Job description:

Vision

Our project managers have a pulse on their project’s scope, schedule and budget – their health, exposure and opportunities. They are intimately acquainted with DKN’s Pre-Construction and Construction Administration phase requirements and can speak to the construction and the administrative aspects of each job. Their strong relationships with the project team allows them to execute on the scope within cost and duration and produce a property that meets the stakeholder vision.

Expectations

• Build + Manage Project Team
• Lead a cohesive project team(s)
• Coordinate and facilitate efforts of project team
• Shortlist qualified people in their disciplines [general contractor, design consultants]
• Ensure quality and timeliness of contract execution
• Review and ensure contract coordination documents are provided in a timely manner, responded to as per contract terms, and in-line with owner preferences
• Familiarity and compliance with contract terms
• Reconcile differences and mitigate dispute, without compromising DKN or the project
• Communication with all, but not limited to, the following stakeholders: general public, general contractor, subcontractors, design consultants, city, government entities, brand, bank
• Escalate non-performance and non-compliance issues to the right people at the right time

Scope

• Valuate scope and scope change
• Negotiate contracts
• Administer and participate in site visits to monitor and report on quality, accuracy and
• progression of work
• Organize owner-services necessary for construction
• Intimately acquainted with the contract documents [drawings, scopes of work, etc.]
• Develop and administer RFPs, RFQs, and contract documents
• Ensure contract documents are well-coordinated and of quality – reduce foreseeable change orders
• Evaluate change orders against need, contract documents and market value
• Familiarity with owner preferences and responsibility matrix
• Produce and evaluate value-engineering opportunities

Manage Budget

• Mindful of costs, able to understand “value” of scope to project stakeholders
• Develop accurate and validated PM-related budgets
• Ensure PM-related budgets are accurate and current
• Validate invoices against contracts and budget
• Provide accurate monthly cash flow projections with backup
• Remain within project budget
• Validate hard and soft cost draws and backup for accuracy

Manage Schedule

• Develop and regularly maintain and distribute schedule
• Review and monitor schedules weekly [design, construction]
• Correlate actualized work to GC-provided schedule
• Review and report on schedule delays, risks and opportunities
• Work with the design consultants and the general contractor to find creative and workable ways to crash the schedule

Research + Development

• Conduct lessons learned and implement findings
• Attend PM conferences and expand network
• Aware of industry and market trends, new technology and new players

Systems + Processes

• Effectively and efficiently utilize department software
• Compliance to systems and processes, provide recommendations for improvements