Senior Project Manager -- Tenant Improvement Projects

Douglas Emmett Builders is looking for a Senior Project Manager with direct and extensive experience in high end tenant improvement construction in the Los Angeles region.

The minimum requirements and competencies are as follows:

• 4 year Construction Management degree or equivalent (preferred)
• 5 + years of tenant improvement interior construction. High Rise office preferred.
• Project scheduling abilities, and scheduling software fluency.
• Job Costing understanding, proficiency and fluent with industry standard software programs.
• Design Build coordination of Mechanical Electrical Plumbing Fire and Life Safety trades.
• Managing of Client expectations, Property Management, Leasing Agents, and Design Professionals, while maintaining customer service satisfaction.
• Managing successfully a high number of projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities include:

· Kick off- Take new projects, distribute authorization to proceed to subcontractors, coordinate/initiate project schedule, set up meetings between managers, tenants, superintendents, and architects, and conduct meetings

· Subcontractor- Perform project buy outs with subcontractors, negotiate contracts, verify lead time items/submittals, request, receive and review shop drawings, submittals, and submit to architect

· Plan changes- Oversee, distribute and communicate all plan/construction changes to subcontractors, including schedule changes to managers, tenants, and maintain log

· Estimates- Establish pricing changes/increases, gather, and organize necessary information to produce cost changes to the tenant/managers

· Change Orders- Process and distribute change orders to appropriate parties within the corporate office, tenants, and managers if needed

· Submittals- Oversee submittal distribution and communication

· Communication- Communicate with superintendents regarding the day-to-day operations and monitor projects until completion, subcontractor compliance issues, supplier delays, and project engineer. Document/distribution maintenance of incoming/outgoing information to correct destination. Create, manage, RFI process and logs

· Public Relations- Interface with architects, tenants, managers, and subcontractors maintain clear communication. Sustain communication with existing clients through maintenance and marketing

· Cash flow- Manage general conditions, tracking costs for work force hours and miscellaneous items on each project

· Meetings- Conduct construction meetings, keep accurate minutes and monitor for accurate data entry. Attend corporate Project Manager meetings and communicate information with EVP

· Job site- Visit job site to keep familiarized with project status, troubleshoot as necessary

· Close Out- Responsible to coordinate and follow up with superintendents on closing jobs, overseeing punch list final sign off, collection/distribution of job files to PE

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Construction Experience: 1 year (Preferred)
• Project Management: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Remotely:

• No