Operations Project Manager, Commercial Real Estate

OVERVIEW:

RealOp Investments is a commercial real estate investment firm specializing in value-add and opportunistic office, multifamily and industrial acquisitions across the Southeast. We take pride in our team, our culture and our realtionships with tenants, strategic partners and investors, operating with responsiveness and authenticity at all times to grow those realtionships and in turn, our company. We are driven by our passion for real estate, an entreprenuerial spirit and our mission to build the most prolific real estate investment platform in the Southeast. We research, we prepare, we work hard, we pioneer, we innovate, we improve, we learn, we grow, we celebrate success.

RealOp Investments, headquarted in Greenville SC, is seeking an Operations Project Manager to oversee all project management of capital projects (including HVAC, MEP, roofs, facades, structural, curtainwall, flatwork, etc.) and tenant construction throughout the RealOp Investments portfolio. The Operations Project Manager will work investment projects collaboratively with tenants, property managers, contractors, architects, engineers, etc. This position is responsible for supervising and directing the activities of assigned crews to perform improvement renovations or new construction projects. This position plans, organizes, and performs a variety of activities designed to maintain, construct, or repair both exterior and interior projects as well as major system malfunctions. Position location – open to cities within the RealOp Investments portfolio.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide project management leadership and assistance (when needed) of tenant improvements and major property improvements oversight including bidding of projects using economies of scale for best pricing.
• Manages the due diligence, design, permitting, and construction of projects.
• Manages contractor bid process, schedule, and budget.
• Provides due diligence & soft cost budget management for all projects.
• Works with Property Management for budgeting purposes.
• Manages/coordinates on-site activities with contractors, architects, engineers, and property managers. Provide periodic updates to Property Managers on project status.
• Owner’s representative on the jobsite.
• Provides progress reports to tenants on landlord work.
• Participate in the capital planning process for each property in the portfolio.
• Annual property inspection/audit to insure compliance with company standards of appearance, maintenance and identification of potential issues.
• Responsible for physical property improvement and activities in property acquisition and transition of new properties into the ROI portfolio.
• Coordinate scheduled work activities with property managers, contractors, building engineers, engineering firms, etc.
• Monitor regulatory compliance including understand, observe and assure compliance with all relevant safety rules and regulations and ensures job site safety at all times.
• Establishes expectations and monitors overall site performance for on time delivery, production and quality.
• Works closely with property management and asset management in advising, coordinating and planning all construction and facility projects.
• Member of Property Transition Team to insure efficient transition from acquisition stage to operating stage.
• Be prepared to travel, as needed, to properties within the ROI portfolio.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of 15 years of project management and property operations experience at the property level with office/retail/industrial properties
• Ability to read maps and blueprints.
• Ability to work autonomously and independently.
• Demonstrated strong customer relations experience.

Beneficial Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or other relevant degree program.
• Aggressive problem solver.
• High level of initiative directly targeting goals of the company.
• Commands respect from subordinates, peers, supervisors, customers, vendors, industry.
• Sets, maintains and holds others to high standards of operating/executing.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools.
• Ability to adapt in a non-routine, fast-paced and changing environment with strict deadlines.
• Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
• Ability to apply creative, out of the box thinking to projects.
• Ability to multitask and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to change course of action due to movement of industry.
• Ability to incorporate legal requirements into the enforcement of building rules and regulations.
• Demonstrate:
• Strong communication skills for networking with vendors, customers, property managers and general public.
• Strong coaching and training skills to guide team to resolve problems, make decisions quickly.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills with ability to speak formally and informally to groups of co-workers, staff in other organizational agencies, the general public, etc., and develop strong professional working relationships.
• Ability to persuade or influence others in favor of a service, point of view, or course of action.
• Ability to work independently or with others as a team member.
• Strong ethical standards, reliability, professionalism, positive attitude, and ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
• Maintain a high level of integrity for self and others.