Engineering Manager

SitusAMC is where the best and most passionate people come to transform our client’s businesses and their own careers. Whether you’re a real estate veteran, a passionate technologist, or looking to get your start, join us as we work together to realize opportunities for everyone, we proudly serve.

At SitusAMC, we are looking to match your unique experience with one of our amazing careers, so that we can help you realize your potential and career growth within the Real Estate Industry. If you are someone who can be yourself, advocate for others, stay nimble, dream big, own every outcome, and think global but act local – come join our team!

We are seeking a qualified Engineering Manager to join our client’s Real Estate Investment Management team and lead technical evaluations for our institutional equity clients. The Engineering Manager supports and executes key engineering, environmental risk, and capital program initiatives across the company’s U.S. portfolio. In this role, you will provide a review of construction management, building technology, and property condition and/or environmental risk assessments to support commercial real estate investments.

Key Responsibilities

• Acquisitions/Dispositions: Lead due diligence primarily for acquisitions, working with third-party consultants in evaluating building systems, construction quality, environmental and seismic conditions, and long‑term capital needs. Provide expert recommendations and cost assessments to support accurate underwriting and risk evaluation. Also assist with technical direction on dispositions and related analysis.
• Development: Oversee the management and consulting associated with entitlement, budgeting, design, bidding, construction, and close‑out activities for development, redevelopment, environmental remediation, capital projects, and tenant improvements. Provide related advisory services from development team selection through project completion, supporting value engineering, monitoring sustainability goals, and guide field progress to reduce risk and enhance asset value.
• Asset Management: Provide guidance and technical expertise to asset management, portfolio management, property management, and leasing teams on all physical aspects of the real estate portfolio.
• Sustainability: Provide guidance and technical expertise related to sustainability initiatives aligned with client goals, including energy/water efficiency, renewable and on‑site generation opportunities, and building automation improvements. Additionally, help to facilitate LEED, ENERGY STAR, and other industry certifications where client directed.
• Technical Risk Translation: Distill complex engineering data from the above activities to assist acquisitions, underwriting, and asset management teams in preparation of executive-level reporting for Institutional Investment Committees, highlighting "deal-breakers" and mitigation strategies.
• Industry leadership: Stay current on industry trends, engineering standards, and best practices. Represent client interests in industry forums to strengthen risk management, protect asset value, and support competitive investment performance.
  
  

Qualifications & Core Competencies

• Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, or fields applicable to construction management
• Experience: 10 years in commercial real estate due diligence or forensic engineering, specifically supporting institutional equity investors (pension funds, PE firms, REITs)
• Technical Skills: Deep familiarity with ASTM standards and building systems (HVAC, building envelope, electrical, and structural). Must have knowledge of national, state, and local regulatory standards
• Communication: Exceptional ability to explain technical failures in terms of financial impact and risk. Success in this position requires strong client service orientation, the ability to make effective decisions, and proven consulting and project management skills
• Travel: Ability to travel periodically to project sites nationally/regionally
  
  

Note: This job description is not intended to be all inclusive or exclusive. At any time, employees may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization and participate in additional trainings. SitusAMC does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies, search firms or any third parties. Any unsolicited resume submitted to SitusAMC in any manner will be considered SitusAMC property, and SitusAMC will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

The annual full time base salary range for this role is

$150,000.00 - $185,000.00

Specific compensation is determined through interviews and a review of relevant education, experience, training, skills, geographic location and alignment with market data. Additionally, certain positions may be eligible to receive a discretionary bonus as determined by bonus program guidelines, position eligibility and SitusAMC Senior Management approval. SitusAMC offers PTO and paid holidays, the terms of which are set forth in the program policies. All full time employees also are eligible to participate in various benefit plans, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance and 401K; in each case in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

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SitusAMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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