Project Manager-Third Party Construction

Project Manager – Third-Party Construction Oversight

Location:

Plainfield, NJ (Home Base) — approximately 50% field travel

Reports To:

Chief Construction Officer/Director of Development

Employment Type:

Full-Time

To Apply:

Submit resume directly to the Principal for review.

By Landmark is a New Jersey-based hospitality company, headquartered in Plainfield, NJ, that owns and operates a portfolio of restaurants, boutique hotels, and event venues. We are defined by an unwavering commitment to quality, craft, and guest experience — values that extend to every project we take on.

Unlike most hospitality operators, By Landmark self-performs a significant portion of our construction work through a seasoned in-house team of craftsmen with tenures ranging from 10 to 25 years. For projects that require external partners, we engage third-party construction managers and hold them to the same exacting standards we apply to our own team.

At By Landmark, we operate as a family. The people who work here are not just employees — they are long-term partners in what we build, how we build it, and the reputation we carry. We are looking for someone who shares that mindset: a professional who takes ownership, invests in the people around them, and wants to grow with an organization that will invest equally in them.

This is a newly created position — part of a deliberate effort to formalize and strengthen how By Landmark manages its construction program as the company grows and enters a new phase of expansion. Where project oversight was previously handled through a combination of ownership involvement and informal coordination, we are now building out a dedicated team structure to match the scale and ambition of our pipeline.

The two Project Manager roles being created - this third-party construction oversight position and a parallel role focused on in-house operations — are designed to work in concert, with shared accountability to the Chief Construction Officer and Director of Development, and a common standard of excellence across all project delivery.

By Landmark is not a developer that builds to sell, and not a construction manager working on behalf of an outside owner — we are the end user. We purchase the real estate, take it through entitlement and design, build it, open it, and then operate it as part of our own portfolio — often for decades. That distinction matters here: because we live with what we build, our third-party construction managers are held to a standard shaped by day-two operating performance, not just day-one delivery.

This role sits at that intersection, protecting By Landmark's interests as owner through every phase from contract award to Certificate of Occupancy, with visibility into the acquisition, design, and operational context that shapes each project.

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to join the By Landmark family as the primary point of oversight for all third-party construction managers engaged on our projects. This individual will be By Landmark's eyes and ears on externally managed work — ensuring our partners are executing to scope, schedule, budget, and brand standards from contract through Certificate of Occupancy. In addition to the oversight function, this role participates actively in our estimating and bidding process, providing informed input, reviewing third-party numbers, and helping ensure we enter every project with competitive, accurate cost structures.

The role is based at our Plainfield, NJ headquarters with approximately 50% of time spent in the field.

The Third-Party Construction Oversight Project Manager is responsible for managing By Landmark's relationships and accountability structures with external construction managers and general contractors. This person is not a passive observer — they are an active owner's representative who monitors performance, enforces contractual obligations, identifies risk early, and escalates issues before they become problems. Alongside this oversight role, they bring meaningful construction knowledge to our estimating and bidding process, participating in reviews, challenging assumptions,…