Commercial Construction Project Manager, Tenant Improvement

Project Manager, Tenant Improvement

About Our Client

Our client is a mid tier commercial general contractor serving clients across the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. They run a high volume of tenant improvement and build out work, 30 to 50 projects a year, alongside 5 to 10 ground up new construction projects annually.

They win work through relationships rather than by chasing a single niche, so the project mix is genuinely diverse: restaurant, retail, medical, warehouse, office. The pipeline is significant and still growing, with real ambitions for 2027.

They are not a giant, and that is deliberate. It also shapes who succeeds there. They are looking for pillars of the organization, people who will help elevate the company on the operations side, carry projects across the finish line, and turn happy clients into repeat clients.

This is a confidential search. Bosun Solutions is representing the client and will share their identity with candidates who advance.

The Role

Project Manager for the tenant improvement and build out division. You will own a portfolio of two to five active projects at any given time, ranging from roughly $200,000 to $1,000,000 in value and from 600 square feet to well over 10,000 square feet.

Where you will work

This is an in office role. It is not a field position and it is not remote, but you will be out at job sites on a regular basis, in most weeks on most days, meeting with clients, stakeholders, and architects, and then back at the office for the rest of your work.

The reason is the client base. Tenant improvement clients here are largely owner operators, hands on, in the weeds, and frequently on site unannounced. Superintendents are on site the majority of the time, but the Project Manager is the client facing person. When the client is on site, the client wants you on site. Presence and personality are part of the job.

Experience Level

This search is deliberately aimed at junior and developing project managers, and is open at two levels. What separates them is commercial exposure and plan reading proficiency, not years alone.

Entry level, 0 to 2 years of commercial project management

• Residential construction project management experience is a genuine fit here, with no commercial background required
• You will be trained to read commercial architectural and MEP drawings, which differ substantially from residential
• What matters most is drive, coachability, and a willingness to put in the hours to learn commercial quickly
• Target compensation $65,000 to $75,000

Developing level, 2 to 4 years of commercial project management

• Prior commercial tenant improvement or build out experience with a small to mid sized general contractor
• Submittals, RFIs, change orders, and pay applications already second nature
• Strong, demonstrable proficiency reading commercial MEP drawings
• Target compensation $65,000 to $80,000, with room to move quickly for exceptional plan reading proficiency

Candidates across this full range are encouraged to apply. Fit and capability carry more weight than a year count.

What You Will Own

• Two to five concurrent tenant improvement and build out projects, start to finish
• Direct client relationships, including impromptu site visits and in person meetings
• Coordination with architects, engineers, stakeholders, and the superintendent team
• Submittals, RFIs, change orders, and pay applications
• Subcontractor coordination, buyout, and schedule management
• Budget ownership, cost tracking, and reporting through project close
• Project documentation, filed and current, without an assistant to catch what you miss

Being Honest About How They Are Built

Larger general contractors staff a project with a full team: project manager, superintendent, assistant superintendent, project engineer, and project coordinator, with an admin bench behind them. In that structure the PM role narrows toward communication and oversight.

That structure does not exist here. A project is run by a project manager, a superintendent, and a Director of Operations who already wears a great many hats. There is no project engineer or project coordinator behind you to pick up documentation and file it.

So this role is administratively heavy, by design and by circumstance. The single strongest predictor of success is an exceptionally high level of personal organization. You have to be able to run your own paperwork at the same standard as your own projects.

One more piece of honesty about the gap being filled. The PMs currently on staff are good, and their real strength is field management; several grew into the PM seat from a superintendent background. A candidate who already has the project management side dialed in is exactly the profile this client would move on immediately.

Who Thrives Here

• You are organized to an unusual degree and you do not need someone behind you to catch things
• You are comfortable splitting your week between the office and active job sites
• You come from a smaller or mid sized shop, or you are ready to leave a large one and work without the safety net
• You have a chip on your shoulder, in the good sense. Ambitious, eager, willing to put in the hours to learn fast
• Accountability, work ethic, honesty, and integrity are simply how you operate
• You want to help build something rather than maintain a machine somebody else built

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation is set by experience level as outlined above, with a formal review at 90 days.

• Entry level, residential background, learning commercial • $65,000 to $75,000
• Developing level, prior commercial tenant improvement experience • $65,000 to $80,000

Every hire gets a documented 90 day review. Perform exceptionally and your salary increases at that mark. Fall short and you get a specific, written list of what to improve so that the next increase is achievable. Their most recent successful PM started at $65,000 and was raised to $90,000 within 30 days on the strength of his performance.

Benefits and allowances

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Company cell phone and laptop
• Gas card and vehicle allowance
• 14 days paid vacation following the 90 day introductory period