Senior Consultant, Construction Risk & Loan Monitoring

Senior Consultant, Construction Risk & Loan Monitoring

Our client, a national construction consulting firm, is hiring a Chicago-based senior consultant to protect lenders, developers, and owners on commercial construction projects nationwide. If you've managed commercial builds or reviewed GC budgets, pay applications, and change orders and want to move to the advisory side, this role is built for you. This is a direct hire position with our client, not a contract role.

What you'll do

• Perform pre-closing document and cost reviews: plans, budgets, schedules, contracts, and contractor qualifications.
• Monitor construction loans with monthly site visits. Review draw requests, pay applications, change orders, stored materials, and cost to complete, and write the progress report the lender funds from.
• Provide cost consulting on project budgets for owners and developers.
• Prepare replacement cost and depreciated value reports for insurance purposes.
• Complete property physical needs assessments (PNAs) on existing assets.

What you bring

• 5+ years managing commercial construction projects or reviewing contractor budgets, pay applications, and schedules, as a GC project manager, owner's rep, cost consultant, estimator, or lender's construction reviewer.
• Degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, or a related field.
• Comfort reading drawings, specs, AIA G702/G703 pay apps, and schedules of values.
• A plus: PE, RA, PMP, CCM, CPE, CCC, or LEED AP.
• A plus: Bluebeam, Procore, Primavera P6, Xactimate, or RSMeans.

Why join

• Collaborative team where your input shapes how work gets done
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid maternity/parental leave