Job Description

Our Senior Construction Manager will have a minimum of ten years of experience and be responsible for managing multiple retail projects in several southwest states. This is a full-time salary + bonus position and is based in our Phoenix, Arizona office. A qualified candidate must demonstrate significant experience in being the “lead” development professional for a number of successful retail developments, have earned a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Urban Design, Finance or a related field and has a proven track record.

Responsibilities and General Duties

• Responsible for all Construction projects assigned to you from concept to final C of O and warranty period.
• Assist the Development Manager where needed for construction input during project planning.
• Generate conceptual take offs for project site and building cost estimates for budget.
• Qualify utility and general contractors in local and across state markets.
• Review and comment on the check set(s) of drawings on every project and review bid set.
• Generate general contractor bid packages for each project and assist each Contractor where needed. Track each bid through the process to bid date.
• Generate project specific bid comparison to analyze across the board project bids in order to determine the best bid.
• Negotiate project construction buyout.
• Generate project AIA construction contracts. Negotiate contract comments through execution.
• Provide project construction cost to Development team to assist with overall project budget.
• With the Development team, assist and track the final project permitting process and coordinate pulling the permit with the general contractor.
• Provide all utility coordination after the start of the project thru service startup.
• Schedule and manage all project pre-construction coordination meetings.
• Hold weekly project construction meetings with General Contractors.
• Hold regular calls with client CM’s.
• Provide weekly update reports to our partners.
• Manage all project RFI's. Track and manage design team responses in a timely fashion.
• Manage all change orders. Includes making sure all back-up is provided, the scope matches the change, and the math is correct.
• Receive, review & comment if needed on all General Contractor pay applications. Submit completed pay applications for processing once approved application and waivers has proved out complete and correct.
• Travel to each Project three or four times throughout the course of construction. The visits include initial Property/Project Observation, Progress, Final Punch and Turnover.
• Generate Client Delivery Letter(s).
• Coordinate all GC contact, Utility O&M and Warranty information to Client for project closeout.
• Administrative duties and data entry of client/deal related information to CMS. Leaving detailed notes and following process and procedures for accuracy. 

Skills:

• Experience must include due diligence research, budget preparation, working with city planning office to obtain entitlements and building permits and generating project budgets and schedules.
• Capability to read, understand complex documents affecting real estate projects, such as: entitlement applications, traffic studies, CC&Rs, agreements/contracts, leases, due diligence materials, title reports, ALTA surveys, environmental reports and architectural drawings.
• This person must be well-organized, detail oriented, possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to handle and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously.
• Provide leadership while coordinating with any outside consultants required for each project which might include some of all the following: architect, civil engineer, landscape architects, soils engineer, environmental consultants and others who assist with the due diligence and preparation of entitlement applications and building permit submittals.
• Knowledge in Bluebeam and Smartsheet a plus. Advanced computer skills, including use of Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point.
• Additionally, the individual shall be able to demonstrate a history of pristine ethics and great client service.
• Travel is required in this position.

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