Senior Construction Project Manager

Jobtailor; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Project Manager in Boston, MA to lead client-driven projects from concept through construction. You will coordinate goals, budgets, and schedules, acting as the senior client liaison and ensuring alignment with both client and internal teams.

Responsibilities include maintaining master schedules, coordinating due diligence, and guiding design development to signoff. Strong analytical, budgeting, and interpersonal skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Project Manager or similar role.
• Strong analytical and budgeting/scheduling capabilities.
• Experience managing interior fitout and building infrastructure projects.
• Must reside in the Massachusetts region.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute project goals, schedules, budgets, strategy and assumptions for achieving objectives.
• Establish and maintain project goals and success criteria for JLL and client needs.
• Build rapport with client representatives and understand project scopes.
• Coordinate due diligence efforts and deliver documentation.
• Develop detailed project budgets based on data and assumptions.
• Act as senior level client contact throughout the project.
• Guide design and construction documentation through to signoff.
• Maintain Master Project Schedules and ensure timely execution.
• Prepare RFPs for vendor/contractor services and manage selection.
• Lead critical project meetings with stakeholders.
• Manage performance against schedules and milestones across multiple projects.
• Direct construction contractors through closeout.

Skills

Project management

Client communication

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Budgeting

Scheduling

Construction management

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute project specific and client driven goals, schedules, budgets, strategy and detailed assumptions for accomplishing and managing goals and objectives
• Establish and maintain project goals and success criteria that meet both JLL and Client needs
• Build and maintain rapport with client representatives and ensure that the scopes of project and outside business forces affecting the project is fully understood
• Coordinate any necessary due diligence efforts on behalf of the internal team, project partners, clients and/or end users, maintaining and delivering all appropriate documentation
• Develop detailed project budgets based on historical and market data and clearly defined set of budget assumptions
• Act as the primary senior level contact with the client throughout the duration of the project
• Guide the Client and team through the design implementation process including conceptual, schematic, design development and construction documentation and signoff
• Develop and maintain Master Project Schedules and manage the successful execution of projects within required timeframes
• Prepare various RFPs needed for vendor and contractor services as well as manage the contractor, vendor selection process
• Facilitate all critical project meetings and coordination exercises with internal and external stakeholders
• Manage project performance against schedules, scheduled milestones and critical path items on multiple projects
• Manage construction contractors through construction, commissioning, punchlist, and closeout

Requirements

• 5+ years as a Project Manager or similar role
• Ability to regularly communicate analyzed data to client and team to achieve project goals
• Strong working knowledge of architectural drawings
• Highly organized with strong analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to interact with executive level external and internal clients as well as external team members (architects, contractors, client’s representatives, etc.)
• Ability to manage all aspects of construction projects effectively and efficiently including, but not limited to budgeting, scheduling, submittals, change orders
• Experience managing interior fitout and building infrastructure projects
• Extensive knowledge of MS Office applications and MS Project
• Must reside in the Massachusetts region