Commercial Project Manager

Lava Island•Denver, CO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Magma Core Solutions (MCS), a Lava Island company, is seeking a Commercial Project Manager to oversee the end-to-end commercial and contractual aspects of building indoor play parks. This role involves taking projects from the estimate phase through financial close-out, ensuring builds are on budget and on schedule. MCS specializes in commercial interior tenant improvement (TI) builds in leased retail spaces, not ground-up construction. The company offers a steady pipeline of projects, allowing the Project Manager to own the commercial side of multiple builds concurrently from a Denver home base. This is a serious role with real budgets, fast schedules, and critical opening dates.

Requirements

Several years of construction project management experience, typically seven or more, ideally in tenant improvement, interior build-out, commercial retail, hospitality, or themed environment work.
A track record of buying out and managing subcontracts and purchase orders across all trades.
Experience owning project budgets, cost tracking, change orders, pay applications, and financial close-out.
Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, and lease exhibits.
A strong understanding of construction means, methods, sequencing, and cost drivers.
Comfort with Procore, scheduling tools, spreadsheets, and cloud collaboration tools.
Strong attention to detail, organization, and time management.
Willingness to become a Procore power user is required.

Nice To Haves

Procore experience preferred.
Bilingual (Spanish / English) is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Buy out the job by selecting, negotiating, and contracting subcontractors and suppliers across all trades.
Issue subcontracts and purchase orders, managing scope, terms, insurance, and compliance.
Manage procurement of long-lead materials and equipment.
Own the project budget from buyout through close-out, tracking commitments, actuals, and forecasts, and flagging variances.
Own the change order process, including pricing, processing, and reconciling the budget.
Run subcontractor pay applications, vendor invoices, and end-of-project financial close-out in partnership with Finance.
Coordinate and hold the project schedule with the Superintendent and Program Director.
Stay engaged through construction as the commercial owner without taking over the field.
Coordinate across Design, APS, Real Estate, NPO, and Operations on dependencies and milestones.
Manage multiple concurrent builds using Procore and the company’s systems.