Project Manager – Lead Premier Hospitality Buildouts
Job Overview
- Company: Connacht Group.
- Salary/Pay Rate: $110,000 to $145,000 per year (Salary) plus Performance-Based Bonus, Profit Sharing, Project Completion Bonus, Sign-on Bonus, and Annual Bonus.
- Location: Chicago, Illinois (Hybrid).
- Job/Employment Type: Full Time.
- Schedule: Standard business hours with flexibility for deliveries, inspections, and site needs.
- Project Scope: Commercial Hospitality Buildouts ($1M to $5M Contract Value).
- Mandatory Licences & Certifications: None Required.
The Opportunity
You will serve as an essential construction leader directing full project lifecycles across Chicago's hospitality market.
You will manage high-profile restaurant, bar, and hotel builds while working collaboratively with executive leadership.
You will have the autonomy to drive project delivery with the backing of an agile, forward-thinking contractor.
How You Will Make an Impact
- Direct the complete lifecycle of one to two concurrent hospitality projects valued from $1M to $5M.
- Lead comprehensive preconstruction efforts, including quantity takeoffs, bid leveling, value engineering, and budget generation.
- Maintain real-time budget forecasting and cost control using Procore financials, owner billings, and change order management.
- Develop master project timelines and short-interval look-ahead schedules in MS Project to ensure guaranteed completion targets.
- Partner directly with field superintendents through weekly jobsite walks to verify trade quality, resolve obstacles, and inspect progress.
- Oversee procurement of long-lead custom millwork, specialty finishes, and owner-furnished items to prevent installation delays.
- Spearhead final inspections, punch list completion, and closeout packages to deliver exceptional finished spaces to clients.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum of 3 to 7 years of commercial construction project management experience with a general contractor.
- Demonstrated track record managing commercial projects from initial buyout through closeout within the $1M to $5M range.
- Proven expertise in full-scope estimating, subcontractor bid packaging, and trade leveling.
- Strong software proficiency in Procore, MS Project, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office Suite.
- High financial acumen with documented ability to forecast job costs, assemble AIA pay applications, and control budgets.
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation to travel to Chicago-area project sites regularly.
- Direct project management experience in hospitality construction, including fine dining restaurants, commercial kitchen, bars, or hotels.
Preferred Qualifications & Experience
- Working knowledge of City of Chicago municipal permitting, trade inspection workflows, and building codes.
- Technical proficiency coordinating complex MEP systems, commercial kitchen requirements, custom architectural millwork, and FF&E.
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive annual salary ranging from $110,000 to $145,000 based on experience.
- Performance-based bonus, annual bonus, project completion bonus, and sign-on bonus opportunities.
- Project profit sharing program.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
- Company 401(k) retirement plan.
- Unlimited paid time off for holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
- Hybrid work schedule balancing office presence, remote flexibility, and jobsite coordination.
- Company-provided technology package including a laptop or tablet.
- Professional mentor training, annual company retreats, and team events.
About Us
Connacht Group is a premier general contractor delivering iconic commercial hospitality environments across Chicago.
Our leadership combines large-scale national building experience with the speed, transparency, and personal touch of a boutique firm.
Learn more at https://connachtgroup.com/.
Connacht Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or any other status protected by law or regulations. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
