Project Manager, Tenant Coordination-Merriweather District

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About the Role

The Project Manager will represent Owner/Landlord to manage projects across the Merriweather District portfolio, including current and future projects in Retail, Office, Commercial, Multi-Family, and Hospitality based on project requirements. Primary focus will be reviewing, approving, and managing both Landlord and Tenant-directed build-outs. Candidate is to possess leadership, communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to ensure Landlord and Tenant schedule, design, permitting, construction, and overall work quality meets project standards and expectations while collaborating with multiple stakeholders.

The ability to manage multiple construction efforts in a high pressure, fast-paced environment is critical.

Candidate will act as the Landlord's representative to outside stake holders including but not limited to Architectural & Engineering Design Teams, General Contractors, Vendors, Building Departments, local municipal utility districts, local health department and other local governmental authorities and constituents having authority, Commercial Tenants, and Tenant teams. Candidate required to use clear, concise and professional verbal and written communication at all times.

Additionally, candidate may act as Tenants' representative to internal departments including but not limited to:
Leasing, Operations, Property Management, Accounting, Development, Construction, Design & Production, and Company executives on as needed bases. The Project Manager may also be required to act as Tenants Construction Manager in turn-key lease opportunities. Compensation: $130-140K plus bonus & benefits.

What You Will Do

* Communicate effectively with all team members, internal and external, to facilitate lease execution or project release. This may include multiple architects, engineers, vendors, leasing agents, brokers, and general contractors.

* Representing the Landlord, coordinate all construction in operational buildings to ensure the operational Tenants can function with little to no interruption.

* Review drawings, schedules, and construction documents to ensure premises delivery standards are consistent with lease agreement and deliverables, and resolve any conflicts with tenant or project team.

* Effectively communicate technical and design requirements with procedural milestones to Tenant representatives.

* Conduct design and constructability reviews of project document submissions and communicate corrections and modifications to meet established criteria.

* Coordinate and /or facilitate project meetings, including but not limited to: design "kick-off", pre-construction and construction site meetings.

* Ensure project compliance with governing construction codes and building regulations.

* Conduct field verifications of tenant premises to ensure agreed-upon deliverables are met and manage corrective actions when necessary. Monitor and enforce project safety standards throughout the construction process.

* Prepare, solicit, and track Change Orders, Request for Proposals (RFP) and Requests for Information (RFIs), to include thorough analysis and review with bid evaluation meetings and recommendation of awards.

* Manage effective value engineering exercises to reduce cost without sacrificing program quality.

* Assist in design and track the installation of base building systems (structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire/life safety) to ensure lease obligations are met.

* Assist with creating Lease Exhibits and review Landlord Work Exhibits and communicate conflict resolution options to the Leasing and Development Group as needed to support lease execution.

* Produce schedule scenarios to support leasing and legal efforts during lease negotiations

* Prepare and coordinate contracts with internal Legal team.

* Review Letter of Intent (LOI) with ability to determine scope beyond standard delivery and communicate information with internal Pre-Construction Department to estimate differential costs.

* Review and process Invoices and Tenant Allowance (TA) to include Lien Waivers with internal payment procedures.

* Maintain and regularly update tracking systems utilizing Howard Hughes IT platforms, to include milestone schedule updates, budget, tenant allowance and project updates.

* Effectively manage all aspects of the Tenant Coordination process including design and project management for both Tenant buildouts and Landlord Work, in accordance with schedule/deliverables and notices documented in the lease

* Work in collaboration with the Operations team on capital projects and special projects as assigned.

* All other…