About the role

We at CBRE are currently seeking a Project Manager for the Project Management Team. This position is remote but must be based in the Eastern Time Zone. Primary responsibilities of this position consist of planning, leading and driving building infrastructure projects for corporate and/or industrial clients. This is a lead management position responsible for the overall direction of activities associated with multiple projects.

While possessing strong written and oral communication skills, this individual must also have the ability to optimally and expertly work with people of various fields and levels within a corporate environment, including: real estate, facility management and IT teams, C-level executives, department heads, administrative assistants, and end-users; as well as the project team, including: construction managers, architects, engineers, building managers, physical movers, liquidators, MEP contractors and charitable organizations.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

What you’ll do

• Manage all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for individual
• real estate projects including planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.
• Demonstrates capability to read, understand and apply standard to moderately complex documents affecting real estate projects, including but not limited to: agreements/contracts, leases, work letters, project charters, surveys and drawings.
• Interfaces directly with clients to define project requirements. Prepares scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification.
• Identifies project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists or through individual project qualification process; conducts standard request for proposals; completes bid analysis; recommends resources to clients.
• Leads project delivery resources/team providing project guidance and direction to achieve project goals.
• Implements change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure client approvals, and issue change orders. Assesses change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk.
• Demonstrates ability to identify project risks, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you’ll need:

Education & Experience:

A bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) from a four-year college or university and a minimum ten years of related experience in move management, facility management, interior design, architecture, engineering, or other related field.

Additional Skills:

• Construction experience preferred.
• Knowledge of various commercial furniture brands preferred.
• Ability to quickly gather and understand detailed information about the client company, their industry and business operations
• Must have the ability deal with people in all levels of the organization (admins to CEO)
• Provide calm reassurance to client and help them through very stressful phases of projects
• Leadership abilities to take charge of a project and gain the trust and confidence of the client, landlord and CBRE teammates.
• Ability to schedule and prioritize tasks, time management skills to start and complete multiple layers of tasks concurrently.
• Strong attention to detail!
• Solid understanding of business technologies (telecom, IT)
• Ability to build business relationships leading to business opportunities.
• Ability to travel throughout the U.S.

Software Skills:

Candidate must have command of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).