Real Estate Development Manager

Job Description

Posted Monday, September 16, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

Boardwalk provides Canadians with a quality, comfortable, home living experience. We offer rental apartments and townhouses that come in a wide breadth of shapes, sizes and sets of amenities. We operate 33,000 units across Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Quebec.

Boardwalk recognizes our Associates as our most valuable asset. We are proud to provide competitive wages, profit-sharing, and amazing benefits like flexible group medical and dental, fitness reimbursement, training and development, group RRSP matching, rental discounts, and more.

Responsibilities

• Research and analyze market conditions to develop and refine our strategy of identifying investment opportunities across our portfolio
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to develop and optimize project investment criteria and metrics and help create investment recommendations
• Develop project budgets and schedules, and project plans for management consideration
• Manage process of reviews, applications, entitlements, land use and permitting for selected projects with municipalities and coordinate with external consulting team
• Create detailed reports on status of projects, and work with team to ensure internal and external reporting is satisfied
  
  

Experience And Educational Requirements

• Post-Secondary Degree or Diploma in Planning, Architecture, Engineering or Finance/Economics
• Deep understanding and 5+years of experience in land use planning and development in the Canadian multifamily context
• Current knowledge of construction costs, timelines, across various multifamily buildforms
• Experience building multidisciplinary consulting teams and leading land use and permitting initiatives
• Strong knowledge of development economics, analytical and research skills
  
  

Technical Requirements

• Advanced Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint and PowerPoint).
• Familiarity with MS Project, Procore, Blue Beam, AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe platform
• Ability to learn and adapt to changing systems and new technology
  
  

Non-Technical Requirements

• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to prepare, present, and communicate with all levels including Senior Executive
• Ability to learn new concepts quickly and become proficient in a variety of skills and disciplines. Willingness to adapt to change and be flexible in nature
• Creative problem solver
• Strong planning and organizational skills coupled with ability to multi-task and prioritize
• Ability to work independently and with other Associates in a team environment
• Displays a high level of initiative and commitment to excellence
• Demonstrate a positive attitude, enthusiasm and assertiveness strong commitment to providing excellent customer service to fellow Associates and Project Team Partners
• Travel will be required – routine air travel to various project sites throughout Canada
• Site Visits to active construction sites, requiring use of specific PPE, ability to navigate sites, and climb stairs
• Overtime or irregular hours may be required from time to time to ensure project deliveries are met
• Primary work environment may be in an office setting during regular business hours with travel to sites required on a frequent basis
  
  

Interested applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and resume.

We would like to thank you in advance for your application, however, only those candidates who are being considered will be contacted. Offers of employment will be contingent on satisfactory Security Background Checks, Reference Checks, and Post-offer/Pre-employment Physical Testing where applicable.

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Ready to shape the future of our communities? Come work with us and learn where doing what you love means never working a day in your life!

Deeply rooted in family spirit and humility, Boardwalk’s five core values of integrity, associates, teamwork, customer service and social responsibility are more than just words - they are a way of life. Coupled with our Golden Foundation of ‘treat others as you would like to be treated,’ ‘be good,’ ‘love community’ and ‘have fun,’ we believe in happiness and creating the most memorable experiences for both our Associates and Resident Members, continually looking for new and innovative ways to enhance and strengthen all our Boardwalk communities.

We hope these values speak to you as they speak so meaningfully to us!

As we continue to grow, we remain unwavering in our commitment to providing Resident Members with the best quality rental communities. This same commitment means Boardwalk is always seeking individuals who have a positive attitude, are energetic and passionate, self-driven, productive, have the capacity to deliver high-quality results and who believe in the power of teamwork.

Together, with you as part of our team, we will continue to create meaning every day for those who choose to call Boardwalk home.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment Statement

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse team that will honour and celebrate your experiences, perspectives and unique identity regardless of age, ethnicity, race, colour, abilities, religion, socio-economic status, culture, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

Together, our communities strive to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

We believe every Associate in our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of values, customs and experience to better understand and engage with the world around us, identify challenges, so as to discover, design and deliver solutions together.