Construction Project Manager

Location: St. Louis

The Construction Project Manager (referred to as Project Manager/Owners Representative) is responsible for high-level coordination and strategic oversight of construction-related activities across owned, managed, and tenant-leased properties. This individual ensures seamless communication among stakeholders, maintains project alignment with business goals, and protects internal resources by keeping their role focused on oversight and coordination rather than hands-on construction management. The Project Manager is also responsible for understanding and tracking the requirements of each lease and ensuring coordination with key stakeholders to resolve issues or concerns that may arise.

Key Responsibilities:

(90%) Serve as the primary point of coordination between internal teams (design, property management, ownership) and external construction partners. This work includes but is not limited to:

• Facilitate kickoff, milestone, and closeout meetings to ensure alignment across stakeholders
• Maintain a master timeline of construction and renovation projects, flagging delays and escalating issues as needed
• Monitor general contractor performance and ensure they are delivering to scope, budget, and schedule
• Review construction documents and scopes for clarity and consistency; flag concerns but defer technical design decisions to design and construction teams
• Coordinate regular status updates to ownership and executive team without taking on executional responsibilities
• Liaise with property management to ensure tenant impact is considered and addressed in construction planning
• Review lease documents to identify and track project-specific requirements
• Coordinate with ownership, legal, property management, tenants, and design to address any lease-driven constraints, obligations, or deliverables
• Track invoices and final payments for owner and tenant
• Manage change orders and make sure appropriate stakeholders have approved prior to work commencing. Provide clarity on reasons for the change order.

(10%) Work with Regional Manager, Property Management on developing and overseeing implementation, and improvements of process and procedures related to project management.

This work includes but is not limited to:

• Implement and organize internal workflows and procedures for optimal project management performance.
• Work towards developing best practices.
• Value develops high levels of communication between stakeholders in the project.

This Role Does Not Include:

• Direct supervision of subcontractors or job site personnel
• Day-to-day management of construction schedules
• Responsibility for permitting, procurement, or inspections
• Hands-on involvement in construction problem-solving unless escalation is required

Qualifications:

The following education, skills and experience required for this role:

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, architecture, real estate, or related field required.
• 5 plus years of construction management experience.
• Strong knowledge of construction design, architectural drawings, and bid documents.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Outstanding organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to travel locally to various work site.