Retail Design Project Manager Jobs in Missouri (NOW HIRING)

Dialectic is a full-service mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering design and consulting firm with Headquarters located in the Crossroads of Kansas City, Missouri. Dialectic has a reputation for delivering inventive, flexible, and sustainable MEP designs for retail, education, restaurant, commercial and entertainment spaces. Our team, ranked as one of Kansas City’s most diverse engineering firms, is as talented as they are diverse and works hard to exceed our clients' expectations.

Dialectic Inc. is looking to bring on a Project Manager as a key member of the team. The Project Manager manages the overall project direction, completion and financial outcome and administers both the owner and subcontractor relationships to meet deadlines on a wide variety of project types including retail, commercial, restaurant, industrial, healthcare, cannabis, mixed-use and hospitality. The Project Manager is responsible for directing and mentoring staff. The position requires business management acumen and candidates must demonstrate strong leadership, organizational and time management skills, as well as strong communication and client service skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage MEP design projects for new buildings, renovations, and additions to existing buildings.
• Oversee projects and project programs to ensure quality and on-time delivery of projects to clients.
• Coordinate project schedule with the client and applicable project stake holders.
• Manage client service and project communication, maintaining proactive communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor project performance from start to finish to ensure project meets quality and budget expectations.
• Provide coordination of project designs with outside consultants.
• Direct internal design team to meet client specific requirements.
• Provide review and feedback to the design team to maintain consistent client standards and project execution.
• Follow firm’s design processes, including guiding Kick-off meetings, Design meetings, and Premieres.
• Anticipate, identify, and promptly address impediments that could impact performance, financials, or timing of project delivery.
• Assist with contract negotiations, proposal creation in coordination with business development team.
• Assist with obtaining signed contracts from client in coordination with business development team.
• Maintain accurate forecasting and projections for projects under PM’s charge.
• Review and mark up draft invoices accurately and pursue reasonable additional services when project scope changes occur.
• Facilitate communication across different projects and cross-functional teams.
• Recognize opportunities for and develop additional business with existing clients.
• Communicate with the clients, owners, and contractors to create and maintain a positive engineering experience.
• Deliver excellence!

Required Skills:

• Demonstrate strong organization and time management skills, and ability to work with fast paced deadlines while maintaining a positive design experience.
• Demonstrate competency in a range of job sizes and complexity.
• Ability to expeditiously read and interpret construction drawings, plans, and specifications.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead and accomplish company objectives by maintaining and fostering a keen sense of professionalism, personal responsibility, and urgency.
• Demonstrate ability to work effectively and collaboratively with all departments and disciplines to promote project and company success.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff, clients, owners, other consultants, and subcontractors.
• Demonstrate competence in computer applications including MS Office, project management software, and accounting software.
• Demonstrate ability to be self-motivated, flexible with task interruptions, and capable of proactively solving problems.
• Demonstrate excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in the AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) or related industry.
• 7 years of relevant MEP experience in commercial, retail, restaurant, and hospitality required, including at least 3 years of project management experience.
• Microsoft Office, AutoCAD & REVIT proficiency
• Proficiency in project management standards and execution.
• Knowledge and application of building design and construction principles.
• Travel up to 15% as needed.

Location: Kansas City, Missouri with the opportunity to work hybrid up to 2 days at home and 3 in the office.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO): Dialectic, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces Service Medal veteran, or other protected veteran, marital status, familial status, age, handicap or disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To all recruitment agencies: Dialectic does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of Dialectic without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of Dialectic. Please, no phone calls or emails.

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Dialectic representatives conduct all email communications exclusively through a company email address that ends with @dialecticeng.com. We extend offers of employment only after a comprehensive interview process and will never ask you for a payment of any sort nor offer one for any reason. Dialectic will not ask any applicant to purchase equipment, nor offer to reimburse any applicant for expenses incurred prior to employment. We will not request personal information until a legitimate offer of employment has been extended. If you suspect a recruitment attempt is fraudulent, you should cease communications. You may contact us at contactus@dialecticeng.com to verify whether a recruitment contact is legitimate. All legitimate job opportunities are posted on our company website’s careers page.