Job Description
Director of Construction/(Owner's Rep)
The Director of Construction/(Owner's Rep) will:
- Develop detailed budgets and cost estimates across capital, renovation, and tenant projects
- Manage day-to-day construction execution and oversee third-party firms where applicable
- Lead selection and coordination of architects, engineers, and contractors from design through completion
- Oversee tenant buildouts, ensuring lease compliance and adherence to critical timelines
- Draft and manage landlord work letters, lease exhibits, and signage requirements
- Track project schedules, budgets, and milestones across multiple developments
- Coordinate construction contracts in partnership with legal teams
- Monitor tenant permitting, approvals, and readiness through project lifecycle
- Serve as key liaison between onsite operations, tenants, and construction teams
- Conduct site visits to ensure quality, compliance, and proper project phasing
- Provide accurate reporting and updates to internal stakeholders
- Support cross-functional initiatives across leasing, operations, and finance
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
The successful applicant will have:
- Bachelor's degree in Construction, Engineering, Architecture, or related field
- 7-10 years of experience in retail construction and redevelopment projects
- Proven experience managing tenant improvement and capital projects end-to-end
- Strong project management skills with ability to manage multiple stakeholders
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and MS Project
What's on offer:
- Join a well-established firm with over 40 years of industry success
- Gain exposure to a full lifecycle, vertically integrated real estate platform
- Work on diverse, large-scale retail redevelopment projects nationwide
- Be part of a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and high-performing culture
- Make a tangible impact on communities and asset performance
Job summary:
Sector: Construction
Sub Sector: Project Manager
Industry: Property
Location: Lakeville
Contract Type: Permanent
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Lakeville, Minnesota |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $160,000–$200,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
Learn the benefits of working with Michael Page yourself. Submit your resume or contact a Michael Page recruitment consultant today.
Skills
- Budget Managementunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Capital Projectunmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Construction Contractsunmatched
- Construction Engineeringunmatched
- Contract Managementunmatched
- Cost Estimatesunmatched
- Entrepreneurshipunmatched
- Legalunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Microsoft Projectunmatched
- Project Lifecycleunmatched
- Project Scheduleunmatched
- Project Trackingunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Real Estateunmatched
- Reporting Skillsunmatched
- Retailunmatched
- Retail Constructionunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
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