Construction Project Manager

Dowbuilt

$120K — $155K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of high-end residential construction experience
  • Degree in Construction Management or related field
  • Ability to travel regionally and to Seattle for onboarding
  • Strong skills in reading and interpreting architectural drawings
  • Excellent communication and team-building abilities
  • Technical and materials knowledge for innovative solutions
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, BlueBeam, and Adobe Acrobat
  • Familiarity with project management tools like Slack or Airtable preferred

Responsibilities

  • Manage project schedules, budgets, and documentation throughout the construction lifecycle
  • Communicate effectively with team members and clients to ensure project alignment
  • Adapt proactively to changes in project plans or designs
  • Participate in estimating project costs and preparing pre-construction documents
  • Oversee subcontractor management from RFPs to contract execution and safety compliance
  • Coordinate all materials-related activities including pricing and order management
  • Manage project documentation processes to ensure completeness and accuracy

Benefits

  • 100% paid Medical, Dental, Vision insurance for full-time employees
  • 401(k) retirement plan with 3% employer contribution
  • 8 paid holidays annually with no waiting period
  • Paid Time-Off starting at 120 hours annually, increasing with service
  • Mentorship and career development opportunities
  • Annual discretionary bonus
Full Job Description
We're hiring a Construction Project Manager to manage one-of-a-kind, high-end residential projects, working closely with the site superintendent to lead the build team. Our project managers are technical and design savvy management pros who can see the big picture and the tiniest detail. A successful candidate operates from a place of integrity, professionalism, and diligence, always caring for critical relationships with our clients, partners, and in-house team. This position provides the opportunity to partner with superintendents to lead teams that are dedicated to the highest levels of quality and craftsmanship.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a project manager, you'll be responsible for:
  • Ensuring thorough and competent management of project schedule, budget, resource allocation, and documentation during the complete lifecycle of the build
  • Maintaining timely and effective communication with team, field, client, owner's rep, design partner, etc.
  • Having a proactive, flexible, and responsive attitude when faced with partial blueprints, design developments, challenges, opportunities, and changes
  • Participating in project estimating
  • Preparing pre-construction control estimates and schedules with the superintendent
  • Owning build budget and all elements related
  • Tracking, reviewing and reporting on project financials
  • Value engineering as needed with cost analysis and recommendations
  • Developing project schedule with superintendent and reviewing with appropriate in-house team
  • Co-owning the active build project schedule and all elements with the superintendent
  • Identifying, qualifying, and managing subcontractors including RFPs, bid management, contracts, scope of work, build work completion, payment, evaluation, safety compliance, retainage, and close-out
  • Managing materials-related activities including submittals, change orders, take-offs, pricing, and orders
  • Managing project documentation including owner's manual, submittals logs, job logs, safety documentation, project communication files, and permitting
  • Reviewing shop drawings for windows, cabinets, and other building elements as needed
  • Assuring project closeout including warranties, materials, finish schedules, etc.
  • Conducting post construction project occupancy review
  • Participating in company growth, community engagement and cultivating milestones in-keeping with company strategic objectives
  • Acting as project liaison to Service Department as needed

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

To be successful as a Dowbuilt project manager, you'll need:
  • Minimum of 5 years of high-end residential construction experience
  • Construction Management degree or other relevant education plus experience
  • Ability to travel regionally on occasion, and to Seattle home office for onboarding
  • Ability to read and interpret architectural drawings and specifications
  • Excellent communication, team-building, and mentoring skills
  • Ingenuity based on technical and materials knowledge
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Project, BlueBeam and/or Adobe Acrobat
  • Familiarity with web-based applications such as Slack, Asana, SmartSheet, and Airtable is highly preferred
  • Familiarity with Sage 300 CRE is preferred

WHAT WE OFFER

We are a fun, easygoing bunch of professionals who take a lot of pride in the work we do. We acknowledge the contributions and talents of our team members by providing benefits that support you at work and in life:
  • Competitive pay commensurate with skills and experience
  • 100% paid Medical, Dental, Vision, short-term disability and $50k in basic life insurance for full-time employees - 1st of the month following DOH
  • 35% Medical and 30% Dental + Vision coverage for eligible dependents
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with 3% employer safe harbor contribution
  • 8 paid holidays each year, no waiting period
  • Paid Time-Off (PTO) - 2.31 hours per week to start (120 hours annually) with an increase to this accrual each January with years of service up to max 192 hours/24 days annually
  • Mentorship and career development opportunities
  • Annual discretionary bonus
The base pay range for this position is $120,000 - $155,000 per year. Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, certifications, geographic location, and internal equity.

New hires typically start below the midpoint of the range, with the opportunity for growth and advancement over time.

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