Title – Horizontal Project Manager (Construction)

Discovery Land Company is looking for a Horizontal Project Manager to support construction responsibilities for our project The Hills in East Quogue, New York.

Key Responsibilities

• Implementation of the horizontal business plan, with a particular focus on infrastructure and sub-projects relating to various horizontal projects.
• Managing key personnel and external consultants to implement horizontal improvements.

• Ensure accurate and timely reporting to work effectively within construct of public private partnership related to infrastructure.
• Lead forward planning process for all phases of development, including approval processes (in partnership with project board).

• Perform weekly meeting agenda, meeting minutes and maintain a “ball-in-court” action item list using Procore, CM’s construction management software. Monitor and drive progress ensuring actionable items are resolved and progress to meet the plan development schedule.
• Coordinate approvals, permits, and overall timing of efforts with government agencies.

• Supervise, schedule, and continually assess site activities to ensure on-schedule delivery of business plan goals and objectives.
• Ensure that clear direction and guidance is provided to staff, consultants and contract relationships to successfully achieve project goals.
• Oversight of the full-cycle development process from preliminary design to the completion of construction.

• Weekly and monthly job site walks, monitoring and documenting construction progress and provide weekly photo reports. Provide the Owner with a third-party and objective assessment of the construction progress, and check the quality of the work, conformance with the design, and adherence to the plans and specifications.
• Perform monthly progress reporting, which is intended to objectively qualify and quantify the work completed, and is squared up with the financial expectations. Ensure the subcontractors and contractor payments are not disproportionately distributed, which may result in an Owner overpayment or inability to cure incomplete work and installations.
• Provide Construction Administration of infrastructure and lot delivery, including contract compliance, delivery schedules, maintenance contracts, bidding, invoice approvals, and acceptance processes.

• In partnership with Project President and VP, Development will be communication, interface, and negotiation with all relevant outside parties including public agencies as required.
• Collaborate with various departments, outside consultants and contractors throughout the development process to ensure timely completion of all objectives and milestones.
• Oversee preparation of engineering plans, geotechnical site investigations, estimates, scheduling, and construction relative to horizontal lot and infrastructure delivery.

• Use CM construction software (Procore) to document and archive project records, including Prime Contract, Change Orders, RFI’s, Time Delays, Drawings, Observations, Punch list, Daily Logs, and all other associated construction tasks.

• Administer consultant and contractor selection and bidding processes, including contract implementation and invoice monitoring. Prepare recommendations to the VP Development and the Project President relative to the same to include tabulation and analysis of bids.
• Provide budget inputs to the annual Business Plan regarding projected project costs.
• Provide ongoing monitoring, analysis, and communication regarding project expenditures as well as input on cash flow timing and variance detail.
• Assist and support the VP Development and Project President with provision of cost estimates, schedules, and forecasts for development activities.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited college or University.
• Civil Engineering, construction management, or related real estate development experience preferred.
• 7-10 years of work related skills, knowledge and experience
• Working understanding of local geo-technical conditions
• Working understanding of local horizontal/site work contractors and subcontractors
• Experience with project management and accounting software, preferably competency with Procore and Timberline Sage
• Must be professional and maintain the ability to communicate at different levels, in verbal and written form.
• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines.

Competencies for Success in the Role

• Collaboration - regularly works with other departments or projects
• Communication - verbal and written
• Delivers results - getting things done on time and accurately

About Discovery Land Company

Founded in 1994 by Michael S. Meldman, Discovery Land Company specializes in building luxury residential private club communities and resorts worldwide. We have grown to be the premier player in the high-end resort residential niche with 20 world-class projects in our portfolio. Our communities are distinct with their own architectural styles, world-class amenities, and high levels of service.

We don’t build buildings, but rather we build settings where families can create intergenerational memories and enrich their lives in exquisite and untouched sanctuaries. These settings offer a casual and comfortable sense of community through outstanding clubhouses, premier golf courses, welcoming staff, world-class culinary offerings, and outdoor pursuits. To ease and enrich your experiences, Discovery holds itself to the highest of service standards. Every decision we make is driven by one fundamental objective: to make the time you spend with the people you care about most not merely enjoyable, but memorable.

We are extremely grateful to be recognized as one of the world’s top mid-sized employers for 2018 by Forbes magazine. For more information about our company

• https://discoverylandco.com