Director, Development Full Time

Prologis is seeking a Director, Development for our New Jersey/New York markets for managing development activities for land and building developments including site pursuit, land due diligence, entitlement, design and construction of industrial / warehouse facilities. The position requires a high degree of energy, enthusiasm, outgoing personality, technical competence and professionalism. The position is preferred to reside in our East Rutherford office and interacts daily with Prologis Development, Capital Deployment, and Market Operation teams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work closely with capital deployment team members to execute pursuit projects as well as manage and deliver high profile BTS, extensive land development and complex inventory projects.
• Develop budgets, define risks and track costs, both hard and soft, for land, infrastructure, and building construction for both build-to-suit and speculative developments.
• Develop, tender and manage a variety of sizes of projects ranging from $100,000 to $100,000,000+ in development cost.
• Proactively lead and coordinate external jurisdictional entitlements and permits to meet internal and external customer requirements and project schedules.
• Lead a team of consultants and contractors to obtain the regional capital deployment goals and objectives.
• Respond to build-to-suit or leasing RFP’s by establishing site plans and floor plans, proposed specifications, construction budgets, and schedules. Lead complex, build-to-suit projects from early RFP phase through turnover to customer and closeout of project.
• Establish, plan, and participate in regularly scheduled development meetings to communicate the company’s expectations and oversee the timely completion of milestones set forth in the each of the contemplated developments.
• Ensure internal and external customer satisfaction and exceed customer’s expectations on each project.
• Research design, construction alternatives, and value engineering opportunities that will drive innovation in Prologis’ developments without compromising functionality or life cycle costs.

Building blocks for success

• Minimum of 7+ years’ experience in a similar role working in the field of Civil Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management.
• Experience in local industrial development, land municipal approvals, and construction.
• Ability to travel about 20%-40% of the time.

Preferred:

• Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, Architecture, or Engineering (Civil or Structural) is preferred, or equivalent experience.
• A professional license (Engineer, Architect, etc.) is desirable but not required.
• Experience with entitlement processes in the New York / New Jersey markets.
• Combination of experience as project management with a general contractor/ A&E / owner representation preferred.
• Experience on BIM projects is desirable but not required.
• Experience managing large scale and complicated sitework projects.
• Experience leading build-to-suit projects, including leading coordination efforts with customer and customer’s vendors.
• Self-motivated and ability to multi-task and prioritize with minimal direction.
• Computer proficiency: MS Project, Google Earth, ACAD viewer (in addition to normal Microsoft tools).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Promote a positive, can-do attitude with a real focus on Customer satisfaction, efficiency, and effectiveness.

Source: Prologis Career Page

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