Senior Project Manager / Owner's Representative – Washington, DC / DMV

Location: Washington, D.C. / DMV Metro Area (hybrid / on-site hubs)

Compensation: Competitive base + uncapped accelerators (DOE)

The Opportunity

HeatherDaniel International (HDi), a construction recruitment specialist, has been exclusively retained by an elite national corporate project and cost management consultancy that manages billions of dollars in construction volume across the United States. This organisation has long acted as a trusted adviser to institutional owners, developers and corporate tenants. Growth in its high-end commercial interiors, healthcare, law-firm and life-sciences portfolios means it needs a Senior Owner’s Representative to lead complex, tier-one development projects from inception through final occupancy.

You will be the primary strategic extension of the client organisation, turning capital-development goals into executed reality. We are looking for a polished professional who takes responsibility for driving diverse, multi-disciplined project teams — not a passive coordinator.

Key Responsibilities

• Owner’s representation: Take front-line accountability for planning, procurement and execution of multi-million dollar commercial construction portfolios.
• Financial and schedule logistics: Define, level and coordinate comprehensive project budgets, cost estimates, master timelines and programmatic critical paths.
• Procurement: Lead the end-to-end RFP process, creating detailed leveling sheets to onboard design, MEP, IT/AV, acoustical, security, furniture and environmental (LEED) specialists.
• OAC command: Orchestrate weekly Owner-Architect-Contractor meetings, set sharp weekly agendas and distribute definitive executive meeting minutes.
• Design coordination: Drive the design team so that complex drawing sets are coordinated against client space requirements.
• Field oversight: Attend weekly site walk-throughs to inspect construction progress, manage construction administration and verify compliance with structural benchmarks.
• Final outfitting: Oversee procurement, delivery and installation of specialised FF&E, AV/IT infrastructure, internal signage and branding components through to handover.

Requirements

• Tenure: 8+ years in an Owner’s Project Manager (OPM) role, construction project management, or boutique project advisory consulting.
• Sector: Direct execution history managing high-end commercial interiors, corporate law firms, complex healthcare or life-sciences build-outs is a major asset.
• Technical: Advanced mastery of construction logic, phasing interdependencies, budget tracking, MS Project and advanced MS Excel formatting.
• Poise: Exceptional presentation and interpersonal skills, with the clarity to run executive-level board meetings and hold the confidence of high-profile institutional clients.
• Mindset: Highly motivated, self-directed and able to thrive under tight project milestones and hard deadlines.
• Work rights: Applicants must be legally authorised to work in the United States on an unconditional, continuous basis (independent of practical training parameters).

Compensation & Benefits

• Package: Competitive base + uncapped accelerators (DOE). High-yield compensation with clear corporate growth milestones.
• Stability: A permanent, long-term corporate role within a stable, debt-free consultancy.
• Culture: A workplace built on community, stewardship, trust, mutual respect and professional growth.

Next Step

Interviews are being arranged now.

Why candidates choose HDi

We start with you, not with a requisition to fill. The people we place today are often the clients who hire us tomorrow. That only works if we treat the first conversation with care.

We know what a Quantity Surveyor is. We work in verticals — cost, project advisory, claims and dispute, built-environment leadership, and data center and mission-critical programmes — not as a generalist shop that learns your job from a Wikipedia page.

We are honest about salary and fit, even when the answer is no. We do not mailshot your curriculum vitae. We do not share it without your consent. That promise is written in full on our Candidate Charter.

We stay with you from the first call through interview, offer, resignation and start.

A major statewide consultancy in the United States, headquartered in New York, has hired us on a retainer.

We are working with a major international consultancy and have placed nearly forty people with them this year.

Our Candidate Charter: You are a person, not a placement. We are honest on salary and fit. Your curriculum vitae is never shared without your consent. We reply, even when there is no update. We stay with you through the whole move.

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