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Manager, Tenant Construction

Manager, Tenant Construction

DMC RecruitmentBritish Columbia, CA
19 days ago
Salary
CA$120,000.00–CA$130,000.00 yearly
Job description

MANAGER, TENANT CONSTRUCTION

Full-time

Vancouver, BC

120,000.00 - $130,000.00 base salary, plus bonus

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

Our Client is a global real estate investment, operating, and development company, who is committed to delivering strong and stable returns in addition to creating spaces and communities that enhance the lives of the people that they serve.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role is for a large mixed-use redevelopment project. This joint venture is proudly creating a highly productive, world-leading development with the ability to attract the world’s best retail brands. This project will be an essential part of the community’s social and economic fabric, with an ambition to develop a superior world class retail, office, and residential destination in Vancouver by integrating food, fashion, leisure, and entertainment.

Based in Vancouver, BC and reporting to the Director of Tenant Coordination (with a dotted line working relationship with Project Area Development Lead), the Manager, Tenant Construction will have a significant presence on site and be an integral part of our Client's development team. Manager, Tenant Construction forms a crucial role within a project-focused group having the responsibility to support in a successful delivery of the large scale, multi-phased, fast-track, mixed-use project that includes a new retail mall.

Working within a joint venture ownership team, and along with third party consultants, owner’s representative / project manager, and contractors, Manager of Tenant Construction will support the Director for coordinating key aspects and liaise with the design and construction team of our Client's highly valued Tenants, and act as the Landlord's representative to monitor and ensure timely progress and completion of Tenant’s Fit-out works, aligned with Ownership’s new mall opening timeline and associated requirements.

Manager, Tenant Construction has the responsibility to implement the established tenant construction processes, which will guide, drive, and lead tenants' opening efforts for the new redevelopment. Tenants will include in-line mercantile shops, high-end luxury brands, food & beverage / restaurant / hospitality units, entertainment areas, cultural spaces, and high-end luxury auto dealers in a combination of indoor and outdoor setting.

This position will serve as the assisting supervisor responsible for Landlord's delivery of the premises, applying the tenant coordination process, implementing tenant design criteria and guidelines, and will be part of the Landlord’s contact and liaison on all matters related to tenant coordination, working internally with Leasing, Mall Operations, Development teams, and externally with Owner’s Representative / Project Manager, Design Consultants, General Contractors and Authorities Having Jurisdiction to assure each deal and Tenants’ opening represents the company’s best interest and meets or exceeds the rent commencement date.

This role supports the Director (Senior Lead) and Senior Manager, Tenant Coordination with respect to the Retail Tenant design, permit deliverables leading up to handover and thereafter, the oversight and daily site coordination for the work within Tenant’s premises. The successful candidate will monitor the Tenant’s CRU fit-out and provide coordination for all site-related scope. This successful candidate will also coordinate the work of each CRU with work around other CRUs and base building construction, as well as coordination of daily deliveries, clean-up and garbage removal.

This position requires a person with superior communication and interpersonal skills, solutions-oriented mindset, high attention to detail, basic understanding of leasing strategies, and ability to appropriately communicate design & construction matters, and to understand the unique market position that this redevelopment will occupy.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

  • 7-10 years of relevant working experience and similar role in the industry
  • Strong understanding of high-end retail design development and completion process, construction procurement strategies, plus construction management of luxury retail stores
  • Experience and exposure to retail design (finishes, lighting, signage / graphics, FF&E, etc.) and / or merchandising would be considered a plus, along with up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and best practices for retail and commercial sectors
  • Experience working on large scale fast-track projects with multiple ownership, involving multiple architects, and multiple general contractors would be considered a strong asset
  • Good understanding of key principles in retail leasing and mall operations would be considered a strong asset
  • Established relationships and network within the industry, authorities having jurisdiction and design consultants and engineers to facilitate successful execution of the tenant coordination phase
  • Able to work within a corporate structure having a large market presence but also having a start-up like feel to it. Strong penchant to continuously innovate, improve and enhance deliverables and outcomes
  • Experience with construction sites and ability to address on site construction issues
  • Values Tenant relations
  • An individual who is self-motivated, solution-oriented, results driven, forward planning, a strong relationship builder both internally and externally

Education :

  • University degree, preferably in Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Management. Project Management and / or equivalent experience would be a strong asset
  • Skills :

  • Relationship Skills - extremely confident with superior oral and written communication and presentation skills; ability to develop and sustain collaborative working relationships with various stakeholders; conflict management, handling difficult situations and dealing with strong personalities; work collaboratively and assertively to achieve results in the best interest of the project and company goals and objectives
  • Develop and maintain effective relationships, and ability to work well in small and large groups
  • Organizational / Multitasking Skills - accurate and detail-oriented with strong analytical skills; ability to allocate one's time effectively, work under pressure, manage and meet tight deadlines; ability to handle multiple demands and competing priorities, and adapt to new ideas and constant changes; ability to use initiative and self-management skills to work independently with minimal direction and respond effectively to issues that arise
  • The ability to read and understand comprehensive and fully developed construction drawing sets (i.e. : architectural mechanical and electrical plans) and possess a solid knowledge of construction detailing
  • Basic project management skills and knowledge in Vancouver Building Bylaw
  • Demonstrated proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), Bluebeam / Adobe Acrobat, Project Scheduling Applications & Sketchup (or equivalent 3-D modeling), would be considered a strong asset
  • Strong, demonstrated skills in visual presentation including modeling, perspective sketching, graphic design and rendering (hand or computer generated), would be considered an asset
  • Ability to work under pressure, with multiple competing priorities, both independently and within a team structure
  • WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU

    The successful candidate will be working with a global real estate investment, operating, and development company on a highly productive, world-leading redevelopment with the ability to attract the world’s best retail brands. This project will be an essential part of the community’s social and economic fabric, with an ambition to develop a superior world class retail, office, and residential destination in Vancouver by integrating food, fashion, leisure, and entertainment.

    HOW TO APPLY

    Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Please apply directly to this posting. All applications are treated with absolute confidentiality. We look forward to receiving your resume.