Pre-Construction Design & Development Manager
Job Location:
Brooklyn, NY - USA
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Job Summary
Pre-Construction Design & Development Manager
Brooklyn NY
$175000$250000
Full-Time On-Site
Description / Position Overview
This role exists to bring structure accountability and execution discipline to the pre-construction phase of large-scale luxury development projects.
The company is actively developing high-end mixed-use and residential projects and needs someone who can own the process before construction begins ensuring design coordination consultant execution budgeting permitting bidding and documentation are aligned before projects hit the field.
This is not a passive coordination role.
This person will operate at the center of ownership design consultants and construction preparation driving timelines forcing clarity resolving bottlenecks and maintaining momentum across multiple moving parts.
The ideal candidate understands how early-stage execution impacts downstream construction performance and knows how to keep projects organized accountable and build-ready.
Florida development experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
Design & Consultant Leadership
Own coordination across architects engineers consultants and external stakeholders
Drive design development milestones and maintain schedule accountability
Ensure plans align with ownership objectives project feasibility and budget expectations
Identify coordination gaps before they impact permitting or construction execution
Lead consultant meetings decisions and follow-up accountability
Pre-Construction Execution
Own early budgeting estimating coordination and value engineering discussions
Drive bidding coordination across trades and vendors
Maintain schedule discipline across pre-construction activities
Coordinate permitting workflows and regulatory requirements
Anticipate execution risks before they impact timeline or budget
Documentation & Project Controls
Maintain organized project documentation consultant agreements and compliance requirements
Ensure decisions revisions and project communication are tracked clearly
Prepare projects for clean transition into active construction
Establish operational structure and visibility across all pre-construction workflows
Ownership & Accountability
Operate as the central point of coordination during pre-construction
Push projects forward without requiring constant oversight
Hold consultants and stakeholders accountable to deadlines and deliverables
Create a professional execution-focused operating environment
Requirements
Experience owning pre-construction design management or development coordination
Strong plan-reading capability across architectural and engineering documents
Experience managing external AEC teams and consultants
Exposure to luxury residential mixed-use or large-scale development projects
Strong budgeting estimating or bidding exposure
Ability to operate in fast-moving high-accountability environments
Strong meeting leadership and follow-through discipline
Florida development or permitting experience strongly preferred
Must-Haves
Direct pre-construction or design coordination ownership experience
Proven stakeholder management across architects consultants and contractors
Strong documentation and organizational control
Ability to manage timelines and maintain execution discipline
High-level communication and meeting leadership capability
In-office presence in Brooklyn
Success Metrics
Success in this role looks like:
Design development phases remain on schedule
Consultant deliverables stay organized and accountable
Budgeting and bidding align with ownership expectations
Permitting workflows move without preventable delays
Construction teams receive organized build-ready project handoffs
Pre-construction bottlenecks are identified early and resolved proactively
Project communication and documentation remain structured and clean
Why Join
High-visibility role with direct ownership exposure
Opportunity to shape large-scale luxury developments from inception
Fast-moving environment with meaningful responsibility
Strong compensation with long-term growth opportunity
Opportunity to influence how projects are executed before construction begins
If you are an organized execution-driven development professional who thrives in complex pre-construction environments and knows how to keep projects moving forward with clarity and accountability we want to speak with you.
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About Company
Mai Placement is an executive recruitment firm specializing in placing high-level candidates across diverse industries by leveraging industry-specific expertise and an intuitive, research-backed matching process geared toward long-term success.
