Senior Project Manager

Keller Augusta; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Keller Augusta is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join its development and construction team in South Florida. This office-based role requires substantial field time and close coordination with on-site and in-office teams.

The Senior Project Manager will drive the deal process from acquisition through delivery, supporting investment decisions for development, construction, acquisitions, and finance teams. Compensation includes a bonus and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; technical degree preferred.
• 8+ years of relevant construction and development experience spanning field construction and office-based project management roles.
• Strong cost management background with budgeting, pay apps, and cost tracking experience.
• Technical fluency with construction documents, drawings, and ability to coordinate with construction teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with due diligence for investments, including construction budgeting to underwrite investments.
• Provide pricing and technical input for in-house site plans with design manager.
• Review design packages from a technical standpoint and assess property condition reports.
• Manage technical design and coordination with design teams, partners, and lenders.
• Establish design goals and strategies reflecting company beliefs to shape technical systems (structural, MEP, façade).
• Select and manage design teams and consultants to meet programming, underwriting, budget, and schedule goals.
• Track and report progress; manage predevelopment budgets and permitting schedules.
• Oversee construction administration, RFIs, change orders, and weekly/monthly project updates.
• Produce regular progress reports for third-party ownership scopes and close-out packages.

Skills

Leadership & team-building

Communication skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Ownership & accountability

Multitasking & prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree (construction/related)

Tools

Procore

CAD

BIM

Bluebeam

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

Job description

Our client is a vertically integrated real estate investment and development firm founded in 2018 and headquartered in South Florida. The firm is among the most active Qualified Opportunity Zone developers in the country, with a portfolio spanning multifamily, hospitality, retail, office, and mixed-use assets.

The firm invests in markets rather than individual buildings, pursuing projects that encourage interconnectivity, foster diversity, and deliver lasting value to the communities that surround them. That thesis has produced a growing pipeline across Florida, including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota, developed both on balance sheet and alongside institutional joint venture partners.

Our client operates as a lean, entrepreneurial team in which senior professionals carry real ownership over their projects and work directly with firm leadership.

Position Overview:

Our client is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join its development and construction team. This is an office-based role with substantial field time that works in close coordination with the on-site and in-office teams.

The Senior Project Manager will be embedded in the deal process from acquisition through delivery, providing the technical rigor supporting the investment decisions that the development, construction, acquisitions, and finance teams at Junction23 and the firm depends on.

This role involves building out construction-related project management standard operating procedures (SOPs), updating existing SOPs, cost tracking systems, construction timelines, and reporting protocols that support both active development programs and the firm's acquisition pipeline.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist with the management of the due diligence process for potential investments, including construction budgeting exercises necessary to underwrite the investments
• Provide pricing and technical input for the production of in-house conceptual site plans, in collaboration with the in-house design manager
• Assess existing design packages from a technical standpoint and review property condition reports

Design and Development

• Manage the technical design and coordination process of development projects in various capacities based on the role, including collaboration with design teams, partners, and lenders
• Establish design goals, strategies, and, in certain cases, actual designs that reflect the company's core beliefs, to then be used to shape technical systems including structural, MEP, and façade
• Select and manage technical design teams, including civil, structural, MEP, façade, geotechnical, environmental, traffic, landscape, architect, and code consultant, to maintain programming, underwriting, budget, and schedule goals
• Manage and advance predevelopment budgets with various departments and partners, including finance, investments, and construction
• Assist with the management of the permitting process, including design and permitting schedule development for technical scopes
• Assist in the selection of the general contractor and contracting teams by circulating all necessary bid packages and managing RFIs developed during the bid phases
• Identify subcontractor scope overlaps and sequencing risks before they become field problems
• Communicate and coordinate with municipalities on permits, approvals, and processes and procedures from preconstruction through construction completion, including WASD, DERM, and the City of Miami

Construction

• Build and maintain the firm's project management systems, templates, and reporting frameworks, involving bid leveling, construction estimation, budget development, scope negotiation, and RFIs across active projects and third-party ownership representation scopes
• Work with the in-house, on-site construction management team on assessing the project's adherence to the overall design drawings and goals, entailing regular time on the construction site throughout the various stages of construction
• Track technical scopes, overall progress, and cost
• Review general contractor pay applications, validate against schedules of values, flag discrepancies, and assist in budget forecasting
• Manage the design team's construction administration phase, including assistance with the RFI process, invoice reviews, and attendance of certain construction progress meetings and coordination sessions
• Review, assess the legitimacy of, and resolve project change orders, while minimizing schedule impacts
• Assist with the development of regular weekly, monthly, and quarterly updates as part of the company's required reporting criteria, specifically the company's quarterly updates for active construction projects
• Produce regular progress reports for the company's third-party ownership representation scopes
• Oversee the commissioning phase by assessing startup and turnover criteria and approving finalized packages
• Assess and approve the close-out packages provided by the general contractors and subcontractors

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with strong academic performance; technical degree preferred
• 8+ years of relevant construction and development experience spanning field construction and office-based project management roles
• Strong cost management background, comfortable owning budgets, running pay application reviews, and building cost tracking systems
• Technical fluency with construction documents and the ability to read drawings, identify conflicts, and engage directly with construction teams
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong leadership and team-building qualities
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, and Procore
• Advanced proficiency in CAD, BIM, and Bluebeam
• Willingness to travel up to thirty-three percent (33%) of the time
• Attention to detail and the ability to effectively multitask and prioritize
• Enthusiasm to pitch in where necessary, with a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude
• Drive to take ownership of roles and responsibilities
• Must be a strong problem solver and enjoy the problem-solving process that needs to exist in every construction project

Compensation will be based on experience and include a bonus and benefits.