Development Associate
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Job Description
Parks Hospitality Group was voted one of the Best Places to Work for two yearsin a row by The Triangle Business Journal. We offer a supportive and collaborative culture where passionate individuals can grow and achieve great success together as a team. In addition to a peoplefocused culture we encourage and support professional development and offer a very competitive compensation and benefits package.
To support our continued growth we are seeking a skilled and forwardthinking Development Associate.
The Development Associate assists with the management of all development activities for new and existing hotel projects. This role will report to the Development Manager and will be involved in design and development construction opening and closeout of projects. They will regularly attend meetings onsite and facilitate the collaboration of the design team and the general contractor to achieve project goals. The ideal candidate would have a desire to manage largescale construction projects and work closely with a team to oversee both the bigpicture tasks as well as the small details involved with hospitality construction. This position also requires regular travel and site visits that will vary during construction phases with project closeout being the heaviest travel period.
This is a unique opportunity to work on a small team with largescale projects where each individual can a have major impact. Parks Hospitality Group is located in the bustling North Hills area of Raleigh NC and offers both a relaxed and dynamic work environment with regular interaction between all departments in an effort to achieve company goals. This position comes with significant growth potential as PHG continues to build larger projects at high volume.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- General Responsibilities
- Assist with all development projects for newbuilds and renovations.
- Actively participate in daily development team activities.
- Ensure project success through frequent site visits review of schedules and construction documents problem resolution.
- Understand various brand standards and ensure property brand compliance.
- PreConstruction
- Facilitate duediligence activities including brand applications soil reports etc.
- Assist with overall design and drawing reviews from site fit tests to construction set.
- Coordinate with design team and local municipalities during the permitting process.
- Support the Development Manager during construction bid process by reviewing qualifications scope and contract details prior to project kickoff.
- Construction
- Assist with all owner construction administration including but not limited to review of RFIs change orders pay applications and schedule updates.
- Attend onsite meetings to ensure efficient collaboration between design team contractor and owner vendors.
- Assist in the management of the contractor / owner relationship and working with the Development Manager to maintain positive relations and resolve disputes.
- Coordinate FF&E and Owner Vendors to ensure product is ordered correctly and delivered in a timely manner.
- Conduct project closeout procedures including inspections punch lists and O&M materials.
- Post Construction
- Work closely with the Operations team to ensure a smooth opening and transition from construction to daily operations.
- Monitoring postopening building status and ensuring all warranty items are addressed.
- Assist engineering team with best maintenance practices for ongoing operations.
- Additional Responsibilities
- Assist with the management of hotel renovations across the portfolio.
- Coordinate with engineering team on large projects or issues that require corporate assistance.
- Tackle various projects in development as required.
Qualification Requirements:
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Fouryear degree in construction management engineering architecture or other related field.
- Current knowledge and/or drive to learn all facets of the construction and development processes and how to navigate the construction environment.
- Excellent communication skills and response times to project needs even outside of work hours.
- Comfortable working in a mobile environment while on the road or at jobsites.
- Must be selfmotivated detail oriented and willing to work in a fastpaced environment.
- A strong analytical thought process with sound judgement and attention to detail.
- Strong project management skills resultsdriven with ability to manage deadlines.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Ability to exercise good and cautious judgment and interface with all types of people diplomatically and tactfully.
- Must have excellent communication skills both verbal and written time management organizational and problemsolving skills.
Special Requirements:
- Responsive in a mobile environment Comfortable with use of mobile apps texts and platforms used for collaboration.
- Highly capable in Windows and Microsoft Office Outlook Excel and Word.
- Adherence to all PHG Hotel Brand State and local Safety Guidelines.
- Adhere to requirements policies and procedures as outlined in Employee Handbook and/or other property documents.
- Must be willing to travel regularly with occasional overnights.
Additional Qualifications:
- 1 to 3 Years Construction Management experience a plus.
- Experience with Procore Bluebeam PlanGrid or other PM software a plus.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must be able to perform major life activities: standing lifting bending learning reading concentrating thinking and communicating.
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit; regularly use hands to handle or feel objects tools or controls; and talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand (up to 8 hours daily) walk and reach with hands and arms.
- Must be able to exert wellpaced ability to maneuver between functions occurring simultaneously.
- The employee may occasionally be asked to move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Employee is required to wear a Safety Support Belt when lifting any weight over 25 pounds.
- Must be able to exert wellpaced ability in limited space.
- Requires grasping writing standing sitting walking repetitive motions bending climbing listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.
- Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests supervisors and subordinates.
- Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near vision and depth perception.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
