Director of Construction and Development
Classification:
Exempt
Reports to:
CEO
Salary range:
$150 - $180k
Location:
Brentwood, TN
Date:
April 2024
Job Description
Legacy Commercial Properties is a rapidly growing real estate company headquartered in Brentwood, TN. Legacy is part of Highland Ventures, a family-owned real estate conglomerate. Legacy owns and operates a portfolio of 650+ properties across 20 states. Legacy operates in the multi-tenant retail and office asset classes and possesses an internal property management team, leasing team, construction team, and acquisitions team. The Company's growth is focused on build-to-suit NNN development, retail strip center acquisitions and development, and tenant improvement projects.
We are looking for a qualified and experienced individual to lead our construction team through ground-up builds, speculative estimating, process improvement, and improving accuracy and communication across the organization. The Director of Construction should take pride in quality workmanship and building lasting positive relationships with vendors, customers, and internal stakeholders. With over 20 projects in process, and growing, the Director of Construction is responsible for building a construction platform for Legacy Commercial Properties.
The Director of Construction should possess some or all of the below knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Proven ability to estimate costs for retail construction projects before construction documents are final
Strong ability and knowledge of the retail pre-construction process, including ability to hire and manage architects and engineers, as well as work with cities
Strong capacity to budget and value engineer projects, when necessary
Proven contract negotiation skills, with knowledge base to negotiate and assist drafting of major construction-related contracts
Strong decision-making skills with the ability to weigh alternatives and make the proper decisions or recommendations across the organization
Ability to hire and oversee major general contractors and sub-contractors and communicate newly negotiated timeframes, costs, and project changes effectively to the relevant internal and external stakeholders
Capacity to implement new processes related to lien waivers, software systems, reporting, and other items to create operational efficiencies
Ability to manage and organize Legacy's landlord work projects as part of Legacy's leasing efforts that involve construction to ensure tenants are able to commence leases as soon as possible
Capacity to guide leasing associates on site plan changes, building additions, further demising a building, or other possibilities for new tenants
Skilled with construction-related document preparation including zoning documents, site plan submittals, RFIs, and close-out documents
Possesses the field experience to evaluate the status of projects in relation to projected completion date
Capability to build owner-level reporting to summarize timelines, project cost, variance, and other key construction metrics
Competent with site plan creation and revision to optimize building site efficiency
Means to represent the company with the utmost integrity
in all aspects and interaction with customers, vendors, subcontractors, and the general public
Experience and Skills:
Commercial Real Estate Development and Construction within higher volume retail ground-ups and remodels
Legal contract negotiation experience
Bachelor's Degree, preferably in a related field (architect, engineer, construction management, etc.)
Owner/developer background
Extensive experience managing GC's and architects
Leadership and supervisory experience with ability to grow, train, and develop an internal efficient construction team
External supervisory experience with general contractors, sub-contractors, architects, engineers, and other outside vendors
PC Skills (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, Bluebeam and Project Management Software).
We are looking for a Director with the following personal attributes:
Flexible and adaptive
Go getter and do-er
Problem solver
Hands-on and willing to be in the field, when needed
Strong ability to communicate at any level
Transparent and proactive with leadership re: status of projects, issues, etc.
Self-motivated
Detail oriented
Position type and expected hours of work
Willing to travel 15-25% of time
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are typically Monday through Friday, 8/9:00 a.m. to 5/ 6 p.m. The home office is located in Brentwood, TN and team members are required to work in the office 5 days per week.
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