ABOUT GREYSTAR Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing, logistics, and life sciences sectors.
Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates more than $290 billion of real estate in 247 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region.
Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages more than 857,400 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of more than $76 billion of assets under management, including over $34 billion of development assets.
Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business.
To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.
JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY Supports the Development Project Manager/Director in overseeing single and multiple phase development projects.
Assists with the planning and delivery of construction-related activities, with key focus areas being on-time delivery, meeting the required quality and delivering within the agreed budget.
The Assistant Project Manager will provide regular communication throughout the construction duration to key internal business leaders and contribute towards monthly/quarterly reporting to capital partners.
JOB DESCRIPTION Key Role Responsibilities: Assists the Development Project Manager/Director with the delivery of single and multi-phase construction projects.
Activities will include, but not be limited to, reviewing project specifications, drawings, providing input into preparing hard cost estimates and project budgets, managing contractor procurement and site activities, inspecting and approving completed work, controlling the construction budget & expenses and ensuring compliance with all legal, planning, building regulations and health & safety requirements.
Participates in and/or leads initial and on-going project planning meetings, assists in developing the project's scope of work and specifications, and prepares the project budget, timeline, and construction schedule.
Prepare scope of works and RFP's for consultants, manage the tender process and recommend appointment.
Manage the appointments against the consultant budget.
Supports the procurement of contractors and early works contractors, including preparation of tender documents and contracts.
Negotiation and management of the procurement of client supplied materials and other service providers (such as embedded networks) required to complete the project.
Engage with relevant secondary authorities (such as utility providers, public roads and transport authorities) with assistance from relevant engineers, to ensure requirements are being met and agreements are executed.
Managing this in line with the budget.
Reviews and assists with preparing recommendations for change orders or amendments to the specifications and plans when appropriate, and ensures related documents and budgets are amended as needed to reflect changes to the project specifications.
Monitors construction budget and timeline performance and regularly report on progress (e.g.
minutes, progress reports, management reports, quality reports and monthly reports) to ensure on-time and on-budget project completion.
Champions best practice construction safety principles and ensures that any observed noncompliances are addressed with the contractor.
Manages construction code requirements so that compliance by relevant consultants and/or contractors is monitored and closed out (such as safety in design assessments and ensuring a building permit is issued for works before works commence).
Monitors work at the construction site, makes routine quality control inspections in conjunction with QC Manager, troubleshoots and helps to resolve issues that may affect the construction schedule, and appropriately raises concerns to the Development Project Manager/Director when required.
Assists with addressing and resolving issues and problems including modifications to the project plans, schedule, staffing, or budget as needed.
Works closely with Operations and Property Managers to hand over units at completion (including phased handover), ensuring a smooth transition and that all aspects of the project adhere to Company development standards, templates and quality levels.
Manages relationships with project and construction teams (internal or 3rd party), local authorities as well as related bodies and other key technical stakeholders to ensure projects are completed in a timely manner, designed according to Company standards and within budgetary guidelines.
This includes ensuring the team follows procedures around technical development cost and quality control, and that all required permits and approvals are obtained.
Manages consultant, authority and contractor budgets including assessing claims/invoices and preparing monthly draw requests for funders.
Completes various financial, administrative, and other reports and analysis, and performs other duties as assigned or as necessary.
Knowledge & Qualifications: Bachelor degree in engineering, construction management, building construction, architecture or related field and/or equivalent experience.
Construction industry induction card (Red Card or White Card).
Working knowledge of building regulations, technical building specifications and construction processes for Victoria.
Knowledge of multifamily (build to rent), residential, student or related industry developments (desirable).
IT literate and fully conversant with all Microsoft packages including Power Point (Advanced level), Excel (Advanced level) and Microsoft Project or similar (Advanced level).
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