Senior Director- Conceptual Construction

When you join Hines, you will embark on a career journey fueled by vision and guided by leaders who set the standards of our industry. Our legacy is rooted in innovation and excellence, earning us a spot on Fast Company’s esteemed annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, as well as recognition as one of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Companies to Work For in 2024.

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The Senior Director with Hines, you will To manage and act as Owner’s representative for all activities associated with consultant selection and contract negotiations, design, preliminary budgeting and scheduling, bid and award and construction contract negotiations. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for providing Conceptual Construction project support, which involves coordinating the general preconstruction activities.

• Responsible for selection and contract negotiations of all consultants.

• Monitors and reviews architects/engineers work as to budget and schedule plus direct activities of architects/engineers and informs development group and/or ownership of preconstruction status.

• Prepares cost estimates, budgets and budget updates, reviews design and working drawings.

• Coordinates the bid and award phase with general contractors and subcontractors and negotiates construction contract.

• Assists Hines construction management team as a resource during construction.

• Assist in marketing presentations to third party clients and tenants.

• Acts as a team member with all Hines staff.

• Complies with all Hines policies and procedures.

• Maintains ethical, professional, and courteous relations with contracts and subcontractors.

• Interfaces with other members of Hines Conceptual Construction group.

• Assists in drawing and specification reviews.

• Interface with Hines colleagues on new technology initiatives on behalf of the Conceptual Construction Group and the firm more broadly.

• Performs other duties as assigned by the Global Head of Conceptual Construction, Senior Managing Director of Conceptual Construction, or applicable market leads

Other Functions

• Coordinates preconstruction activity with Hines development team.

• Maintains a positive relationship with the owner, lender, city and state authorities and tenants as applicable.

• Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and codes, and Hines standards.

• Assists in preparation and monitoring of the project budget plus capital improvement project projections.

• Maintains ethical, professional and courteous relations with contracts and subcontractors.

• Interfaces with other members of Hines Conceptual Construction group, assists in drawing and specification preparation.

• Performs other duties as assigned by the Senior Managing Director of Conceptual Construction.

Minimum Requirements include:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• 15+ years of industry experience.
• Experience in commercial office, residential/living, commercial/office, industrial and/or tenant improvement projects preferred

• Ability to read and interpret detailed construction drawings and specifications plus communicate with the team of professionals.

• Ability to determine time, place and sequence of operations or action to be taken on the basis of analysis of data.

• Ability to mediate disputes and interpret the intent of the contract documents.

• Maintains calm demeanor in tense or difficult situations.

• Ability to apply principles of rational systems to solve practical problems and deals with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

• Calculates surfaces, volumes, weights and measures.

• Reads and interprets drawings, manuals, research/instructional reports, safety rules,…