Project Manager

Greystar•Arlington, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

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. This Project Manager role involves owning projects from groundbreaking to ribbon-cutting, ensuring they stay on time, on budget, and are built correctly. The position is central to major decisions across planning, construction, budgeting, safety, and code compliance for new construction and development projects.

Requirements

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.

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.

Benefits

Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Life insurance benefits.
Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.
Generous Paid Time off.
All new hires start with 15 days of vacation, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 11 paid holidays.
Your birthday off after 1 year of service!
Additional vacation accrued with tenure.
For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability.
6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).
401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.
Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).
Employee Assistance Program.
Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Legal Plans.
Charitable giving program and benefits.
Benefits offered for full-time employees.