Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary:
The Senior Project Manager manages impactful projects from concept through completion. It also includes overseeing onsite superintendents and other project managers to ensure seamless execution across multiple job sites, while collaborating with top-tier design and development teams in a fast-paced, innovative environment. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for overall project execution, including construction oversight, budgeting, scheduling, contract management, and quality control, ensuring projects are delivered in compliance with plans, codes, and company standards. The role provides leadership, mentoring, and guidance to the project management team while maintaining accountability for cost control, change management, closeout, and dispute resolution in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.

 
Key Responsibilities:

Construction & Land Development Oversight 

• Our SR Project Managers (with the assistance of a project management team) are responsible for supervising all on-site construction and land development, including issuing contracts, performing scope review, scheduling sub-contractors, resolving day-to-day problems on the job site and inspecting all work during construction to ensure compliance with plans, specifications and relevant building codes

Team Leadership & Development

• Provide leadership to other project managers, assistant project managers, project coordinators and superintendents

• Mentor and provide training for all direct reports

Preconstruction, Budgeting & Scheduling

• Estimate and manage budget preparation

• Plan review, cost analysis and value engineering

• Determine contractor/subcontractor pre-qualifications

• Develop and maintain the project schedule

• Develop scope and buy-out 

• Schedule overall job and subcontractors

Project Delivery, Closeout & Dispute Resolution

• Handle finishes coordination

• Manage Punch Lists and Project Closeouts 

• Negotiate subcontractor disputes

Core Competencies:

• Construction & Program Leadership

• Strategic Thinking

• Contract, Cost & Risk Management

• Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Project Delivery & Closeout Excellence

Qualifications:

• 10-15 + years of solid hands-on experience with a GC or with a developer as a Project Manager constructing low to mid-rise projects

• Ability to manage a team of up to 8-10 Superintendents, 2-3 Assistant Project Managers or Project Coordinators and 2 Project Managers to complete projects

• Manage 5-6 projects effectively. Projects will be of a complex nature. Total project values could exceed 150 million in value

• Contribute at a leadership level to develop company initiatives, processes and procedures

• Demonstrate a high level of proficiency in all aspects of construction project management

• Knowledge of local Building Codes is required 

• OSHA certified

• Knowledge of Project Management Scheduling Software 

• Knowledge with Excel based Project budgets

Physical Demands and Work Environment: 

• Frequently required to sit

• Frequently required to utilize hand and finger dexterity

• Frequently required to talk or hear

• Occasionally required to travel to jobsites

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bear Real Estate Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.