Land Project Manager

Brookfield Properties•Costa Mesa, CA

18d•Onsite

About The Position

At Brookfield Residential, a leading North American land developer and homebuilder for over 65 years, we have had one goal in mind – creating the best places to call home. From the development of award-winning, master-planned communities to the creation of well-designed homes, we are committed to cultivating exceptional life experiences for our customers, partners, employees, and members of the community. As part of Brookfield — one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world — we harness our resources to bring a fresh approach, unparalleled creativity, relentless innovation, and sound Sustainability practices to the planning, development, and management of buildings everywhere. From offices, retail spaces, and logistics facilities to multifamily residences, hospitality establishments, and mixed-use structures — we are reimagining real estate from the ground up. If you're ready to be a part of our team, we encourage you to apply. The Land Project Manager is responsible to effectively move and actively track assigned development projects towards an end result of a finished lot community, with additional responsibility of ensuring properly documented turnover and bond release of community and common area. Responsibilities are related to due diligence, entitlements, plan processing, regulatory and construction permitting processes and community turnover for projects throughout Southern California, and include regular and effective communication and coordination involving many project participants. The Project Manager will be the point person in defining the scope of the project and project team members, developing and managing the project schedule, and developing and managing the project budget through completion. This role must take ownership of the project and have a strong understanding of all facets of the project in order to make business decisions and report status updates to the leadership team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in planning or civil engineering is preferred
5 - 10 years of relevant experience in the industry and strong record of accomplishment is required
Proficiency in the skill sets of project management is required
P r i or r e si d e n t i a l h o m e b u i l d i ng / land development ex p eri e n c e is re q u i r ed
Ability to read, edit, and QA/QC engineering and architectural plans
Proficiency in excel
Strong attention to detail
Strong writing, organizational and interpersonal skills
High degree of motivation, follow through and accountability is expected
Previous experience with project budgeting and scheduling is needed
Ability to prioritize tasks and work effectively alone or on teams is critical
Ability to multitask and meet multiple deadlines
Proven ability to problem solve
Willing to commute to project sites, consultant offices and public agency headquarters regularly
Willingness to serve on HOA board, which could be evening obligations
Willingness to attend city council meetings and public hearings, which could be evening obligations

Nice To Haves

Experience with master planned communities is a plus

Responsibilities

Assist in the due diligence of land acquisition including the preparation of feasibility studies, project budgets and entitlement and development schedules, as needed
Manage all consultant interaction to formulate land use plan and work directly with various approval agencies related to all entitlement processes
Own, understand and negotiate the final project conditions of approval (COA), mitigation measures and development agreements, as applicable, with local public agencies
Create project schedules and soft cost budgets for management review
Represent Brookfield at public hearings in pursuit of project approvals with the city
Own, develop, and maintain relationships with a broad range of consultants and negotiate contracts for services including scopes of work, design standards, cost, schedule and quality.
Manage implementation of COAs and other permitting requirements with a key emphasis on understanding significant and impactful conditions
Lead and provide direction to multi-discipline consultant teams in the coordinated development of public and private improvement plans through issuance of construction permits.
Manage decision making processes with consulting team.
Manage and coordinate the preparation of civil improvement plans, landscape plans, architectural plans and other design drawings and documents to ensure the design intent and vision for various projects is complete, efficient and comprehensive.
Act as Point Person for plan check review process of regulatory agencies to maintain expected project schedules.
Regularly meet with the land development team and public officials to discuss issues associated with the development process, which may include processing of RFIs and/or delta revisions to improvement plans.
Coordinate with the land development field team and the city to get the project accepted, site utilities turned over and bonds exonerated
Manage with HOA and land development field team to transfer ownership and maintenance obligations of all Land lots and amenities as soon as practical.
Re v i e w Avid h o m e o w n e r experience s ur v e y s w i th the neighborhood t e am a nd i d e n t i f y a n y tre n ds i n the c u s to m er e x p e r i e n c e n e e di ng i m pro v e m e n t
Take the lead with required documentation and applications with local agencies
Represent Brookfield and serve on the Homeowner Association board (HOA) of directors through the life of the community or as needed
Represent the company effectively with elected and public officials
Act as point person and foster relationships with external parties