Assistant Project Manager

Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is a national real estate advisory firm providing consulting services as the owner's representative, including development management, project management, program management and investor representation. Recognized among the commercial real estate industry's top professional services firms, including being named to Engineering News-Record top CM firms for the past four years in a row, we partner with our clients as their unbiased advocate to provide leadership and strategic guidance for increasingly sophisticated real estate needs and challenges, minimizing risk while maximizing outcomes.

CREATE YOUR FUTURE WITH PMA

Curious to stimulate your career growth through meaningful mentorship and thoughtful training? Are you interested in collaboration, working as an integral part of a team to deliver complex real estate projects across the country? Are you diligent, enthusiastic, and eager to work with clients having an impact?

Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is hiring an Assistant Project Manager for our South San Francisco office who will work on a variety of Life Science projects. Accelerate both your professional and personal growth by joining our team!

Our Work and Culture

PMA is a national real estate advisory firm providing consulting services as the owner’s representative, meeting sophisticated real estate needs across a diversity of markets and project types. Recognized among the commercial real estate industry’s top professional services firms, including being named to Engineering News-Record Top Lists for three years in a row, PMA is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, San Diego, and San Francisco.

We know that where you work matters. The people on your team. The culture of the environment. The client and project opportunities. The potential for learning, growth, and evolution. These all impact the quality of your work and the quality of your life. We get it.

Fit is critical for you and for us. That’s why we’re curious to learn about you and to help you discern if a career with PMA is a good fit for you, your values, and your goals.

Your Role

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will support the PMA project team and collaborate with clients and project teams through a successful process of strategic real estate planning, design and construction of new buildings, tenant improvement buildouts, and facilities assignments. Some of the ways you will support our projects:

  • You have 3+ years of development and project management Experience with Real Estate brokerage firms or brokers is a plus. Accounting experience is also a plus.
  • You have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Architecture, Civil or related Engineering, Construction Management, Urban Planning, Real Estate Finance or a related field;
  • You assist with the development and completion of project specific tasks as required to meet or exceed the expectations of the client and fulfill contractual obligations
  • You interact weekly with the client and Real Estate brokers and can communicate succinctly, directly, and professionally with them and other internal team leaders.
  • You have familiarity with Real Estate terminology and Real Estate Development Financial metrics, including Pro Forma spreadsheets and Leasing strategies and language.
  • You support the planning and analysis of conceptual design issues and pre-construction
  • You coordinate and review the development of architectural and engineering construction drawings and bid documents.
  • You can create budgets and schedules for projects and are able to effectively communicate critical information to key stakeholders.
  • You effectively review, understand, and enforce contractual requirements for design and construction professionals and assist project management staff in generating contracts and addenda.
  • You understand or can quickly learn the building permit process and support the design and construction professionals in securing the permit.
  • You effectively meet with contractors, architects, engineers, and consultants to review the project status and resolve issues.
  • You responsibly maintain and follow-up on project open item lists
  • You direct and/or document project meetings
  • You review and analyze potential changes to budget or schedule and communicate potential issues to team members
  • You monitor construction budget and schedule including updating and maintaining web-based project controls.
  • You actively observe and report on construction process and construction related issues (field reports, jo walks, etc.).
  • You assemble and review materials for project draw/invoice packages.
  • You manage the project close out process to a successful completion.

    Your Values and Skills

  • You are a motivated self-starter with a positive attitude.
  • You operate with a high level of personal integrity and business ethics, thriving in a collaborative team environment
  • You demonstrate flexible thinking and would consider yourself coachable and able to accept constructive feedback on tasks, interactions, and activities needed to complete your work.
  • You have a polished presence and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • You have strong interpersonal skills (i.e., high emotional intelligence).
  • You exercise enthusiasm and curiosity both about your work and within the larger real estate and construction field, committed to seeking creative solutions and new ideas to solve problems.
  • You practice diligence and discipline to refine options into the optimal result.
  • You exude confidence and courage to cultivate yourself as a leader.
  • You value fairness, understanding it is fundamental to transparency and consensus building.

Your Success

The day-to-day experience at PMA promises challenge, collaboration, and growth while our comprehensive benefits create opportunities for you and your family to prosper including:

  • Being part of a respected company with high-caliber clients and projects.
  • A workplace that is values-based and consciously practices its values every day.
  • A culture that respects work/life balance.
  • Competitive salary and bonus program.
  • Formal and informal training, leadership development, mentoring programs, and other opportunities for growth and advancement.
  • Quality benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurances, education reimbursement, and much more.
  • 401(k) plan with employer match.

The salary range for this position is $70,000-$110,000k annually; the base pay offered may vary depending on location, experience, skills, relevant education, and training.

PMA is comprised of over 150 project professionals experienced and licensed in nearly every aspect of the real estate industry with multi-disciplined backgrounds that are heavily rooted in the built environment, including architecture, development, asset management, brokerage, construction, engineering, finance, and urban planning.  Our local market knowledge and ability to leverage broad and diverse experience across a national portfolio of projects is unmatched in the industry, including assignments in civic, cultural, education, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, life sciences, multi-family residential, office and retail.  

PMA is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, San Diego and San Francisco, delivering expertise to a broad range of clients from developers to institutional investors based on 30 years of practical experience, allowing our teams to consistently anticipate issues, understand potential impacts and provide proactive solutions.

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