The posting
Link Logistics Real Estate (“Link”) is a leading operator of warehouses and business parks, specializing in last-mile logistics real estate. Established by Blackstone in 2019, the company connects consumption, technology, and the supply chain across its portfolio, which spans half a billion square feet. We leverage our scale, proprietary data and insights, and foundational focus on sustainability to drive success for our customers’ businesses and deliver value for our stakeholders. We put our people, customers, and communities first and find ways to make a conscious, positive impact where we live and work. Every day, we work to reinvent and lead our industry forward by thinking bigger and challenging the status quo.
The Manager, National Construction reports to the Director of National Construction and provides balanced support across the department’s three core functions: Regional Construction Support, National Construction Strategy, and Transactional Support. The role coordinates projects, information, stakeholders, and follow-up activities; supports consistent implementation of national processes and programs; and helps regional and transaction teams address construction, capital, data, and execution needs.
This position is designed as a hands-on project management and coordination role. The Manager will independently advance assigned workstreams, analyze information, prepare clear recommendations, and escalate material risks or decisions to the Director as appropriate.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Regional Construction Support
- Support regional construction teams with budgeting, project planning, tracking, reporting, execution, and closeout activities.
- Coordinate follow-up on project schedules, capital forecasts, commitments, data quality, and other recurring regional construction requirements.
- Assist with complex or higher-risk building conditions by organizing reviews, gathering information, coordinating specialists, and documenting recommended next steps.
- Help regional teams implement national policies, procedures, templates, systems, reporting standards, and capital programs.
- Prepare communications, guidance, presentations, and training materials for regional teams and property management stakeholders.
- Track regional questions, issues, and action items; resolve assigned matters and elevate significant budget, schedule, technical, or execution risks to the Director.
- Facilitate best-practice sharing and consistent use of approved construction tools, workflows, and documentation.
National Construction Strategy and Initiatives
- Support capital planning, budgeting, data collection, reporting, and portfolio-level construction analyses.
- Coordinate assigned national programs and special projects from planning through implementation, including goals, schedules, deliverables, stakeholder communication, and closeout.
- Assist with development and maintenance of construction policies, SOPs, templates, checklists, training, and governance documentation.
- Help identify process, reporting, data, and technology improvement opportunities and support the design, testing, communication, training, and adoption of solutions.
- Analyze project volume, workload, capital information, and recurring issues to support department priorities and resource planning.
- Work with Integrated Services, FP&A, Operations, Asset Management, Leasing, Finance, Legal, and other stakeholders on cross-functional initiatives.
- Prepare leadership updates, dashboards, presentations, and recommendations related to national programs and construction performance.
Transactional Support
- Support National Construction activities for acquisitions, refinancings, dispositions, joint ventures, and other transactions.
- Organize transaction requirements, schedules, consultant deliverables, site visits, reports, open items, documentation, and internal follow-up.
- Coordinate with regional construction teams, transaction stakeholders, joint venture partners, lenders, and third-party consultants.
- Review and summarize PCAs, roof reports, engineering studies, building-system assessments, and other technical documents, with guidance from the Director or senior team members.
- Assist with identification of deferred maintenance, immediate repairs, long-term capital needs, physical risks, and execution considerations.
- Support preliminary capital estimates, risk summaries, decision materials, and communication of findings to internal stakeholders.
- Assist with post-closing handoffs, project and job setup, transfer of technical information, and tracking of open diligence items.
- Support organized recordkeeping and continuous improvement of transaction templates, checklists, consultant standards, and workflows.
Core Project Management Expectations
- Organize, plan, execute, monitor, and close assigned projects and initiatives.
- Define objectives, roles, milestones, and deliverables and communicate status clearly to stakeholders.
- Manage multiple workstreams and deadlines while maintaining accurate records and timely follow-up.
- Anticipate operational risks, develop practical solutions, and escalate issues at the appropriate time.
- Build productive working relationships across regional teams, corporate departments, consultants, and vendors.
- Take ownership of assigned responsibilities while remaining flexible as department priorities and workload shift.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Real Estate, Business, or a related field preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in construction management, commercial real estate, project management, due diligence, capital planning, or a related field.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate projects involving multiple stakeholders, consultants, deliverables, and deadlines.
- Working knowledge of commercial or industrial construction, building systems, capital projects, budgeting, and project controls.
- Ability to review technical and financial information, identify key issues, and communicate clear findings and recommended next steps.
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, written communication, and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently on assigned tasks, exercise sound judgment, and recognize when escalation is required.
- Ability to travel as needed, including occasional short-notice or more frequent travel based on transaction and business activity.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications; experience with Yardi, Bluebeam, Power BI, Salesforce, or similar platforms is a plus.
- Ability to learn new systems and processes and work effectively in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment.
Preferred Experience
- Industrial or logistics real estate, multi-site portfolios, or institutional commercial real estate.
- Capital planning, construction reporting, process improvement, training, or technology implementation.
- Acquisition, refinance, disposition, or property-condition due diligence support.
- Coordination of engineers, PCA providers, roof consultants, contractors, or other technical vendors.
- Preparation of capital summaries, project updates, reports, and presentations for varied audiences.
EEO Statement
The Company is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email [email protected].
