

  • Bachelor's in Marketing

  • Master's in Business Administration

  • Master's in Sports Business Management

Salary Requirement: $170,000

Candidate #42741

Position: Project Manager

Location:  Tampa (willing to travel around the southeast)

Project Background:

  •    Light Industrial

  •    Big Box Retail

  •    Education

  •    Restaurants

Experience/Accomplishments:

  • Great tenure - over 10 1/2 years with the current company

  • Extensive ground-up experience

  • Large-scale projects exceeding 10M

Salary Requirement:  $140,000

Traveling


Candidate #42500

Position: Traveling / Project Superintendent

Location: Land O’ Lakes, Florida

Project Background:

  • Big-box and retail

  • Storage facilities

  • Financial institutions

  • Hospitality

  • Healthcare

  • Office buildings

  • Mixed-use developments

Experience / Accomplishments:

  • 18+ years of continuous construction leadership as a Superintendent

  • Led projects start-to-finish for major national and big-box brands

  • Strong tenure with reputable GCs

  • Extensive retail, big-box, and light industrial experience

  • Proficient in Procore construction management software

  • Florida General Contractors License

  • Background in industrial welding and fabrication, enhancing technical field leadership

Salary Requirement: $140,000

Desired Geography: Southeast

Candidate #51729

Position: Traveling Superintendent 

Location:  Fort Lauderdale, FL (willing to travel anywhere in Florida)

Project Background:

  •  Doral Park Aquatic Center

  •  Ground up BJ’s

  •  Ground-up Walmarts (multiple)

  •  Retail (7-Eleven, Rite Aid, Advance Auto)

Experience/Accomplishments:

  • Led $60M Aquatic Center 

  • Extensive retail/big-box background

Salary Requirement: $150,000

Candidate #79965

Position: Traveling Superintendent

Location: Tullahoma, TN

Project Background:

  • Multifamily

  • Townhomes

  • Subdivisions

  • Hotel

  • Hospitality

Experience/Accomplishments:

  • Military experience

  • Good tenure

Salary Requirement: $130,00

Desired Geography: Southeast

Open to Relocation

Candidate# 80671

Position: Project Executive (Commercial Interiors)

Location: Currently Southern California

Target Location: Boston, MA preferred; open to New England (CT, RI, NH, ME) – no interest in NYC

Project Background:

  • 11+ years focused in corporate interiors, Class A office, retail, and adaptive reuse

  • Career portfolio exceeding 2.1M SF and $225M+ in project value

  • Extensive experience with tenant improvements, repositioning, and high-end interior build-outs

  • Project sizes range from small fast-paced interior renovations to large repositioning efforts and select ground-up/mixed scopes

  • Strong exposure to broker-driven, negotiated work environments (JLL, CBRE, etc.)

Experience / Accomplishments:

  • Promoted to Project Executive with a top national builder; previously Senior PM (6 yrs) and PM within the same firm (excellent tenure)

  • Hand-selected for elite leadership development program (Propel) – top performers across the company

  • Currently tasked with building and scaling a new interiors division in Southern California, including:

    • Establishing operations structure and market strategy

    • Leading business development and client relationships

    • Managing full lifecycle: pursuit → precon → execution

    • Known for a “cradle-to-grave” delivery model: actively sources work, leads pursuits, prices, and executes projects (rare vs. siloed firms)

    • Strong business development and client-facing skillset; has quickly generated ~$10M+ in new work in a new market within months

    • Proven leader with experience managing and mentoring teams, driving performance, and maintaining repeat client relationships

Salary Requirement: $225,000

Candidate # 104931

Position: Senior Superintendent

Location: Orlando, FL

Project Background:

  • Multifamily construction (Concrete, steel & wood frame construction)

  • Mid-rise buildings

  • Police station (high-security / infrastructure-heavy)

Experience / Accomplishments:

  • Senior Superintendent with extensive traveling project experience

  • 15 years working in Canada + U.S. experience

  • Strong leadership style, known for creating positive, non-adversarial jobsite culture

  • Able to push performance while maintaining respect.

  • Proven adaptability across project types and geographies.

  • Strong plan-reading and execution skills across construction types

Salary Requirement: $150,000

Desired Geography:

Open/flexible: Florida & Southeast preferred

Ultimately seeking a long-term, stable location (non-travel role)

Willing to travel short-term, but the goal is to settle permanently

 
 
 

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