Project Manager

🏗️ Project Manager | Ground Up Retail Construction

$110,000 – $120,000 base salary aligned with experience, plus benefits, long term progression opportunities, and genuine career development

Blayze Group is partnered with a respected Houston based General Contractor that is looking to appoint a Project Manager for a strong pipeline of ground up retail and commercial projects across Texas.

The company delivers projects typically ranging from $1M to $15M, with a strong focus on ground up retail, commercial, and select renovation work. This is a great opportunity for a Project Manager who wants autonomy, leadership visibility, and a clear route to progress as the business continues to grow.

The Role

• Manage the full lifecycle of ground up retail and commercial construction projects from preconstruction through closeout

• Oversee projects typically ranging from $1M to $15M invalue

• Lead ground up retail, commercial, small box, multi site, and related construction pro

jects

• Manage tenant improvement and renovation scopes where they form part of a wider ground up or commercial project portfolio

• Coordinate subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, vendors, and field teams throughout project

delivery

• Maintain project schedules, budgets, procurement logs, cost reporting, and project documentation

• Lead client and owner meetings while maintaining clear communication across all stakeholders

• Review drawings, specifications, contracts, submittals, RFIs, and change orders to support accurate project execution

• Support subcontractor buyout, scope review, pricing, change management, and risk mitigation

• Work closely with Superintendents to maintain quality, safety, schedule performance, and field productivity

• Build strong client relationships and support repeat business through consistent delivery

• Manage multiple active projects where required, depending on size, complexity, and workload

Background Sought

• 5 years of Project Management experience within commercial construction

• Ground up commercial or retail construction experience is required

• Experience delivering projects between $1M and $15M is highly desirable

• Retail construction experience is strongly preferred, particularly ground up retail delivery

• Experience with tenant improvement or renovation work is beneficial, but must be supported by ground up project experience

• Strong understanding of sitework, foundations, structure, envelope, MEP coordination, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, and contract administration

• Experience working for a General Contractor is strongly preferred

• Comfortable managing projects from preconstruction through final completion

• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders in a deadline driven construction environment

• Strong communication, leadership, and problem solving skills

• Stable career history with reputable commercial contractors preferred

• Based in Houston or within a commutable distance

Why This Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join a respected Houston based General Contractor with a strong pipeline of ground up retail and commercial construction work.

The company offers a collaborative working environment, direct access to decision makers, and genuine progression opportunities for Project Managers who want to keep moving forward. As the business continues to grow, there is a clear opportunity for the successful candidate to take on greater responsibility, build deeper client relationships, and progress into a more senior leadership position over time.

For Project Managers who enjoy autonomy, fast paced delivery, and being trusted to make decisions, this is a role with real upside. You will have visibility, ownership, and the opportunity to play a key role in the continued growth of a well regarded commercial contractor.

The ideal candidate will have genuine ground up construction experience and understand what it takes to manage a project from dirt through turnover. Tenant improvement experience is useful, but this role is best suited to someone who can confidently manage the full ground up process.

Apply

If you have Project Management experience within ground up retail, commercial, small box, or related construction projects, please submit your resume and project list for consideration.