Project Manager (Design and Construction)

CREATE YOUR FUTURE WITH PMA

Curious to stimulate your career growth through meaningful mentorship and thoughtful training? Are you interested in collaboration, working as an integral part of a team to deliver complex real estate projects across the country? Are you diligent, enthusiastic, and eager to work with clients having an impact?

Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is hiring a Project Manager for our Chicago office who will work on a variety of projects with an initial focus on residential and office space. Accelerate both your professional and personal growth by joining our team!

Our Work and Culture

PMA is a national real estate advisory firm providing consulting services as the owner’s representative, meeting sophisticated real estate needs across a diversity of markets and project types. Recognized among the commercial real estate industry’s top professional services firms, including being named to Engineering News-Record Top Lists for three years in a row, PMA is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Tampa, San Diego, and San Francisco.

We know that where you work matters. The people on your team. The culture of the environment. The client and project opportunities. The potential for learning, growth, and evolution. These all impact the quality of your work and the quality of your life. We get it.

Fit is critical for you and for us. That’s why we’re curious to learn about you and to help you discern if a career with PMA is a good fit for you, your values, and your goals.

Your Role

As a Project Manager, you will interface with PMA clients and project teams through a successful process of strategic real estate planning, design and construction of new buildings, tenant improvement buildouts, and facilities assignments. Some of the ways you will support our projects:

    You have 5+ years of project management experienceYou have a Bachelor's degree or higher in Architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management

   You will have experience working on residential and office space projects and being involved in the project from programming through close-outYou demonstrate skills in managing successful projects and consistently meeting/exceeding client expectations and deadlines

   You competently review and evaluate qualitative program aspects with the owner and verify program conformance with project goalsYou easily establish partnerships and serve as a liaison between the client and design and construction professionals

   You initiate and manage the procurement of design, construction, and consultant servicesYou responsibly draft, review, communicate, negotiate, and enforce contractual documents for design, construction, and consultant professionals

   You consistently direct and monitor project budget and schedule, including updating and maintaining web-based project controlsYou create meaningful analysis of budgets and schedules and their effect on the financial objectives of the project

   You oversee and review the development of architectural and engineering construction drawings and bid documentsYou effectively establish, direct, and/or document project meetings

   You successfully engage with clients, city officials, architects, engineers, contractors, and consultants to present the project status and anticipate issues You actively anticipate potential changes to the budget or schedule and provide solutions on the review and analysis of changes when presented

   You organize and review value engineering alternatives with the ownerYou determine requirements and facilitate the procurement of peer reviews and specialty consultants

   You motivate and direct internal resources (Assistant Project Managers and Project Managers), as requiredYou partner with the design professionals and contractors in their review of onsite activities to verify they are in contractual compliance with design specifications, schedules, and workmanship standards

   You are responsible for authorizing the issuance of contracts, purchase orders, as well as developing and processing scheduled progress draw packages for paymentYou observe and report on the construction process and construction-related issues

   You manage the project close-out process to a successful completionYou proactively seek out and represent PMA in networking and business development opportunities, in addition to assisting PMA leadership in project proposals and subsequent interviews

Your Values and Skills

   You are a motivated self-starter with a positive attitudeYou operate with a high level of personal integrity and business ethics, thriving in a collaborative team environment

   You have a polished presence and excellent verbal and written communication skillsYou have strong interpersonal skills (i.e., high emotional intelligence)

   You exercise enthusiasm and curiosity, committed to seeking creative solutionsYou practice diligence and discipline to refine options into the optimal result

   You exude confidence and courage to cultivate yourself as a leaderYou value fairness, understanding it is fundamental to transparency and consensus-building

Your Success

The day-to-day experience at PMA promises challenge, collaboration, and growth, while our comprehensive benefits create opportunities for you and your family to prosper, including:

   Being part of a respected company with high-caliber clients and projectsA workplace that is values-based and consciously practices its values every day

   A culture that respects work/life balanceCompetitive salary and bonus program

   Formal and informal training, leadership development, mentoring programs, and other opportunities for growth and advancementQuality benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances, education reimbursement, and much more

   401(k) plan with employer match

The salary range for this position is $100,000-150,000 annually; the base pay offered may vary depending on location, experience, skills, relevant education, and training.

PMA is comprised of over 150 project professionals experienced and licensed in nearly every aspect of the real estate industry with multi-disciplined backgrounds that are heavily rooted in the built environment, including architecture, development, asset management, brokerage, construction, engineering, finance, and urban planning. 

Our local market knowledge and ability to leverage broad and diverse experience across a national portfolio of projects is unmatched in the industry, including assignments in civic, cultural, education, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, life sciences, multi-family residential, office and retail.  

PMA is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, San Diego and San Francisco, delivering expertise to a broad range of clients from developers to institutional investors based on 30 years of practical experience, allowing our teams to consistently anticipate issues, understand potential impacts and provide proactive solutions.

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