Director, Real Estate Services

U.S. Engineering•Kansas City, MO

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Real Estate Services works for USE Real Estate Holdings, LLC and is responsible for the current and future real estate portfolio to accommodate the U.S. Engineering family of companies in Mechanical Construction, Manufacturing & Mechanical Service as well as unaffiliated clients that lease space in our owned properties. Future growth goals will be accomplished through internal and external relationships, strategic planning and execution, and operating as an independent business unit.

Requirements

B.S. in Business Administration, Management, Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent.
8+ years’ experience in property management, project management, engineering, development, and consulting services to work with business executives to effectively manage aspects of U.S. Engineering Real Estate Holdings with support from the VP of Administration and other resources. Acceptable experience includes, but not limited to any of the following: Full service commercial real estate firm, Owners Rep services, Architecture, Engineering and Construction
MS Outlook
Android & iOS
MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PowerBI
Accounting software
Task management applications
Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work with others in a professional office environment.
Proactive and driven, self-starter.
Organizational, time management, and follow up skills.
Ability to provide own transportation to accommodate job responsibilities.

Nice To Haves

Drafting and reviewing real estate contracts
Managing scopes of work with commercial contractors
Negotiating rates, contracts and agreements
Working with vendors and utility companies
Working with building structures, utilities, and infrastructure systems
Reviewing architectural floorplans, details, and engineered plans and specifications
Experience in sustainability through architecture or engineering practices, including the key principles of the USGBC along with local municipalities ordinances and building codes
Experience with environmental sustainability focused not for profit organizations.
Project management, project documentation and financial accountability
CPM, Certified Property Manager
P.E., Professional Engineer
RA, Registered Architect
LEED accredited

Responsibilities

Oversight of all of our property, performing tasks under the general direction of the President, Holdings, to deliver well-organized, high quality enterprise-wide standardized solutions. This includes both regional and remote projects that will require collaboration between a wide variety of resources.
Annual business planning including budget preparation, income and expense management (P&L)
Organizing, tracking, and administration of property utilities and services
Lease administration, both inter-company and 3rd party
Developing scopes of work, conducting bidding, awarding and monitoring contracts for capital projects
Responding to customer requests and managing customer relationships (customers are often defined as executives of the U.S. Engineering family of companies)
Coordinating and overseeing emergency response as it relates to property issues including building utilities, HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical and other services.
Coordinating legal requests in collaboration with our legal partners.
Managing real estate development. Examples by project size: SM: Responding to a U.S. Engineering teams request to add parking capacity at a facility by collaborating with SME’s, proposing solutions to key stakeholders with cost and schedule, writing contracts and delivering to project completion. MD: 3rd party client management (consulting) for USE Real Estate property being leased, including the build-out of 20,000sf tenant finish space including electrical and plumbing upgrades, HVAC, IT, security systems and furniture. LG: Design/build of a new 125,000sf+ USE Real Estate manufacturing facility, where this role will act as U.S. Engineering’s Owners Representative, having direct oversight on the job for 12 or more months while managing relationships with all involved parties to deliver on time and on budget.