Land Development Project Manager (Cleveland)

About Bedrock: 

Detroit-based Bedrock is a full-service real estate firm specializing in acquiring, developing, leasing, financing, and managing commercial and residential buildings. Since its founding in 2011, Bedrock and its affiliates has committed more than $5.6 billion in acquiring and developing more than 100 properties in downtown Detroit and Cleveland totaling more than 16 million square feet.   

Bedrock is leading Detroit’s building boom with the city’s largest and most ambitious projects. These projects meet an increasing demand for Class A office space and modern living options in a growing and technology-centric urban core, with an emphasis on ground-level activation and increased walkability. In the next five years, Bedrock plans to deliver 3,500 new residential units to the market; from City Modern, an 8.4-acre neighborhood where residents can age in place; to 28Grand, where residents use the city as their living room; to the Hudson’s project, which will soon be home to Detroit’s tallest building and most landmark address.   

Our Core Values:   Independently Driven | Never Satisfied | Relentless Commitment to Service 

Why Bedrock?  

At Bedrock, we create unique experiences through real estate! From your experience each day at the workplace to the experience we create for those who live, work, and play in our spaces, we are focused on making a lasting impression through our properties and developments. We are looking for team members that want to make an impact in the fast-paced world of real estate, management and development and who want to be a part of a team who is changing the landscape in the cities where we work. At Bedrock, you will be a part of an inspirational, energy-filled environment. Come join the momentum! 

Summary

The Land Development Project Manager, reporting to the Senior Vice President of Land Development, will manage and lead infrastructure and horizontal improvement projects that will support urban mixed-use, master-planned districts. The Project Manager will work as the project’s responsible individual to manage internal and external resources on multiple projects within a singular district development. Ultimately, the Project Manager’s duties are to organize and manage all aspects of projects to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget and deliver economic value, social benefits, and sustainability outcomes. This requires relevant land development experience (civil engineering, budgeting, land economics, environmental, planning and placemaking, transit, etc.). 

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of strategy, planning and execution of projects related to initiatives and programs assigned by the Senior Vice President and/or other team leaders
• Facilitate a collaborative working environment with project teams, including internal team members and necessary consultants
• Manage the day-to-day responsibilities as the project’s responsible individual on multiple active land development projects within a singular district development
• Keep team leaders and stakeholders informed of progress and changes through written or verbal communication
• Develop and manage project documentation, inclusive of project budgets, schedules, charters, agreements, and consultant deliverables
• Develop project charters that provide an overall vision of the project goals and objectives to project team and stakeholders
• Establish detailed schedules and budgets of activities, milestones, and deliverables of the project team, and identify resources available
• Identify resources needed and work with the team leader to hire necessary consultants and assign work
• Coordinate and align work assignments across project team members
• Understand, propose, and work within land development project budgets and cashflows
• Perform risk analyses for cost, schedule, operations, and design project aspects and identify possible risk mitigation strategies    

Land Development​

• Manage the planning, design, and delivery of infrastructure and horizontal improvement strategies and projects, including energy, transportation, water, waste and digital communication systems, that are developed in coordination with internal and external stakeholders
• Manage project close-out process for completed work, including commissioning, inspection, progressive bond exoneration, reimbursement for public facilities, permit close-out, and acceptance and/or conveyance
• Take a leading role in entitlement efforts for project due diligence
• Participate in the master planning process (built form and public domain) issues
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team, including planners, engineers, surveyors, landscape architects, environmental consultants, and land use attorneys, in the design and delivery of site grading, waterfront improvements, civil utilities, roadway systems, transit facilities, and public parks
• Closely collaborate with the Environmental Manager to implement environmental remediation and mitigation measures for the project 
• Manage the mapping and subdivision process for the creation of new public right-of-ways, public and private easements, development parcels and open space parcels
• Understand, track, and make team leaders aware of mitigation measures and regulatory policies that may impact the delivery of infrastructure and horizontal improvements
• Contribute to the cost/benefit analysis, business model development, and regulatory review of innovative approaches to the various district infrastructure systems including energy, transportation, water, waste and digital communication systems
• Conduct lifecycle sustainability assessment of land development activities
• Participate in meetings with necessary public and private entities to facilitate the resolution of infrastructure design and implementation issues
• Manage approvals for development and construction of infrastructure including certain planning applications, contractual approvals, construction permits and other required approvals
• Assist with preparation of regulatory submissions and applications to support implementation of the solutions
• Analyze business and user needs, then documents project/product requirements
• Understand key indicators in the local market (utility rates, regulatory models, District Systems competitors) and keep abreast of upcoming end user and regulatory requirements
• Effectively communicate proposed master planning, land development guidelines and intent of project elements to internal and external stakeholders
• Undertake and participate in strategic community consultation
• Other duties as assigned

​Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering related field– preferably a degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering, or construction management
• Minimum 2 years development management experience in land development in high density urban mixed-use development, inclusive of planning, entitlement, design, and construction of infrastructure and horizontal improvements
• Experience in project coordination or management activities in a fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to assess risks and identify solutions while being flexible in changing environments
• Excellent listening, communication, interpersonal and documentation skills
• Organizational skills and high attention to detail
• Ability to navigate complex and highly public projects with many stakeholders
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications including Outlook, Project, Excel, and Word

Who We Are

Detroit-based Bedrock is a full-service real estate firm specializing in acquiring, developing, leasing, financing and managing commercial and residential buildings. Since its founding in 2011, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground-up developments in downtown Detroit and Cleveland totaling more than 18 million square feet.

Bedrock’s real estate portfolio consists of more than 200 office tenants and more than 120 retailers and restaurants in Detroit’s technology-centric downtown including Microsoft, Rocket Mortgage, LinkedIn, StockX, Ally Bank’s national headquarters, Fifth Third Bank’s regional headquarters, WeWork, Madewell, Under Armour, Shake Shack and countless others.

Bedrock is currently developing four transformational projects, including the Hudson’s Site, Monroe Blocks, Book Tower renovation and One Campus Martius expansion. Bedrock is also undertaking construction of City Modern, a community development in Detroit’s Brush Park neighborhood. Partnering with Detroit-based Shinola, Bedrock developed the world’s first Shinola Hotel on Woodward Avenue, which opened in early 2019.

Bedrock is dedicated to creating jobs for Detroiters and investing in job training. Over the last year, the company has invested in both the Randolph Career Technical Center and the Breithaupt Career and Technical Center to build a pipeline of talent for Detroit’s growing economy.

Creating unique experiences through real estate is Bedrock’s mission. To make this a reality, Bedrock and its affiliates continuously invest in significant public art installations and placemaking initiatives throughout the city.

Disclaimer

This is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position. As with everything in life, things change. The tasks and responsibilities can be changed, added to, removed, amended, deleted and modified at any time by the leadership group.

We are proud equal opportunity employers and committed to providing an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all candidates and team members. Employment decisions, including hiring decisions, are not based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with state and federal law.