Job Description

Job Title: Senior Consultant

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Consultant to join our Real Estate Development team, specializing in program development, design and construction oversight, and project delivery. This role is ideal for a seasoned professional who can bridge the gap between development strategy and construction execution. You will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, ensuring their projects are designed for constructability, delivered on schedule, within budget, and compliant with all construction standards.

Responsibilities

Constructability & Design Oversight

• Lead constructability reviews during design phases to identify risks, inefficiencies, and cost-saving opportunities
• Evaluate architectural and engineering plans for alignment with design and construction best practices
• Provide feedback to design teams to optimize constructability, cost, and minimize change orders
• Review due diligence reports for compliance and interpret their impact upon the development

Client Advisory & Architect Management

• Act as a liaison between clients and their architectural and engineering teams, ensuring design intent aligns with budget, schedule, and compliance goals
• Help clients manage design consultants, track deliverables, and resolve design-related conflicts
• Facilitate design coordination meetings and ensure timely approvals
• Participate in the creation of feasibility reports including assessing the current condition of existing facilities and creating programs for their renovation or replacement
• Coordinating between financing agencies and project consultants to ensure regulatory and lender compliance

Schedule Management

• Develop and maintain project schedules from pre-development through construction completion and stabilization
• Monitor progress against milestones and proactively identify delays or risks
• Coordinate with contractors, consultants, and internal teams to keep projects on track

Construction Compliance

• Ensure projects adhere to local building codes, zoning regulations, and permitting requirements
• Ensure projects adhere to financial application commitments and other overlapping regulations including accessibility, sustainability, affordability, and universal design requirements
• Review contractor submittals and RFIs for compliance with approved plans
• Review change orders and provide opinions on cost and applicability to manage project contingency
• Support clients in navigating inspections, certifications, and regulatory approvals

Budget & Cost Control

• Conduct detailed reviews of construction budgets, including hard and soft costs
• Analyze bids, change orders, and value engineering proposals
• Advise clients on cost implications of design decisions and construction strategies
• Review payment applications on owner's behalf, and coordinate its approval

Project Leadership

• Manage development-related project tasks including residential, commercial, and mixed-use residential projects, as well as K-12, higher education, and municipal projects
• Oversee completion of feasibility studies, risk assessments and design and construction related execution
• Coordinate planning, design, and construction phases

Client Engagement

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Lead client meetings, compiling meeting minutes, reports and other deliverables as assigned

Business Development

• Assist in creating collateral for new business opportunities
• Contribute to marketing and profile-raising activities
• Support internal growth initiatives and mentoring junior staff

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (Real Estate, Urban Planning, Finance, Architecture, or related field)
• 2-5+ years in real estate development, consultancy, or project management
• Financial modeling, market analysis, project delivery
• Excellent written and verbal skills; able to present complex ideas clearly

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