Project Manager, Development (Fort Lauderdale; on-site in Kansas City through completion)

About the role

ATEX Group is hiring a Development Project Manager to be the owner's full-time representative on One Nine Vine Phase II, an 88-unit, 100% affordable (LIHTC) new-construction community at 1900 Vine Street in Kansas City's 18th & Vine Jazz District. Phase II sits beside One Nine Vine Phase I, the 80-unit community we built in 2023 and operate today. The capital stack layers 9% federal and Missouri state housing tax credits, MHDC financing, a construction and permanent loan from a national agency lender, City of Kansas City funds and a PIEA tax abatement. Construction closing is targeted for the first half of 2027; construction runs about 20 months from closing.

You will live on the One Nine Vine campus in employer-provided housing from construction closing through stabilization, about 24 to 30 months, and then return to our Fort Lauderdale office to carry the same role on our South Florida pipeline.

What you will do

• Represent the owner every day with the general contractor, architect, engineers, testing agencies and City inspectors; chair the weekly OAC meeting and keep the action log.
• Manage the construction contract: pay applications, lien waivers, stored materials, change orders, allowances and contingency. Protect the GMP and the schedule.
• Run the monthly draw for the construction lender, MHDC, the tax credit investor and the City; reconcile sources and uses, the schedule of values and the soft-cost ledger; track retainage.
• Keep the project inside MHDC's construction and cost-certification requirements, the investor's construction-period covenants and the City's funding agreements; manage prevailing-wage, Section 3 and MBE/WBE reporting with the GC's compliance staff.
• Verify the accessibility program (UFAS, Fair Housing Act, ADA) at design review, rough-in and final inspection.
• Prepare the owner's side of the placed-in-service package, the cost certification with the accountant and the IRS Form 8609 request.
• Coordinate lease-up readiness with the management agent and deliver the closeout: as-builts, warranties, O&M manuals, final lien releases and the permanent-loan conversion checklist.
• Write the weekly owner's report to the Principal: cost to complete, schedule variance, open RFIs and submittals, decisions needed.

What you bring

• 5 or more years in multifamily development or construction management on the owner's or developer's side, with LIHTC or HUD-insured construction in that time. Required.
• At least one LIHTC project taken from construction closing through placed-in-service and Form 8609: preferred, and it moves you to the top of the list.
• Working knowledge of a state housing finance agency's construction monitoring and cost-certification process. MHDC experience preferred; any HFA accepted.
• Experience with layered public financing (HOME, housing trust funds, CDBG, AHP, tax abatements). HUD-insured or agency construction lending is a plus.
• Fluency in plans and specifications, schedules of values, change-order pricing and construction schedules; able to challenge a GC on cost and sequence. Draw-package and sources-and-uses discipline in Excel.
• Prevailing-wage, Section 3 and accessibility compliance experience. Clear written reporting; the weekly owner's report is a core deliverable.
• Bachelor's degree in construction management, architecture, engineering, real estate or finance, or equivalent field experience. OSHA 30 preferred; PMP or CCM a plus. Valid driver's license. Spanish is a plus.

What we offer

• Base salary of $90,000 to $112,000, set by experience.
• Relocation to Kansas City, a furnished apartment on the One Nine Vine campus for the rotation, per diem for the first 30 days, and a return move to Fort Lauderdale.
• Health insurance.
• Anticipated start 60 to 90 days before construction closing. Offer contingent on the project's financing closing.

How to apply

Apply through LinkedIn with your resume and a short note on the LIHTC or HUD project you ran on the owner's side: your role, unit count, closing date and completion date.

ATEX Group is an equal opportunity employer.