Project Manager

WS Development; Newton (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

WS Development in Massachusetts is seeking a Project Manager to support the construction team on new and existing projects. You will oversee construction progress, ensure compliance with contract documents, manage budgets and schedules, and handle change orders and monthly billing.

The role collaborates with Development, Leasing, Studio, Accounting and Operations. During the first six months you will familiarize yourself with properties, track schedules, review changes, and document decisions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; ability to manage multiple projects.
• 3–5 years of ground-up or retail construction experience.
• Ability to read architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire alarm docs.
• Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.
• OSHA 10 certification required.
• Willingness to travel regionally and nationally (car/plane).

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day field activities with contractors to meet budgets and schedules.
• Review and manage RFIs, submittals, shop drawings, and modifications; hold coordination meetings.
• Collaborate with Development, Leasing, Studio, Accounting and Operations across project phases.
• Partner with Operations to transition each project into operations.
• Attend and lead meetings; document objectives with meeting minutes.

Skills

Project management

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Reading construction docs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Reporting to the Vice President and Directors of Construction, the Project Manager will support WS Development’s construction team with daily responsibilities associated with new and existing construction projects. This role will be responsible for the oversight of construction progress and ensuring compliance with the contract documents, management of the pertinent construction budgets and schedules, change orders and monthly billing,

We are looking for candidates who thrive working in a team-oriented environment and will work collaboratively to deliver solutions.

What to expect

• Partner with Construction and cross functional teams on oversight of day to day field activities of contractors to ensure all aspects of the projects are meeting applicable budgets, schedules, and overall expectations.
• Review and manage project RFIs, submittals, shop drawings, tenant designs, fire safety plan submissions, proposed modifications to existing fire alarm and sprinkler systems, and flag questions or concerns as appropriate. Hold meetings with design teams, inspectors, and/or contractors as necessary to resolve.
• Work hand-in hand with Development, Leasing, Studio, Accounting and Operations through various phases of each project, from budgeting and concept design, through permitting and construction, to delivery and turnover
• Partner with the Operations team to successfully transition each project into an operating business.

Immediate Opportunity/Initial Success

Over the first 6 months, the PM will familiarize themself with all properties with a focus on active construction projects and pertinent tasks such as change order reviews, monthly billing analysis, schedule tracking, and field inspections. The PM will prioritize and manage these tasks and will be expected to attend and/or lead meetings and conversations with contractors, consultants and inspectors as required, while memorializing objectives and action items by issuing meeting minutes to the team. The PM will quickly gain extensive commercial, corporate and retail construction experience by being involved in multiple projects of varying types and sizes at one time.

Potential for Growth/Longer Term Success

The Project Manager will expand upon their & Construction experience, grow as a WS employee, and develop into a key asset eventually advancing into a leadership position.

• Bachelor’s degree required with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet critical deadlines; exercise positive team approach to problem solving.
• 3-5 years of experience in ground up or retail construction. Experience through a co-op or internship experience is highly valued.
• Ability to read and understand construction documents, including architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire alarm
• Must have great interpersonal skills, positive attitude, and be enthusiastic about new challenges
• Must have OSHA 10 certification
• Willingness and ability to travel regionally and nationally; travel by both car and plane is required as part of the position to meet with internal & external partners and conduct property visits.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.

Massachusetts-based WS Development is a mixed-use developer with a singular mission: creating places people want to be. With an approach that values art, science, innovation and, above all else, people, WS strives to engage each community it serves with best-in-class experiences, designed with our customers, tenants and partners in mind. Established in 1990, WS is one of few vertically-integrated real estate companies that conceptualizes, owns, operates and leases more than 100 properties that range from cutting-edge urban spaces to lifestyle and community centers. With over 22 million square feet of existing space and an additional nine million square feet under development, it is one of the largest privately-owned development firms in the country.

WS is where great ideas and great people come together to design, build, and operate some of the best loved real estate projects in the country. We live at the intersection of entrepreneurship and establishment. We have the infrastructure of decades supporting a culture of free-thinking excellence.

We expect every WS employee to feel welcomed and valued irrespective of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, and life experiences. Or for any other reason.