Project Manager

About Us

HEI manages an unparalleled portfolio of leading full-service branded hotels and luxury and lifestyle independent hotels across the U.S. We are the acknowledged experts on upper-upscale, luxury, and premium select-serve hotels in urban, super-suburban, and destination locations. Ground LVL Project MGMT is an HEI subsidiary that is established to provide the internal design and construction services for HEI investments as well as for other clients outside of the HEI orbit. At HEI, we recognize that our enormous success is solely the result of our greatest asset: Our People. Where people work is a choice. Against that choice, our greatest obligation is to ensure day in and day out that our associates have the compensation and benefits they deserve and industry leading tools, training and support that they need to excel. At HEI, simply said, we honor the privilege of our associates choosing us by investing in and making them more valuable. Don't meet every single requirement of this job? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At HEI we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still send in your information. You may be the perfect candidate for this or for other roles within our organization! We value U.S. military experience and invite all qualified military candidates to apply.

Overview

The Project Managerassists the Sr. Director,Vice Presidentand President of Design and constructionwithday-to-dayoversight of significant capital improvement/renovation projects throughout theCompany’s client portfolio. This position manages/facilitates functional programming, facilities designand construction of capital projects utilizing skills to direct and control human, physical and fiscalresources. This positionsupportsprojectLead when necessary and owns the role of Lead on otherprojects simultaneously. This position is accountable for the coordination and supervision of externalresources, consultants and contractors engaged to build, renovate or modernize existing facilities.Reports directly to the Sr. Director and assists in the formulation and execution of significant projects.

 

This is a position with direct project responsibilities as well as great growth potential. There isdevelopment potential for independent responsibility for more complex projects and supervision ofinternal processes, over time.

Responsibilities

This position supports the entire team of internal stakeholders (Ground LVL/HEI) on projects,coordinates and leads the external project team of architects, engineers, consultants, contractors,vendors and other professionals through the process of planning, design and renovations of specifichotel projects.Specific duties will include, but not limited to:

• Manages as well as assists Sr. Director on due diligence efforts for new deals/acquisitions(new construction or existing assets). Includes but not limited to team formation, organizingdue diligence budget, field assessments, synthesizing available information and preparingrecommendation.• Develop project specific scope and budget source documents for basis of acquisitions, brandnegotiations and launch of project execution.• Coordination of estimation of costs using direct experience, comparable projects and outsideresources.• Initiate and manage the procurement of design, construction and consultants services forassigned projects.• Manage the team in planning and analysis of conceptual design and preconstructionactivities.

• Oversee the design process, review and approve the development of architectural andengineering construction drawings and bid documents.• Draft, review, communicate and enforce contractual documents for design and constructionprofessionals providing recommendation to Project Lead.• Serve as key liaison between hotel operations and design and construction professionals.• Meet with city officials, contractors, architects, engineers and consultants to present theproject status and anticipate issues.• Anticipate potential changes to budget or schedule and provide guidance on the review andanalysis of changes when presented to Sr. Director and President.• Develop,monitorand have accountability forproject budget and schedule including updatingand maintainingweb-basedproject controls.• Provide analysis of budgets and schedules and their effect on the financial objectives of theproject with recommendations.• Review contractor and vendor onsite activities to verify they are in contractual compliancewith design specifications, schedules and workmanship standards.• Authorize the issuance of contracts, purchase orders and approve and process scheduled progress draw packages for payment.• Manage the punch process and pro