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Related Midwest, through its vertically integrated general contracting entity, LR Contracting, is seeking an experienced construction professional to manage key aspects of construction project delivery for large complex projects or portfolios of smaller projects, including new construction as well as rehabilitation and preservation work.

A Project Manager is expected to demonstrate solid knowledge of the construction process – including preconstruction coordination, planning, estimating, scheduling, logistics, cost control, and reporting, contract administration, safety and construction operations – and to help lead the successful execution of projects in coordination with senior project leadership.

The role requires strong organizational and communication skills with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with project and field operations teams, preconstruction staff, consultants, and other project stakeholders while contributing to a respectful, collaborative, and high-performing team culture.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited, to the following:

• Lead construction projects or multiple major project scopes from preconstruction through closeout, ensuring alignment with project objectives related to cost, schedule, quality, safety, and stakeholder expectations.
• Direct coordination between owners, consultants, subcontractors, field leadership, and internal stakeholders to drive effective project execution issue resolution, and alignment of project staffing and operational resources.
• Lead procurement, subcontractor buyout, and contract administration processes, including negotiations, scope alignment, and strategic procurement decisions.
• Establish and maintain project controls and administrative procedures to ensure accurate documentation, reporting, and change management across project teams.
• Manage project financial performance, including forecasting, contingency management, cost reporting, pay applications, and change negotiations.
• Drive proactive identification and resolution of project risks, operational challenges, constructability concerns, and schedule impacts.
• Oversee project scheduling coordination efforts, integrating procurement, logistics, sequencing, and operational milestones into overall execution strategies.
• Facilitate meetings with senior project stakeholders, providing clear communication regarding project performance, risks, financial impacts, and resolution strategies.
• Oversee implementation of quality management procedures and collaborate with field leadership to maintain project standards and execution quality.
• Direct project closeout activities, ensuring successful turnover, documentation completion, warranty management, and owner transition processes.
• Ensure compliance with project requirements related to local business participation, workforce development, and community engagement initiatives.
• Mentor and support development of project team members by fostering accountability, collaboration, professional growth, and knowledge-sharing.
• Contribute to strategic special projects as requested.
• Promote a strong culture of jobsite safety and operational excellence through active engagement with field leadership and project teams.
• Pursue continued professional development through leadership training, industry education and engagement with organizations that align with the company’s goals, values and commitment to the communities we serve.

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or equivalent trade experience.
• 5-12 years of construction experience required.
• Demonstrated success leading all phases of delivery, including estimating, scheduling, logistics planning, subcontractor procurement, cost control, financial reporting, contract administration and construction operations.
• Advance understanding of construction contracts and subcontract administration, including
• preparation and negotiation of subcontracts, review of pay applications, and management of
• change orders and claims.
• Experience developing and managing project budgets, schedules, procurement strategies, and quality control.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities with experience developing team members.
• Effective communication and leadership skills, with the ability to build productive relationships with owners, subcontractors, vendors, community members and other project stakeholders.
• Proficient in Procore, Building Connected, Plan Grid, Textura, eBuilder, Microsoft Suite or similar platforms strongly preferred.
• OSHA 30-Hour certification, First Aid/CPR and Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) certification preferred.

Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will be eligible to receive discretionary bonus incentives and a comprehensive benefits package.

Anticipated base salary range: $100,000 - $150,000

Actual base salary within the anticipated range will be determined by several components including, but not limited to, the individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and market factors.

Benefits

• Personalized Health Care: Multiple medical, dental, and vision plan options; Employee Assistance Program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive salary and incentive packages; matching 401(k); FSAs and HSA; employer-paid life and AD&D insurance; paid leave & disability programs
• Social Wellness: 19+ days of PTO; mental health counseling & resources; fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance; volunteer days and donation matching
• Career Development: Learning & training programs; tuition & certification reimbursement; internal advancement opportunities

Formed in 1972, Related is the most prominent privately-owned real estate firm in the United States. Headquartered in New York City, the company has offices and major developments across the world. Related owns and manages a premier portfolio of assets valued at over $60 billion, including the 28-acre Hudson Yards neighborhood on Manhattan’s West Side.  

Related believes in investing in its talent and cultivates a positive, team-oriented environment where every voice is valued. Employees are encouraged to boldly take on new challenges, transcend the status quo, and demonstrate strong entrepreneurial spirit. In its relentless commitment to excellence, Related works to foster an innovative approach in its team members so that they can positively impact the communities in which they conduct business. Learn more about Related at www.related.com.

Related Midwest, the Chicago office of Related Companies, is the preeminent developer of mixed-use properties, affordable housing communities, and luxury condominium and rental homes across Chicago. The company commands a portfolio of residential, mixed-use and master-planned properties, including pioneering projects like The 78, a 62-acre neighborhood development in the heart of downtown Chicago that will house a new soccer stadium for the Chicago Fire FC, and Quantum Shore Chicago, a 440-acre innovation campus in South Chicago anchored by the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park. 

The firm’s other market-defining projects include 400 Lake Shore, a pair of luxury rental towers in Streeterville where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan; One Bennett Park; The Row Fulton Market, one of Chicago’s first “80/20” buildings under Affordable Illinois legislation, with 20% of residences set aside as affordable housing; Lathrop, an ongoing restoration and redevelopment of the historic Julia C. Lathrop Homes on Chicago’s North Side into a mixed-income community; and Roosevelt Square, a multiphase redevelopment on the former ABLA Homes site on Chicago’s Near West Side. Related Midwest is also the largest developer of affordable housing in the Midwest, with more than 10,000 units, and has never converted an affordable unit to market-rate.

Related Midwest’s vertically integrated platform includes its award-winning general contracting division, LR Contracting Company. Founded in 1991 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Related Midwest, LR Contracting supports Related Midwest’s development projects across the Chicago area and the Midwest. As a full-service construction firm, LR Contracting works closely with Related Midwest’s project development teams, providing construction management and general contracting services for medium- to large-scale projects including affordable and market-rate residential, mixed-use, commercial, historic preservation and related infrastructure and site work.

Since its inception, Related Midwest and LR Contracting have been leaders in community-oriented investment and hiring practices, through which it supports and mentors entrepreneurial firms working toward independence in the industry. In addition to its own workforce initiatives, the company is a founding partner in HIRE360, a first-of-its-kind organization designed to expand professional development and employment opportunities in the trades.

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• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or equivalent trade experience.
• 5-12 years of construction experience required.
• Demonstrated success leading all phases of delivery, including estimating, scheduling, logistics planning, subcontractor procurement, cost control, financial reporting, contract administration and construction operations.
• Advance understanding of construction contracts and subcontract administration, including
• preparation and negotiation of subcontracts, review of pay applications, and management of
• change orders and claims.
• Experience developing and managing project budgets, schedules, procurement strategies, and quality control.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities with experience developing team members.
• Effective communication and leadership skills, with the ability to build productive relationships with owners, subcontractors, vendors, community members and other project stakeholders.
• Proficient in Procore, Building Connected, Plan Grid, Textura, eBuilder, Microsoft Suite or similar platforms strongly preferred.
• OSHA 30-Hour certification, First Aid/CPR and Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) certification preferred.

Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will be eligible to receive discretionary bonus incentives and a comprehensive benefits package.

Anticipated base salary range: $100,000 - $150,000

Actual base salary within the anticipated range will be determined by several components including, but not limited to, the individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and market factors.

Benefits

• Personalized Health Care: Multiple medical, dental, and vision plan options; Employee Assistance Program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive salary and incentive packages; matching 401(k); FSAs and HSA; employer-paid life and AD&D insurance; paid leave & disability programs
• Social Wellness: 19+ days of PTO; mental health counseling & resources; fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance; volunteer days and donation matching
• Career Development: Learning & training programs; tuition & certification reimbursement; internal advancement opportunities