Construction Project Manager

About the Role

We’re hiring a Construction Project Manager to manage one-of-a-kind, high-end residential projects, working closely with the site superintendent to lead the build team. Our project managers are technical and design-savvy management professionals who can see the big picture and the tiniest detail. A successful candidate operates from a place of integrity, professionalism, and diligence, always caring for critical relationships with our clients, partners, and in-house team. This position provides the opportunity to partner with superintendents to lead teams dedicated to the highest levels of quality and craftsmanship.

Who We Are: Dowbuilt is a construction company founded in 1980, excelling at cutting-edge, innovative residential projects and home service. We work with top architects, and our builds are regularly featured in publications such as Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, and Dwell. The Dowbuilt culture is one of care—for our employees, clients, and the talented craftspeople we partner with.

How You’ll Make An Impact: We’re committed to investing in our team members’ ongoing professional development. As a leader with Dowbuilt, you’ll play a key role in ensuring your team has equal opportunity to grow professionally through open communication, mentorship, and goal setting.

Responsibilities

• Ensure thorough and competent management of project schedule, budget, resource allocation, and documentation during the complete lifecycle of the build.
• Maintain timely and effective communication with team, field, client, owner’s rep, design partner, etc.
• Demonstrate a proactive, flexible, and responsive attitude when faced with partial blueprints, design developments, challenges, opportunities, and changes.
• Participate in project estimating.
• Prepare pre-construction control estimates and schedules with the superintendent.
• Own the build budget and all related elements.
• Track, review, and report on project financials.
• Conduct value engineering as needed with cost analysis and recommendations.
• Develop the project schedule with the superintendent and review it with the appropriate in-house team.
• Co-own the active build project schedule and all elements with the superintendent.
• Identify, qualify, and manage subcontractors including RFPs, bid management, contracts, scope of work, build work completion, payment, evaluation, safety compliance, retainage, and close-out.
• Manage materials-related activities including submittals, change orders, take-offs, pricing, and orders.
• Manage project documentation including owner’s manual, submittals logs, job logs, safety documentation, project communication files, and permitting.
• Review shop drawings for windows, cabinets, and other building elements as needed.
• Assure project closeout including warranties, materials, and finish schedules.
• Conduct post-construction project occupancy review.
• Participate in company growth, community engagement, and cultivating milestones in keeping with company strategic objectives.
• Act as project liaison to the Service Department as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of high-end residential construction experience.
• Construction Management degree or other relevant education plus experience.
• Ability to travel regionally on occasion and to the Seattle home office for onboarding.
• Ability to read and interpret architectural drawings and specifications.
• Excellent communication, team-building, and mentoring skills.
• Ingenuity based on technical and materials knowledge.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Project, BlueBeam, and/or Adobe Acrobat.
• Familiarity with web-based applications such as Slack, Asana, SmartSheet, and Airtable is highly preferred.
• Familiarity with Sage 300 CRE is preferred.

Benefits

• 100% paid medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, and $50k in basic life insurance for full-time employees (effective the 1st of the month following date of hire).
• 35% medical and 30% dental + vision coverage for eligible dependents.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with 3% employer safe harbor contribution.
• 8 paid holidays each year (no waiting period).
• Paid Time-Off (PTO) – 2.31 hours per week to start (120 hours annually), increasing each January with years of service up to a max of 192 hours/24 days annually.
• Mentorship and career development opportunities.
• Annual discretionary bonus.

Pay

The base pay range for this position is $120,000 - $155,000 per year. Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, certifications, geographic location, and internal equity. New hires typically start below the midpoint of the range, with the opportunity for growth and advancement over time.