Senior Project Manager - Related

Related Midwest’s Construction Management Team, LR Contracting Company, works to provide necessary controls, management, insight and input on construction schedule, deliverables, cost, safety, quality and complexity.  Once a project begins, the construction team works alongside the project’s development, financial and property management teams to manage costs, ensure quality, explore building system alternatives, coordinate zoning and permits, oversee the project’s construction bid and contract process, schedule, execution of Construction Work and project closeout.

Responsibilities

• Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements on projects.
• Identifies resources needed and assigns subcontractors to execute the work.
• Accurately generates and negotiates subprime and subcontractor agreements in a manor to stay on time and under budget.
• Assists in project planning and identification of resources needed.
• Directly responsible for maintaining budget, change orders, purchase orders, and general conditions project costs.
• Assists in all other project accounting functions including but not limited to minimizing exposure and risk during the project.
• Ensures that construction activities move according to predetermined schedule.
• Devises the project work plans and makes revisions as and when need arises.
• Communicates effectively with the subcontractors responsible for completing various phases of the project.
• Assists in the coordination of all parties involved in the project, which include the owners, architects, governing agencies, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and laborers.
• Monitors the progress of the construction activities on a regular basis and holds regular status meetings with all the subcontractors for each project.
• Maintains strict adherence to the budgetary guidelines, quality and safety standards.
• Routinely inspects construction sites.
• Serves as a key link with the clients and reviews the deliverables prepared by the team before passing onto client.
• Minimizes our exposure and risk on projects.
• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
• Responsible for implementing the Corporate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Directives (EDID) at the project.
• Responsible for MBE/WBE/DBE compliance and self-imposed company goal of 40% participation.
• Comply with Section 3 small business and community based hires when applicable.

Communication

• Facilitates OAC meetings effectively.
• Holds regular status meetings with construction team.
• Keeps construction team well informed of changes within the organization and general corporate news.
• Effectively communicates relevant project information to superiors.
• Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
• Works directly with Property Management to ensure seamless transition during leasing and occupancy buildup.

Technical Understanding

• Understands Internet, Intranet, and client/server architectures.
• Is knowledgeable of electronic programs such as Textura, eBuilder, etc.
• Maintains awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on client engagements.

• Degree in Architecture, Construction Management and/or related field.
• Knowledge of mechanical, electrical systems.
• Extensive construction/field experience with a minimum six years construction management experience.
• Exceptional communications skills – written and verbal.
• Well-developed project management skills.
• Ideation-minded with demonstrated creativity and innovation.  
• Real estate, hospitality or luxury goods experience a plus.
• A highly entrepreneurial, self-motivated and results-oriented individual.
• A mature professional with excellent judgment and intuitive interpersonal skills.

Related values diversity in backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are deliberate about the team and culture we are building. We aim to ensure competitive total compensation that is commensurate with experience, workplace geography, and market standards.

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Formed in 1972, Related is the most prominent privately-owned real estate firm in the United States.  Headquartered in New York City, the company has offices and major developments across the world.  Related owns and manages a premier portfolio of assets valued at over $60 billion, including the 28-acre Hudson Yards neighborhood on Manhattan’s West Side.   

Related believes in investing in its talent and cultivates a positive, team-oriented environment where every voice is valued.  Employees are encouraged to boldly take on new challenges, transcend the status quo, and demonstrate strong entrepreneurial spirit.  In its relentless commitment to excellence, Related works to foster an innovative approach in its team members so that they can positively impact the communities in which they conduct business.  Learn more about Related at www.related.com. 

Related Midwest, the Chicago office of Related Companies, is the preeminent developer of mixed-use properties, affordable housing communities, and luxury condominium and rental homes across Chicago. The company commands a portfolio of residential, mixed-use and master-planned properties, including pioneering projects like The 78 where the company is heading a transformational development on 62 acres in the heart of downtown Chicago to create the city’s next great neighborhood. Related Midwest is also the largest developer of affordable housing in the Midwest, with more than 10,000 units, and has never converted an affordable unit to market rate. 

The firm’s other market-defining projects include ultra-luxury residential tower One Bennett Park, designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects; The Row Fulton Market, the first high-rise in Chicago built by an African American general contractor (BOWA Construction); luxury rental towers 500 N. Lake Shore Drive and OneEleven; Lathrop, an ongoing restoration and redevelopment of the historic Julia C. Lathrop Homes into a mixed-income community; 400 Lake Shore Drive, two residential towers situated where the river meets the lake in Chicago, and Roosevelt Square, an innovative 120-acre multi-phase development on Chicago’s west side. 

For more than 30 years, Related Midwest has been an industry leader in community commitment and routinely sets the bar for measurable equity, diversity and inclusion standards on all of its projects. The company is deeply committed to improving neighborhoods, creating sustainable opportunities for small businesses and community residents, and building inspirational places and homes for all. Related Midwest’s business model is built on partnership with minority- and women-owned firms as well as mentorship of small minority- and women-owned businesses as they launch and grow. The firm is a founding partner in HIRE360, a first-of-its-kind community partnership designed to expand professional development and employment opportunities in the trades