Tenant Improvement Project Lead - Office Interiors

Lincoln Property Company through LinkedIn; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincoln Property Company is seeking a Project Manager for the Client Advisory Services Group in Charlotte, NC. The role manages the full lifecycle of corporate interior projects, including tenant improvements, renovations, and move coordination, from strategy through to first day of business.

The position requires coordinating with leasing, facilities, design teams, and general contractors to develop space plans, budgets, and schedules for first- and second-generation TI projects, with 50%

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of direct experience working as project manager or assistant project manager for real estate firm, design firm, architectural or MEP preferred, or general contractor with preference given to experience within the commercial office interior sector.
• General familiarity with the commercial real estate industry.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Technical knowledge of interior and exterior building and site construction components and systems.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite, including MS Project.
• Ability to read and understand floor plans.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Assist transaction teams with review of lease language, work letters, and other defining artifacts of the engagement to acquire space on behalf of Lincoln’s client.
• Assess existing vacant spaces to provide input and strategies for effective make‑ready improvements, identifying challenges related to access, utilities, and other construction constraints.
• Work with leasing team, tenants, facility management, design team, and general contractors to prepare space plans, pricing plans, concept schedules, and overall project budgets for first‑ and second‑generation tenant improvement projects.
• Provide initial scheduling and budgeting information in the project planning phase, monitoring and updating as information is obtained.
• Partner closely with Facility Management (Lincoln or otherwise) for coordination of key scope items being included in the designs, i.e., janitorial needs, attic stock, access, etc.
• Oversee bidding, bid leveling and vetting, and job awarding for Architects, General Contractors, and Furniture providers.
• Oversee development of construction documents, ensuring tenant involvement and coordinating tenant vendor information.
• Coordinate development of Civil, Architectural, Structural, and MEP drawings and specifications through completion, evaluating to ensure conformance with desired standards of a particular product type.
• Coordinate other vendors as necessary during the preconstruction and construction phases to ensure all Landlord obligations within the lease are met.
• Assist in preparation and negotiation of construction contracts with the selected General Contractor.
• Oversee and closely monitor general contractor’s performance of the construction to ensure quality work and timely delivery of space to tenant within budget and schedule.
• Leveraging client’s procurement infrastructure, issue purchase orders to vendors and partners engaged in the delivery of space to the tenant.
• Partner with client’s internal service providers for coordination of scope items such as IT, AV, and Security.
• Capture, validate, track, and ensure timely submittal of project invoices to client’s payable systems. Oversee and support timely payments.
• Manage client documentation of the construction process from groundbreaking to completion, providing project status reports, review of value engineering opportunities, review and tracking of change orders.
• Coordinate transition of completed project between tenant and property management team.
• Maintain library of current floor plans, CAD files, and construction documents for all assigned projects.
• Provide document review and construction observation for tenant directed improvement projects.
• Obtain full and complete closeout documentation upon completion of the work.
• Effectively manage decommissioning of corporate office environments.
• Manage corporate office moves and relocations.

Skills

Project management

Multi-project handling

Reading floor plans

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Lincoln Property Company is seeking a Project Manager for the Client Advisory Services Group in Charlotte, NC. The role manages the full lifecycle of corporate interior projects, including tenant improvements, renovations, and move coordination, from strategy through to first day of business.

The position requires coordinating with leasing, facilities, design teams, and general contractors to develop space plans, budgets, and schedules for first- and second-generation TI projects, with 50%