Project Manager - Ground Up Multifamily Projects - Chicago

We’re looking for a driven Project Manager to lead midsized, ground up multifamily construction projects (typically between $20M and $50M) from early planning through closeout. In this role, you’ll be accountable for project performance and ensuring quality, safety, schedule, and financial results. You’ll work closely with internal teams, field leadership, clients, and partners to deliver exceptional outcomes that reflect our client's standards of excellence.

• Supervise/mentor a team of direct reports consisting of a combination of Assistant Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Superintendents.
• Meet or exceed contracted profit and quality levels and schedule commitments for assigned projects.
• If project lead, Project Manager is responsible for direct report employee reviews.
• Assist with the training and development of direct reports.
• Completely understand the global aspects of the Owner’s needs and compare them to the project program. The program must effectively assess the Owner’s expectations.
• Maintain a positive relationship with identified Clients; secure the trust of the Client.
• Collaborate with the Development Manager or third-party client to lead the Client through the preconstruction phases. Bring the project to groundbreaking in compliance with the proposed schedule in a condition to allow sequential construction without interruption.
• Review and initial Client correspondence prior to distribution by PE, Superintendent or PC.

• Enforce company safety policy with Superintendent
• Develop project specific safety program with Superintendent

• Run the proposal kick-off meeting with Estimator
• Prepare proposals including estimate, schedule, and scope documents for review/approval by the EVP of Construction.
• Coordinate responsibility for proposal components as necessary and appropriate.
• Development, confirmation, and tracking of construction budget.
• Ultimately responsible for job cost and profitability.
• Prepare cost comparisons and alternates for clients.
• Prepare preliminary construction schedule.
• Coordinate proposal scope documents and conceptual design for compliance with budget, schedule, and program. Confirm that general conditions budget is reflective of project schedule and logistics plan.
• Review and approve proposal prior to presentation

• Coordinate preconstruction schedule with Development Manager or create preconstruction schedule for third party client and manage via owner meetings.
• Gain approval of pre-construction fees from the Vice President, Construction. Assigned fees must cover the total costs consumed by the project, profit, and an appropriate amount for the corresponding risk.
• Implement quality control programs for projects.
• Coordinate design requirements for construction documents with proposal & EVP of Development.
• Review design documents for program compliance, value engineering, budget compliance, accuracy, and constructability @ 30%, 70% and 90%.
• Obtain Client plan acceptance @ 30%, 70%, and 90% via Development Manager when appropriate.
• Support Development Manager or client efforts in coordinating all preconstruction activities, i.e.
  
  - soils report, environmental investigations, surveys, municipal approvals, permits, utilities, etc.
• Participate in Project Team selection; interviews and candidate evaluation as needed
• Coordinate project set up requirements with Job Superintendent including field office and logistic plans.
• Project Manager should coordinate plans required for clients, subcontractors, field, designers, quality control program, approval agencies, etc.
• Develop construction schedule with input from the superintendent and prepare for inclusion with the bid documents.
• Manage contract solicitations and negotiations with subcontractors i.e.
  
  - develop bidder’s list, prepare invitation to bid, prepare scope of work documents and ensure adequate bid coverage
• Address bidder’s questions on a timely basis and issue written clarifications to all subcontractors bidding that trade
• Require bid binder complete with a bid tabulation that compares the bids to each other and the budget to be assembled.
• Initiate project kick-off meeting.
• Ensure street…