Creative Project Manager Jobs in Wasilla, AK (NOW HIRING)

POSITION SUMMARY

The Project Manager is responsible for AMH capital projects to include budgeting, performance, contract negotiations, site selection, tenant relations, and forward planning. They are the key interface to vendors, residents, JBER Partners, and contractors on capital projects for the existing AMH portfolio as well as new development opportunities.

The Project Manager is an integral part of the management team, playing a key leadership role for annual preventative maintenance and long-term health of all physical assets on JBER. This position has overall responsibility for constructing, and capital replacement and repair for all residential housing units, offices, warehouses, maintenance and mechanical workshops, community centers, boiler and furnace rooms, transfer stations, utilities, and grounds in compliance with government contractual obligations in a timely and cost-efficient manner.

The Project Manager is accountable for developing and implementing a comprehensive preventative maintenance program, budget planning and monitoring, coordination, implementation, tracking, and reporting of weekly, monthly, and seasonal maintenance priorities.

JOB DUTIES

• Develop and execute capital projects for the AMH residential housing portfolio.

• Oversee operations, including budgets, material contracts, capital expenditures, and other operating items for AMH projects at JBER.

• Participate in project scoping and budgeting of remodel projects and other reinvestment projects.

• Manage all aspects of the due diligence process including but not limited to feasibility studies, geotechnical evaluations, environmental assessments, and surveys.

• Obtain proper corporate and stakeholder approvals, to include the USAF and Civil Engineering Group.

• Manage all dates and processes within a project to ensure the project progresses as anticipated, including but not limited to critical dates within development agreements, leases, purchase agreements, permitting, and construction.

• Lead and manage engineers, architects, and other consultants in guiding each project through its governmental approvals process to obtain all permits required for a project.

• Manage the bidding process for any outside contractors.

• Assist the Maintenance Manager and Deputy GM with the tracking and execution of all preventative maintenance.

• Engage in routine property and infrastructure inspections, identifying and tracking maintenance and capital concerns.

• Communicate project status to project participants and stakeholders throughout the project to ensure critical components are not missed and risks are identified.

• May directly supervise maintenance employees assigned to complete preventative maintenance or capital project work tasks.

• Establish and maintain expectations for the management of the Maintenance staff.

• Establish and maintain expectations for the scheduling, maintenance, work order tracking, and completion for all preventative maintenance or capital project and AMH identified work orders.

• Assign miscellaneous projects as new initiatives arise.

• Adhere to CBA policies.

• Ensure compliance with state, local, and federal regulations.

• Administrative initiatives, including but not limited to:

- Assist with departmental operation improvements and changes.

- Attend staff and management meetings and communicate information with employees.

- Liaise or attend governmental meetings and communicate information with impacted parties.

- Attend training to develop relevant knowledge and skills.

- Ad hoc assignments.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Five years management experience, including three years of project management experience required. Experience in land development, construction, architecture, or civil engineering preferred.

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Engineering, Project Management, Real Estate Development, Construction Management, or a related field preferred.

• Alaska Real Estate license, Certified Property Manager (CPM), or Accredited Resident Manager (ARM) preferred. Experience in a residential rental office is highly desirable.

• Must be adept in the use of computer software, including Microsoft Office and MS Project. Yardi Property Management software experience a plus.

• Strong verbal, written, analytical, and basic mathematics skills, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees, management, or customers.

• Ability to obtain a JBER access permit.

CERTIFICATIONS

• Valid Alaska Driver's License and possession of a functional, insured vehicle.

• Ability to be insured by the company's auto insurance.

• Ability to obtain applicable safety, engineering, mechanical, and property-related certifications as deemed necessary.

SUPERVISION

Supervision Received: The Project Manager must possess the capability to work independently under the supervision of the General Manager. This position reports directly to the General Manager.

Supervision Exercised: The Project Manager is a guide and support to all Supervisors and Managers at AMH. The Project Manager may directly supervise, schedule, and assign work to union and non-union personnel, including a Project Management Coordinator.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED

Motor vehicles, hand tools, telephones, computers, photocopiers, and calculators.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, kneel, bend, crouch, stoop, and crawl; use hands to find or handle objects, tools, controls, or equipment; and talk and hear.

• Must be able to climb stairs and ladders with potential heights exceeding 24 feet or greater to access roofs, pits, attics, and similar spaces.

• Special vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus. Adequate vision to operate vehicles and equipment in daylight and darkness.

• The employee must regularly lift or move up to 20 pounds, and infrequently lift or move up to 50 pounds with the assistance of a hand truck.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work is performed at various locations within the properties managed by JL Properties, Inc. and owned by Aurora Military Housing, LLC, Aurora Military Housing II, LLC, and Aurora Military Housing III, LLC at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

• The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places or confined spaces, and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.

• The employee will be required to work in outside weather conditions for periods of time, 15 to 35 percent of the time.

• The employee must be able to walk distances outside in all weather conditions, winter and summer.

JL Properties Inc. was formed in 1990 by current principals John Rubini and Leonard Hyde. Through sound decision making, the aid of an experienced team of real estate professionals, a sophisticated system of fiscal control, and unwavering dedication to the well-being of Alaska and its residents, JL has since become Alaska’s leading real estate development and management firm.

In March 2001, JL Properties, along with Hunt Construction Company, was selected by the government to provide for the ownership, development, and operation of 828 housing units on Joint Base-Elmendorf in Anchorage, Alaska.

In September 2004, JL Properties also took over the ownership, development, and operation of the remaining 1,194 housing units on Joint Base-Elmendorf in Anchorage, Alaska.

In July 2011, JL Properties was selected to provide for the ownership, development, and operation of 1,240 housing units on Joint Base-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

Today, Aurora Military Housing is JBER’s largest housing partner, responsible for a total of 3,262 family housing units.

Our diverse and passionate team of property management professionals—comprised of veterans, reservists, military spouses, lifelong Alaska residents, and transplants from across the country—is dedicated to providing exceptional housing quality and value to all residents of JBER.