Project Manager – Real Estate & Tenant Improvements

RK Management Consultants, Inc.; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RK Management Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager – Real Estate & Tenant Improvements in Saint Paul, MN for a 6-month contract.

You will manage real estate, facilities, construction, and TI projects from planning through turnover, coordinating with landlords, architects, engineers, and contractors to keep scope, schedule, and budget on track. The role requires strong communication, risk management, and stakeholder management skills, with proficiency in MS Office and project

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in facilities, construction, or TI projects.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders and external partners.
• Strong scheduling, budgeting, and risk management.
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage Real Estate, facilities, construction, and Tenant Improvement projects from initiation through construction, occupancy, closeout, and turnover.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, action logs, and project documentation.
• Coordinate project activities across internal stakeholders, landlords, property managers, architects, engineers, general contractors, vendors, and other service providers.
• Manage project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, issues, dependencies, and changes to ensure projects remain on track.
• Coordinate site assessments, design activities, construction activities, relocations, installations, and project closeout activities as applicable.
• Monitor contractor and vendor performance and follow up on deliverables, schedules, open items, and corrective actions.
• Review project proposals, budgets, schedules, change requests, invoices, and other project documentation for completeness and alignment with approved project requirements.
• Identify project risks, delays, cost pressures, and other issues early and develop recommendations and corrective actions to maintain project momentum.
• Lead recurring project meetings, document decisions and action items, assign ownership, and drive timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Maintain clear and accurate project status reporting, including schedule, budget, risks, decisions, dependencies, and upcoming milestones.
• Coordinate with business locations and internal functions to minimize operational disruption during construction, relocations, and other project activities.
• Support project financial tracking, forecasting, invoice coordination, and closeout.
• Ensure required project documentation is maintained through project completion and turnover.

Skills

Project management

Facilities management

Construction management

Tenant Improvements

Budgeting

Scheduling

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Project Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business, Real Estate, or related field

Tools

MS Office suite

Job description

Location: Saint Paul, MN

Duration: 6 Months Contract

Position Summary

• The Project Manager – Real Estate & Tenant Improvements is a temporary contract role responsible for managing commercial real estate, facility, construction, and tenant improvement projects from planning through completion. The role will provide dedicated project management capacity to support an active portfolio of Real Estate and Tenant Improvement (TI) projects and help drive projects to timely completion.
• This position will coordinate internal stakeholders, landlords, contractors, vendors, architects, engineers, and other project partners while managing project scope, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage Real Estate, facilities, construction, and Tenant Improvement projects from initiation through construction, occupancy, closeout, and turnover.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, action logs, and project documentation.
• Coordinate project activities across internal stakeholders, landlords, property managers, architects, engineers, general contractors, vendors, and other service providers.
• Manage project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, issues, dependencies, and changes to ensure projects remain on track.
• Coordinate site assessments, design activities, construction activities, relocations, installations, and project closeout activities as applicable.
• Monitor contractor and vendor performance and follow up on deliverables, schedules, open items, and corrective actions.
• Review project proposals, budgets, schedules, change requests, invoices, and other project documentation for completeness and alignment with approved project requirements.
• Identify project risks, delays, cost pressures, and other issues early and develop recommendations and corrective actions to maintain project momentum.
• Lead recurring project meetings, document decisions and action items, assign ownership, and drive timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Maintain clear and accurate project status reporting, including schedule, budget, risks, decisions, dependencies, and upcoming milestones.
• Coordinate with business locations and internal functions to minimize operational disruption during construction, relocations, and other project activities.
• Support project financial tracking, forecasting, invoice coordination, and closeout.
• Ensure required project documentation is maintained through project completion and turnover.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience, with demonstrated experience managing facilities, construction, commercial real estate, or Tenant Improvement projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects involving contractors, vendors, construction partners, facilities teams, or other external service providers.
• Experience managing project schedules, budgets, risks, change management, and multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Ability to independently manage multiple projects and drive deliverables across stakeholders without direct reporting relationships.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and other standard project-management and collaboration tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing commercial office, warehouse, distribution, or similar facility projects.
• Experience with tenant improvements, facility renovations, relocations, expansions, buildouts, or site consolidations.
• Experience coordinating with landlords, property managers, architects, engineers, general contractors, and specialty contractors.
• Familiarity with construction budgets, schedules, proposals, change orders, invoices, punch lists, and project closeout.
• Experience managing multiple geographically dispersed projects simultaneously.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Project Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business, Real Estate, or a related field.
• PMP, CCM, or other relevant project/construction management certification preferred.

Key Skills:

• Construction and facilities project management
• Project scheduling and milestone management
• Project budgeting and cost tracking
• Contractor and vendor management
• Risk and issue management
• Change management
• Cross-functional coordination
• Stakeholder communication
• Project documentation and reporting
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• Strong follow-through and accountability