Construction Project Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, Real Estate, Business, Project Management, Interior Design, or a related field preferred; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of progressive experience in retail construction, commercial construction, facilities management, project management, commercial real estate, or a related discipline preferred.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with responsibility for budgets, schedules, construction coordination, and stakeholder communication.
• Strong understanding of commercial construction processes, project scheduling, budgeting, contracts, permitting, and project closeout.
• Ability to read, interpret, and communicate information in construction drawings, specifications, leases, contracts, and related project documents.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, including ability to prioritize competing deadlines and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to travel approximately 30–40% as required by the project portfolio.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Procore or other construction/project management software.
• Prior Arhaus experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple new store, relocation, expansion, renovation, and capital improvement projects from lease execution through grand opening and project closeout.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate detailed project schedules, including critical milestones, dependencies, and potential impacts to opening dates.
• Coordinate project activities among internal stakeholders, architects, consultants, landlords, contractors, and vendors.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, delays, scope issues, and budget impacts, and develop corrective action plans as needed.
• Manage project budgets, commitments, change orders, contingency usage, forecasts, and overall financial performance.
• Review project costs and invoices for accuracy, scope alignment, and appropriate coding, and maintain current project financial records.
• Participate in contractor and consultant selection, bidding, scope reviews, value engineering, and contract negotiations as needed.
• Coordinate permitting, inspections, utility activations, certificates of occupancy, landlord requirements, and other regulatory or turnover requirements for store openings.
• Conduct regular site visits and project meetings to monitor construction progress, quality, schedule adherence, safety, and compliance with company expectations.
• Review construction documents, shop drawings, RFIs, submittals, and correspondence for alignment with design intent, scope, and operational requirements.
• Help maintain design standards, materials, specifications, and selections across projects; streamline design communication and documentation; and support cost-saving and value-engineering efforts.
• Coordinate project closeout, punch lists, turnover documentation, warranty requirements, and transition to Store Operations and Facilities.
• Serve as a primary point of contact among Real Estate, Construction, Store Operations, Design, Facilities, Visual Merchandising, Finance, IT, Marketing, and external project partners.
• Provide leadership and project stakeholders with status updates on schedules, budgets, risks, decisions, and action items.
• Partner with Facilities and Store Operations on transition from construction through store opening, ongoing maintenance, and warranty management.
• Ensure projects align with company brand standards, design intent, operational requirements, lease obligations, and business objectives.