Senior Retail Development & Construction Lead

Urban Edge; Maywood (NJ); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Target bonus eligible

Medical, Dental, Vision after first 30

401K with employer match

HSA

Long Term Disability (company paid)

Basic Life Insurance (company paid)

Wellness initiatives & incentives

PTO 20 days

12 Paid Holidays

Job summary

Urban Edge Properties is seeking a Senior Project Manager, Construction to lead retail real estate development and construction from concept through closeout. You’ll collaborate with tenants, municipalities, consultants, architects, and contractors to deliver projects on time and within budget.

Role requires strong PM skills, financial acumen, and problem solving to meet tenant requirements and community goals. Salary range reflects NJ market and company standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience is required.
• 5-10 years of experience in Commercial Real Estate Development. Retail Real Estate preferred.
• Exposure to various asset classes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal and external partners to craft unique environments that support retail merchandising, community vision, and mixed-use components.
• Develop schedules from initial phases through construction.
• Participate in financing, permitting, design, construction, and delivery processes.
• Take ownership of and problem solve throughout the conceptual, design, construction, and delivery process.
• Perform punch list inspections and oversee project closeout process
• Develop budgets for investment real estate and development projects.
• Manage bid processes for hard and soft costs including negotiating contracts; ensuring compliance with codes and laws; and overall project management (monitoring cost, progress, schedule, etc.)
• Negotiate service provider and consultant contracts with legal counsel guidance as appropriate.
• Track job cost against budget and report to management on projected savings or overruns.
• Partner with other areas within the organization to coordinate and integrate leasing, operations, acquisitions, and financial reporting.
• Coordination of designers, contractors, and marketing consultants for project related work.
• Interface daily with designers, general contractors, architects, pre-construction, and construction staff on development and construction projects.
• Coordinate delivery conditions and dates with tenants.
• Participate in new IT program rollouts.
• Thoroughly review design documents to ensure scope of work meets all project requirements (including tenant delivery requirements); work with architect of record and contractors to optimize design and value engineer projects.
• Engage with communities and municipalities to secure permits.
• Provide general support for real estate transactions and special projects as needed.
• Conduct certain due diligence (architectural, engineering, and environmental) for potential acquisitions as needed.

Skills

Budgeting

Scheduling

Contract management

Stakeholder coordination

Microsoft Office

eBuilder

Salesforce

Reading construction plans

Negotiation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Commercial Real Estate experience

5-10 years experience

Tools

eBuilder

Salesforce

Job description

Urban Edge Properties is seeking a Senior Project Manager, Construction to lead retail real estate development and construction from concept through closeout. You’ll collaborate with tenants, municipalities, consultants, architects, and contractors to deliver projects on time and within budget.

Role requires strong PM skills, financial acumen, and problem solving to meet tenant requirements and community goals. Salary range reflects NJ market and company standards.