Construction Manager

Centurion Selection, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Centurion Selection, LLC is seeking an experienced Construction Project Manager to run retail tenant projects from lease signing to handover across the New York area. You’ll own budgets, manage contracts, and coordinate with GCs and tenants, ensuring on-time delivery and quality.

Reporting to the Retail Construction PM, you’ll guide TI/TA packages, review drawings, track permits, and partner with leasing and property teams to finalize space handover and rent commencement.

Qualifications

• 10 years of directly relevant experience in commercial real estate, ideally retail.
• Experience running projects from budget and buyout through closeout.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage GCs and align scope, cost and schedule.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture or construction management preferred, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own construction budgets and pricing for each tenant deal
• Advise the leasing team on construction costs and issues during lease negotiations
• Track all deals through to lease execution
• Act as the main contact for tenants and their contractors after lease signing
• Collect and review insurance documents from tenants and their contractors
• Write the landlord’s scope of work, run the bid process and award contracts
• Manage outside GCs, or direct the landlord’s GC, on all required improvements
• Review and approve tenant construction drawings
• Track permitting and bidding for each tenant
• Oversee tenant work for code compliance, safety and protection of base building systems
• Manage key milestone dates and keep work on schedule
• Close out all open permits and inspections
• Let the leasing team know when work is complete so rent commencement letters can go out
• Review and process TIA payments
• Work with property management to transfer utility accounts to tenants

Skills

Budget management

GC management

Project management

Time management

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Detail oriented

Organized

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture or construction management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Our client is a well-established, full-service real estate firm that develops, invests in, builds and manages properties across several urban markets, mainly in the New York Tri-State area. They’re known for affordable and mixed-income housing, and they measure success by the impact they have on the communities they work in as well as by financial returns.

Summary

You’ll run your own retail tenant projects from start to finish, with full responsibility for budgets, contracts, GCs and schedules. It suits an experienced PM, or a senior APM who already runs jobs on their own.

You’ll manage construction for new and existing retail tenants, including Tenant Improvements (TI) and Tenant Allowances (TA). Reporting to the Retail Construction Project Manager, you’ll be the tenant’s main point of contact from lease signing until the space is handed over, final documents are in and the last TIA payment has been made.

Responsibilities

• Own construction budgets and pricing for each tenant deal
• Advise the leasing team on construction costs and issues during lease negotiations
• Track all deals through to lease execution
• Act as the main contact for tenants and their contractors once the lease is signed
• Collect and review insurance documents from tenants and their contractors
• Write the landlord’s scope of work, run the bid process and award contracts
• Manage outside GCs, or direct the landlord’s GC, on all required improvements
• Review and approve tenant construction drawings
• Track permitting and bidding for each tenant
• Oversee tenant work for code compliance, safety and protection of base building systems
• Manage key milestone dates and keep work on schedule
• Close out all open permits and inspections
• Let the leasing team know when work is complete so rent commencement letters can go out
• Review and process TIA payments
• Work with property management to transfer utility accounts to tenants

Qualifications

• Experience running projects on your own, from budget and buyout through closeout
• Confident managing GCs and holding them to scope, cost and schedule
• Strong writing skills and attention to detail
• Well organized, with good project management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Comfortable working with senior management and the leasing team
• Able to adapt to changing schedules
• Outgoing, with good communication skills
• Strong time management
• Works well as part of a team

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture or construction management preferred, or equivalent relevant experience
• 10 years of directly relevant experience in commercial real estate, ideally retail
• Experience reviewing documents such as certificates of insurance, contractor indemnities and lien releases
• Able to read and understand construction drawings