Development Manager – Real Estate & Projects Lead

Macdonald & Company; Arkansas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Benefits

Retirement plan with employer match

Flexible working environment

Job summary

Macdonald & Company has been retained by a privately held real estate investment and development firm to appoint a Development Manager to join its growing team in Memphis. This hands-on role offers exposure to senior leadership and the full lifecycle of industrial development and investment.

The Development Manager will lead projects from site evaluation through design, entitlements, construction and delivery, coordinating with architects, engineers and contractors to ensure on-time,

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of real estate, development or construction experience.
• Understanding of construction, cost estimating, scheduling and contract administration.
• Experience managing multiple projects and workstreams.
• Background with private developer, owner or owner's representative is relevant.

Responsibilities

• Managing pre-development budgets across hard costs, soft costs and contingencies.
• Conducting construction and site due diligence on potential acquisitions and development opportunities.
• Assessing project feasibility, entitlement risk, timelines and costs.
• Coordinating architects, civil, structural and MEP engineers throughout the design process.
• Driving value engineering and constructability reviews.
• Managing zoning, permitting, site plan approvals and the wider entitlement process.
• Coordinating with municipalities, utilities, consultants and other project stakeholders - Managing GC bidding, selection and contract processes.
• Overseeing construction from groundbreaking through substantial completion and certificate of occupancy.
• Reviewing pay applications, change orders and RFIs.
• Maintaining project budgets, schedules and ownership reporting.
• Managing capital expenditure projects across the existing portfolio.
• Overseeing tenant improvement projects for new and renewing tenants.

Skills

Construction management

Development management

Owner's representative

Communication skills

Project management

Tools

Procore

Bluebeam

Microsoft Project

Job description

Macdonald & Company has been retained by a privately held real estate investment and development firm to appoint a Development Manager to join its growing team in Memphis. This hands-on role offers exposure to senior leadership and the full lifecycle of industrial development and investment.

The Development Manager will lead projects from site evaluation through design, entitlements, construction and delivery, coordinating with architects, engineers and contractors to ensure on-time,