Project Manager- Residential and Corporate Offices (Design and Construction)

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.

Please note that as of December 2025, PMA has merged with Brailsford & Dunlavey.

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 a Project Manager for our Chicago office who will work on a variety of projects with an initial focus on residential and office spaces. 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, Tampa, 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 a Project Manager, you will interface with PMA 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 5+ years of project management experience in residential and office spaces
•    You have a Bachelor's degree or higher in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field 
•    You will have experience being involved in the project from programming through close-out
•    You demonstrate skills in managing successful projects and consistently meeting/exceeding client expectations and deadlines
•    You competently review and evaluate qualitative program aspects with the owner and verify program conformance with project goals
•    You easily establish partnerships and serve as a liaison between the client and design and construction professionals
•    You initiate and manage the procurement of design, construction, and consultant services
•    You responsibly draft, review, communicate, negotiate, and enforce contractual documents for design, construction, and consultant professionals
•    You consistently direct and monitor project budget and schedule, including updating and maintaining web-based project controls
•    You create meaningful analysis of budgets and schedules and their effect on the financial objectives of the project
•    You oversee and review the development of architectural and engineering construction drawings and bid documents
•    You effectively establish, direct, and/or document project meetings
•    You successfully engage with clients, city officials, architects, engineers, contractors, and consultants to present the project status and anticipate issues 
•    You actively anticipate potential changes to the budget or schedule and provide solutions on the review and analysis of changes when presented
•    You organize and review value engineering alternatives with the owner