Project Manager

About AC Development & Clayworks

AC Development (ACD) is the real estate investment and development arm of the Coors Family. Based in Golden, Colorado, the company’s primary focus is Clayworks, a six-block mixed-use redevelopment of the historic CoorsTek manufacturing facility in downtown Golden. Clayworks’s first phase commenced in early 2024 and includes a new global HQ for CoorsTek, adaptive reuse of historic industrial buildings, three leased food and beverage spaces, and extensive infrastructure. ACD intends to develop and own the entire project indefinitely.

The Clayworks master plan anticipates a mix of uses including office, retail, hotel, and multi-family residential. We are currently in design and planning for our first residential project, a boutique hotel, structured parking, and adaptive re-use of a historic building into for lease office space.

The ACD team is a small, casual, roll-your-sleeves-up, collaborative, group of people. We take our responsibility of representing the Coors family and delivering its future headquarters building very seriously. We primarily work from our office in Denver West and will be re-locating to the newly constructed CoorsTek HQ in Fall of 2026.

Summary:

This is a critical role serving as an internal project manager across ACD-controlled construction activities—driving disciplined cost, schedule, quality, and documentation standards—while coordinating interfaces with vertical co-development partners.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Horizontal Infrastructure (Site Readiness): Lead execution of district-level infrastructure including utilities, streets/sidewalks, public realm improvements, grading/earthwork coordination, environmental/geo investigations as applicable, and related off-site requirements. Serve as primary liaison to utility providers and relevant City departments.
• District Garage Project Management: Own day-to-day owner-side project management for the district garage (or similar district structures), including schedule, budget, procurement support, general contractor contracting, change order management, pay application review, quality observations, commissioning/turnover planning, and closeout.
• Tenant Improvement (TI) Program: Manage office tenant improvement buildouts with the goal of bringing future TI execution in-house. Establish repeatable processes for scope definition, pricing validation, schedule control, general contractor contracting, change order management, closeout/warranty tracking, and coordination with leasing/property operations.
• Contractor Procurement and Management: Support procurement and management of contractors for owner-controlled scopes, including assisting with structuring and negotiating contractor agreements alongside Development leadership. Review and validate budget estimates, bids, schedules, change orders, and close-out documents. Oversee processing and review of payment applications and associated backup.
• Project Management / Project Controls: Maintain disciplined project controls (budget-to-actual tracking, schedule governance, risk registers, decision logs, and documentation standards). Proactively identify scope gaps and risks and drive timely resolution while protecting ACD’s budget and schedule objectives.
• Quality, Commissioning & Closeout: Establish quality expectations, participate in site walks/inspections, track deficiencies, coordinate commissioning and turnover requirements, and ensure complete closeout documentation (as-builts, O&M manuals, warranties).
• Vertical Partner Interface: Coordinate infrastructure-to-vertical interfaces and provide owner-side oversight for partner-led vertical construction (multifamily/hotel), including boundary scope alignment, schedule coordination, and leadership reporting.
• Insurance (Project Support): With the assistance of the Company’s risk manager, support selection and procurement of project-related insurance coverages for owner-controlled scopes.
• Budgeting and Pro Forma Support: In partnership with Development and Finance, support project cost estimating, budgeting, and evaluation of budget strategies and alternates for owner-controlled scopes.

Who You Are:

• Excited by the prospect of joining a small, growing company that is part of a large, well-capitalized, and established family of companies
• Experienced operating in a highly collaborative, non-hierarchical environment; comfortable working independently
• Proactive and solution-oriented; calm under pressure with a low-ego execution style
• Very organized, detail oriented, and independently follows through on a myriad of small and large tasks
• A very strong communicator, both verbally in front of groups of people and in writing
• Consistently treats people from all backgrounds and roles with kindness and respect
• Motivated to create high quality places for people, rather than simply building “product”

Experience & Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, architecture, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5 years of progressive experience in owner’s representation, construction project management, or developer-side construction management, with meaningful experience in horizontal infrastructure and/or complex urban infill projects.
• Demonstrated success managing budgets, schedules, pay applications, change orders, and closeout across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Experience managing tenant improvement projects (office preferred) and implementing repeatable TI processes.
• Knowledge of and experience with construction in the Denver metro market.
• Strong contract administration skills; able to evaluate scopes, exclusions, allowances, contingencies, and risk allocation.
• Strong project management skills; able to lead multiple high priority projects in a highly organized, methodical way.

Additional Details:

• Actual compensation for this position is based on skills and experience. It includes an annual bonus opportunity: 10% – 20% target, based on achievement of personal and company performance targets.
• AC Development offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, and a 401(k) that includes Company matching.
• Location: Golden, CO (local candidates preferred)
• Hybrid schedule
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