Development Manager

Job Description

Scope:

The Development Manager will assist with all stages of internal land development projects from concept to construction. The role will ensure viable projects are identified, analyzed, and completed to generate new revenue producing units – primarily manufactured housing sites. This person should have previous experience with zoning, entitlements, and project management.

Responsibilities:      

• Maintain a queue for all potential and active projects.
• Lead research on zoning and entitlement to identify potential projects.
• Generate viable concept plans by liaising with engineers, municipalities, and attorneys.
• Assist with financial analysis by providing preliminary cost estimates and key assumptions.
• Lead the process to obtain re-zoning, variances, and/or permitting to build approved projects.
• Assist with bidding, preliminary contract review, and cost benchmarking.
• Provide full scope recommendations to pursue construction.
• Manage schedules and invoicing to ensure projects are completed on time and on budget.
• Meet with leadership and operations to keep others informed about progress.
• Support cost tracking to use for future preliminary estimates.
• Take a hands-on approach: meet with municipalities, engineers, vendors, attend hearings, etc.
• Travel: between 25% and 50%

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Construction, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in a similar role
• Proficient in MS Office
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments
• Analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills are highly valued