The Role
Lead real estate, architecture, engineering, or construction projects from design and entitlement through permitting and construction documentation. Coordinate clients, consultants, vendors, contractors, municipalities, and agencies while managing schedules, budgets, risks, approvals, reporting, and plan checks across multiple projects. Conduct feasibility and due diligence, support construction sequencing and issue resolution, maintain project controls, and improve delivery processes.
Summary Generated by Built In
From Plans to Progress — Deliver Scalable Programs with TAIT
Why TAIT?
Position Description
We’re looking for a skilled and motivated Project Manager to lead high-impact projects from concept through completion. This is a client-facing, cross-functional leadership role where you’ll coordinate with internal teams, consultants, agencies, and municipalities to drive successful project outcomes. You’ll be central to managing entitlements, construction documentation, AHJ approvals and stakeholder communications ensuring delivery is on time, on budget, and in line with TAIT’s high standards.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Salary Range: $90,000 – $110,000 annually
Comprehensive benefits package included.
Why TAIT?
- Own the Process – Lead projects from entitlement through construction documentation
- Collaborative Teams – Supportive culture built on trust and mentorship
- Work–Life Balance – Start earning vacation from your very first day
- Purposeful Impact – Designs that serve communities & environment
Position Description
We’re looking for a skilled and motivated Project Manager to lead high-impact projects from concept through completion. This is a client-facing, cross-functional leadership role where you’ll coordinate with internal teams, consultants, agencies, and municipalities to drive successful project outcomes. You’ll be central to managing entitlements, construction documentation, AHJ approvals and stakeholder communications ensuring delivery is on time, on budget, and in line with TAIT’s high standards.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage projects through preliminary design, entitlement processing, construction documentation, and permitting using established workflows and delivery standards.
- Execute site feasibility studies, due diligence, and risk evaluations to inform project strategy and sequencing.
- Coordinate consultants and vendors to ensure timely, consistent delivery of plans, reports, and technical documentation.
- Track permit status and approvals across multiple active projects, maintaining visibility into agency timelines and constraints.
- Develop, maintain, and update project schedules and budgets; support entitlement processing, agency coordination, and plan check management.
- Provide routine project reporting, including schedule, budget, risk, and action tracking, with proactive mitigation strategies.
- Support continuous improvement by identifying process efficiencies and lessons learned across projects.
- 3+ years of experience in real estate development, architecture, engineering or construction projects, specifically demonstrating:
- Design & Planning: Proven experience managing physical site planning, master planning, and the technical architectural/engineering design phases.
- Entitlements & Approvals: Proven experience successfully guiding projects through complex municipal approval, zoning, and discretionary entitlement processes.
- Experience working with a local jurisdiction either directly or providing services as a 3rd party consultant is a plus.
- 3+ years of project management experience in real estate development, architecture, engineering, or construction, preferably within multi-site or multi-project programs.
- Demonstrated ability to manage parallel workflows, direct consultants, and navigate entitlement, permitting, and plan check processes.
- Experience coordinating with general contractors, including construction sequencing, RFI and submittal tracking, and field issue resolution.
- Working knowledge of due diligence processes, site investigation reports, feasibility analysis, schedules, budgets, and regulatory frameworks.
- Experience managing client coordination, consultant contracts, and structured project communications.
- Direct experience submitting plans and interfacing with municipalities and public agencies.
- Proficiency with project tracking and scheduling tools such as Smartsheet, MS Project, and Excel; Adobe Creative Suite and/or AutoCAD experience is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, urban planning, real estate development, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to lead structured meetings and document decisions clearly.
- High level of organization with experience managing multiple active projects under standardized delivery frameworks.
- Ability to produce accurate, repeatable reporting to support program-level decision-making.
- Proficiency in project controls, documentation, and tracking systems.
- Analytical, solution-oriented mindset with the ability to anticipate risks and drive resolution.
- Professional, collaborative approach with a focus on accountability and long-term client relationships.
- We’re looking for a team-player excited to join a fun, fast-paced environment.
- Attend meetings at job sites, municipal offices (including hearings), and TAIT offices.
- Ability to drive to job sites, client meetings and deliver plan sets to agencies as required.
- Ability to lift and carry plan sets weighing up to 20 lbs. (cart provided).
Salary Range: $90,000 – $110,000 annually
Comprehensive benefits package included.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in real estate development, architecture, engineering, or construction projects
- Experience managing physical site planning, master planning, and technical architectural or engineering design phases
- Experience guiding projects through municipal approval, zoning, and discretionary entitlement processes
- 3+ years of project management experience in real estate development, architecture, engineering, or construction
- Experience managing parallel workflows, directing consultants, and navigating entitlement, permitting, and plan check processes
- Experience coordinating with general contractors, including construction sequencing, RFI and submittal tracking, and field issue resolution
- Working knowledge of due diligence, site investigation reports, feasibility analysis, schedules, budgets, and regulatory frameworks
- Experience managing client coordination, consultant contracts, and structured project communications
- Direct experience submitting plans and interfacing with municipalities and public agencies
- Proficiency with project tracking and scheduling tools such as Smartsheet, MS Project, and Excel
- Experience working with a local jurisdiction directly or as a third-party consultant
- Adobe Creative Suite and/or AutoCAD experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, urban planning, real estate development, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to lead structured meetings and document decisions clearly
- Ability to manage multiple active projects under standardized delivery frameworks
- Ability to produce accurate, repeatable reporting for program-level decision-making
- Proficiency in project controls, documentation, and tracking systems
- Analytical, solution-oriented approach with ability to anticipate risks and drive resolution
- Professional, collaborative approach focused on accountability and client relationships
- Ability to drive to job sites, client meetings, and agencies
- Ability to lift and carry plan sets weighing up to 20 pounds
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The Company
What We Do
TAIT sets the standard for world-class live experiences. We bring extraordinary ideas to life, collaborating on visionary concepts and delivering precision engineering, technical innovation, manufacturing, and production. We engineer complex movement for artists, brands, performing arts spaces, and venues around the world with our industry leading show control and automation technology. We are a global team of planners, creative engineers, fabricators, technologists, and producers, with over 1200 employees in 17 office locations. We have worked in over 30 countries, all seven continents, and even outer space. Our clients include Taylor Swift, Cirque Du Soleil, The Metropolitan Opera House, NASA, National Geographic, Beyoncé, and The Olympics. In addition to the core custom project business, the TAIT Group includes like-minded companies operating as one cohesive group in the live experience space. Our team shares a passion for creating ground-breaking experiences, and together, our work makes lasting memories for hundreds of thousands of people. The TAIT Group includes productionglue, Kinesys, ITEC Entertainment, and the Thinkwell Group.
