Senior Commercial Building Manager

For decades, our principled commitment to quality has navigated both our business practices and our company values. Using this guiding commitment, we have established ourselves as a dominant force in the world of real estate and investments. We are dedicated to providing best-in-class development service and management to our properties.

We are a team of dreamers, builders, leaders, strategists, and innovators, united by a passion for our work and a commitment to provide unparalleled service at all times.

Our Business

Combining generations of experience and a team of dedicated professionals, we maintain one of the largest privately owned real estate portfolios in the United States. We provide services to more than 400 properties including residential, office, retail, and hotel buildings. We have expanded our portfolio to include investments in promising startups and energy sources.

• REAL ESTATE Our affiliates own and manage luxury properties, and have expanded their reach by acquiring properties throughout the United States.
• PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Through our affiliates we manage state-of-the-art Class A office spaces across the United States.
• RETAIL Our affiliates are continually expanding our retail development portfolio, including storefronts within residential and office towers and regional malls.
• HOTEL Our affiliates own and manage upscale hotels in metropolitan areas, catering to a highly sophisticated client base.
• ENERGY Affiliates of our Energy division invest significantly in gas and oil assets while expanding our acquisition operations into other properties, such as minerals, royalty interests, and renewable energy.
• CONSTRUCTION Through our affiliates we have built and developed more than 400 buildings in the United States, leading to one of the most extensive real estate portfolios.
• OTHER INVESTMENTS Our affiliates are active in supporting and investing in promising ventures across many industries.
  
  
  

Purpose of the Position

Key Responsibilities

• Set goals for the property and proactively lead team to meet these goals.
• Understand the building operating plan and organize a plan to achieve the milestones set in place by the approved annual building business plan.
• Oversee operations of properties and ensure building presentation and operations are maintained according to required standards and procedures
• Have excellent administration, coordination and customer service skills, maintain communication and be available to all staff levels.
• Manage internal processes and procedures.
• Have a good working knowledge for using a computer and related software (Word, Excel, Yardi, ability to read AutoCAD, print to PDF, full use of Outlook).
• Maintain an open line of communication with the Director of operations and Commercial Executive Management team.
• Recognize operational and management problems and develop appropriate solutions for approval within the management structure.
• Accept leadership responsibility for all emergencies and coordination of corrective actions.
• Manage multiple projects and assignments, analyze facts & exercise sound judgment when arriving at conclusions.
• Maintain property in a code complainant manner.
• Maintain oversight of all field projects, schedule and budget.
• Participate in the development and review of all property operating reports, including but not limited to presentation of the monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
• Assure that accurate records of various projects’ status, tenant requests, preventive & general maintenance & other data required for the production of property activity reports are maintained.
• Write clearly and informatively with the ability to change writing style to meet the needs of various situations.
• Must have good problem solving & analytical skills.
• Perform quality control inspections.
• Have an understanding of financial reports and the requirements for developing budgets & other typical operating documents.
• Have skills to manage base building construction projects
• Be responsive to legal counsel and brokerage team.
• Maintain the necessary checks and balances for consistency that staff is following procedures, including but not limited to processing purchase orders, sundry charges and tenant requests and notices.
• Review and interpret lease, service & construction contracts and read plans for operating and construction needs.
• Address issues as they arise.

Experience and Professional Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree is required
• RPA or CPM designation a plus
• Minimum of 5 years in a similar work environment handling “class A” real estate
• Self-starter with leadership qualities and strong communication skills
• Perform project management (including creation of purchase orders or contracts depending on size and scope of work); managing the schedule and meeting deadlines; ensuring completion, inspections and closeouts for all filed work; processing payments and cost tracking; review of tenant plans for tenant initiated work; review of TI release for completion of Tenant work; maintenance of the “as-built” record drawings for the building; reviewing leases & contracts

Skills and Competencies

• Strong organizational & excellent communication skills (written & oral)
• Proficient in MS Word, excel, E-Mail/Outlook, Yardi, budgeting software
• Customer service mentality and able to work in a team environment
• Ability to lead
• Flexibility to handle changing priorities and projects
• Ability to meet deadlines
  
  

Qualified candidates, please submit resume and cover letter.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.  

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship. E/O/E

For consideration, please submit your cover letter – with salary requirements – and resume.