Project Manager

ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in more than 250 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing over 1,000,000 units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has nearly $79 billion of assets under management, including over $35 billion of development assets and over $30 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

You'll own projects from groundbreaking to ribbon-cutting — keeping them on time, on budget, and built right. This role puts you at the center of every major decision across planning, construction, budgeting, safety, and code compliance for new construction and development projects.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Essential Responsibilities:

• Manages all activities associated with development and new construction projects by reviewing project specifications, blueprints, and plans, providing input on hard cost estimates and budgets, determining staffing needs and assigning team members and subcontractors, and driving day-to-day progress from initial construction through final delivery.
• Participates in and/or leads project planning meetings, helps define the project's scope of work and specifications, and builds the project budget, timeline, and construction schedule.
• Prepares and distributes bid packages, evaluates bids and proposals from suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors, and develops, negotiates, and executes contracts with selected contractors and service providers.
• Reviews and recommends change orders or amendments to specifications, blueprints, and plans when needed, and ensures all related documents and budgets are updated to reflect project changes.
• Champions compliance with the company's safety standards and applicable codes, ordinances, and permit requirements by staying current on regulations and preparing and submitting required documentation to the appropriate agencies.
• Communicates proactively with key business leaders to provide project updates, surface concerns early, and align on action plans to protect timelines and budgets.
• Builds and develops the team by interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and training employees, and manages their performance in alignment with company policies, values, and business practices.
• Conducts regular site inspections to monitor progress and support project teams, steps in to resolve issues as needed, and recommends and implements adjustments to plans, schedules, staffing, or budgets to keep projects on course.
• Typically manages multiple concurrent projects depending on size and complexity.
• Completes various HR, financial, administrative, and other reports and analyses, and performs other duties as assigned or necessary.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of experience across 3 or more ground-up construction projects, with exposure from initial construction through delivery.
• Minimum 3 years of experience managing a team and subcontractors.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, and time management skills.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage complex schedules and balance long-term planning with day-to-day execution across multiple projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to delegate effectively and negotiate confidently.

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Additional Compensation:

Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range including business requirements, prior experience, current skills and geographical location.

• Corporate Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in a quarterly or annual bonus program based on individual and company performance.

• Onsite Property Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly bonus programs.

Robust Benefits Offered*:

• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Life insurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee