Owner-Side Capital Projects Lead – Multifamily

Nolan Living; Kansas City, Northern (KS, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nolan Living is seeking an experienced Capital Project Manager to lead capital improvement and renovation projects across our Midwest multifamily portfolio. You will own projects from planning and budgeting through turnover and closeout, coordinating with operations, asset management, consultants, and contractors.

You will manage scopes, budgets, and schedules, mitigate risks, communicate with residents, and ensure project documentation is complete.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressively responsible project management experience; owner-side, multifamily, renovation, or occupied-environment experience is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects, budgets, schedules, and competing priorities across more than one site.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full project lifecycle for assigned capital projects, including site assessment, budgeting, scope development, procurement, contracting, scheduling, construction oversight, turnover, and closeout.
• Develop thorough scopes of work, bid packages, and bid comparisons that allow for informed decisions and reduce gaps, change orders, and surprises during construction.
• Build and maintain realistic project budgets and schedules; monitor commitments, invoices, forecasts, contingencies, and variances through completion.
• Lead contractor selection, contract coordination, preconstruction meetings, progress meetings, site walks, punch lists, and final acceptance.
• Anticipate scope, schedule, logistics, safety, permitting, resident-impact, and operational risks; raise concerns early and bring forward practical solutions.
• Coordinate work in occupied multifamily communities with a strong focus on resident communication, access, phasing, cleanliness, safety, and continuity of property operations.
• Provide concise, timely reporting to internal stakeholders on project status, budget, schedule, decisions, risks, and next steps.
• Maintain complete project documentation, including approvals, contracts, change orders, meeting notes, photos, invoices, lien waivers, warranties, permits, and closeout records.
• Evaluate materials, methods, and design decisions through an owner-focused lens, balancing upfront cost with quality, durability, maintainability, and long-term asset performance.
• Use Yardi CM and other reporting or project-management tools accurately and consistently; adapt as processes and systems continue to evolve.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Scheduling

Risk management

Communication

MS Office

Yardi CM

Construction experience

Owner-side experience

Multi-site coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, business, or related field

Tools

Yardi CM

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Nolan Living is seeking an experienced Capital Project Manager to lead capital improvement and renovation projects across our Midwest multifamily portfolio. You will own projects from planning and budgeting through turnover and closeout, coordinating with operations, asset management, consultants, and contractors.

You will manage scopes, budgets, and schedules, mitigate risks, communicate with residents, and ensure project documentation is complete.