Construction Project Manager - Custom Homes

Your new company:

Join a well-established luxury residential developer/builder delivering multi-million custom homes, townhomes, and high-end renovation projects across the Washington DC market.

This role is ideal for a Project Manager looking to take on more responsibility beyond day-to-day project execution. You'll gain exposure to budgeting, estimating, client presentations, project planning, and business development, while working directly with company leadership and clients on high-profile residential projects.

What You'll Be Doing:

As a Construction Project Manager, you'll play a key role in the successful planning, budgeting, and delivery of luxury residential construction projects across the Washington DC area.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading projects through preconstruction, budgeting, procurement, construction, and final delivery phases.
• Preparing conceptual budgets, detailed estimates, cost analyses, and project forecasts for prospective and active projects.
• Developing proposals, client presentations, project narratives, and competitive responses for new business opportunities.
• Participating in client interviews, project pursuits, and relationship-building efforts with prospective homeowners, architects, and referral partners.
• Reviewing plans, specifications, and design documents to provide constructability and cost guidance during preconstruction.
• Managing project schedules, budgets, reporting, and overall project controls.
• Acting as a primary point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle and ensuring a best-in-class customer experience.
• Collaborating with architects, designers, consultants, and subcontractors to align project objectives and expectations.
• Supporting contract negotiations, procurement strategies, change management, and financial reporting.
• Presenting project updates, budget reviews, and strategic recommendations to clients and company leadership.
• Identifying opportunities to enhance project efficiency, client satisfaction, and overall project performance.

What We're Looking For

• 5 years of experience as a Project Manager working for a General Contractor.
• Experience in new construction and/or renovations of Luxury Residential, Custom Homes project, preference for that experience to be in Washington DC.
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, procurement activities, subcontractor buyout, change orders, and project financials.
• Strong estimating, budgeting, and cost-control experience.
• Experience preparing proposals, qualifications packages, presentations, or participating in project pursuits and client interviews is highly desirable.
• Ability to communicate effectively with homeowners, architects, consultants, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen with an understanding of project profitability and client management.

What's In It For You?

• Competitive base salary of $110,000 - $130,000 (depending on experience)
• Performance and project-completion bonuses
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Clear career progression into Senior Construction Management, Project Management, or leadership positions
• Exposure to some of the most prestigious and architecturally impressive residential projects in the DC market
• Join a company where quality is valued over volume and where your work will leave a lasting impact
• Direct access to ownership and the ability to influence project outcomes and company growth

Interested?

If you meet the above criteria and are interested, apply today or contact Scott Kinson at 202-470-0641 for a confidential discussion about the opportunity and whether it could be the right next step for your career.