Director of Development and Construction

Master Search Solutions; Paramus (NJ); On-site; USD 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Co-investment opportunities

Excellent benefits

Family-oriented environment

Job summary

Master Search Solutions is seeking a Director of Development and Construction to lead a ground-up industrial program and drive scale across the Northeast. You will own budgets, cost control, and scheduling, while building a capable team and reporting to ownership.

The role requires 10+ years in similar work, hands-on estimating, and the ability to travel regularly, with base salary in the $300k–$400k range plus bonus eligibility.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in ground-up construction and development.
• Multiple ground-up industrial projects delivered concurrently.
• Hands-on estimating experience and budgeting ability.
• Knowledge of site work and base building systems.
• Willingness to travel regularly, including by air.

Responsibilities

• Deliver ground-up industrial projects from site to CO with schedule ownership.
• Set and defend budgets, lead value engineering, manage change orders.
• Choose delivery method and build a contractor bench for new markets.
• Oversee capital and tenant improvement work across the portfolio.
• Co-lead due diligence and budgets for acquisitions.
• Report status, budget, and schedule to ownership.

Skills

Ground-up construction

Budgeting

Estimating

Site oversight

Travel willingness

Education

Engineering or construction management degree

Tools

Yardi

Bluebeam

AutoCAD

Job description

Our new client, recommended by one of our long-tenured clients, is a family-owned, vertically integrated real estate owner, developer and operator focused on industrial real estate, with in-house teams across acquisitions, asset management, leasing, construction, property management, accounting and legal. It is searching for a Director of Development and Construction to lead its ground-up program toward its goal of doubling the size of its portfolio over the next five years. The role is based in Bergen County, New Jersey, with regular travel to sites across the Northeast and flights to Florida.

Reporting to the Founder and President, you'll own every project's hard-cost budget from conceptual estimate to final cost. You'll have a team that executes, including a Project Manager and a Financial Analyst, and you'll build the processes and reporting systems that allow it to execute consistently and at scale. On entitlements, your role is technical: confirming that approved plans can be built within budget.

In this role YOU will:

• Deliver ground-up industrial (warehouse) projects from raw site through certificate of occupancy, owning the schedule.

• Set and defend budgets, lead value engineering, and manage change orders and contingency.

• Choose general contractor or trade-by-trade delivery, select contractors, and build a bench in new markets.

• Oversee capital and tenant improvement work across the existing portfolio.

• Co-lead physical due diligence and construction budgets for acquisitions.

• Report status, budget and schedule across the pipeline to ownership.

YOU might be the right person if YOU have:

• 10+ years in ground-up construction and development (general contractor, construction manager or owner's side).

• Multiple ground-up industrial projects delivered at the same time, site work through certificate of occupancy.

• Hands-on estimating experience: you've built the budgets yourself and know where every number comes from.

• Command of industrial site work and base building systems.

• Willingness to travel regularly, including by air.

• Yardi preferred; Bluebeam, computer-aided design and an engineering or construction management degree a plus.

Our client offers a base salary of $300,000-$400,000, bonus eligibility, the opportunity to co-invest in the company's projects, excellent benefits, and a family-oriented work environment.