Company

Our client is a privately held, entrepreneurial, high end residential real estate developer, building in Chicago’s northern neighborhoods and North Shore. Since the company’s inception 12 years ago, the team has worked on 250+ high end spec homes, rehabs and new construction projects across the Midwest, averaging 20-30 projects annually and on target to grow to 50 projects per year in the next three years. The firm has also built its own proprietary construction project management technology and CRM system, which automates exacting workflows to a precise level of detail.

Position

Reporting to the firm’s Construction Manager and to the COO, the Construction Project Manager (PM) is responsible for project execution of the firm’s residential construction projects of single-family homes and condominiums in Chicago’s northern neighborhoods and North Shore. The PM ensures adherence to the firm’s standard for excellence on project sites and represents the company and its brand with the local and regional constituents.

The PM will oversee daily on-site activities and actively manage the day-to-day relationships with the General Contractors (GCs).

Responsibilities

The Construction Project Manager’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Full ownership and management of project sites (day-to-day operations)
• Managing timelines across all projects
• Ensuring execution is on time and at high quality
• Quality control at the completion of each phase
• Coordinating and leading weekly contractor meetings
• Solving on-site issues and bottlenecks
• Defining project scope
• Managing coordination between materials and site
• Updating daily tasks and tracking in Project Management systems
• Managing 30-day punch list
• Managing inspection punch list
• Managing buyer punch list
• Executing post-sale punch list
• Uploading punch lists to the system
• Providing updates for weekly team meetings
• Delivering reports in team meetings
• Raising issues from the field proactively

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or relevant field.
• 5-7+ years of relevant construction project management experience, ideally of ground-up 4-6-unit condominium, co-op or multifamily projects.
• Prior experience with construction project management software, scheduling, tracking and reporting tools, and the ability to learn new ones is required.
• A thorough understanding of construction operations and processes is required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with construction projects in Chicago’s northern suburbs is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, manage multiple tasks, and coordinate numerous activities and diverse groups.

Personal Skills & Attributes

• Cost Focused: Does not take costs as a given. Willing to question the team and subs to ensure the company never overpays due to inertia, familiarity, or convenience.
• Rigorous in documentation: Insists on facts, metrics, and accountability. Does not accept vague explanations, poor product, or half-answers. Documents everything in writing.
• Maintains focus amid complexity: Maintains a clear focus on overarching goals while effectively managing detailed tasks. Prioritizes actions that drive broader success. Does not get trapped in minor distractions.
• Efficient communicator: Ability to interact with and present information to senior leadership and the project team clearly, succinctly, and directly.
• Proactive to achieve success: Ability to identify low-performing staff, consultants, or subcontractors and communicate concerns to senior team to protect project outcomes.
• Owner-mentality: Approaches challenges with an ownership mindset. Tirelessly seeks to solve problems, proposes creative solutions, and pushes beyond conventional GC or subcontractor norms to protect the company’s interests and achieve superior results.

Pay: $90,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Do you have 5+ years of construction project manager experience?
• Do you have a 4-year bachelor’s degree?
• Do you live in the Chicago area, commutable to project sites on the north shore?

Work Location: In person