Senior Consultant, Real Estate Development Job at Baker Tilly, Madison, WI

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  • Baker Tilly
  • Madison, WI

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Consultant

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Consultant to join our Real Estate Development team, specializing in program development, design and construction oversight, and project delivery. This role is ideal for a seasoned professional who can bridge the gap between development strategy and construction execution. You will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, ensuring their projects are designed for constructability, delivered on schedule, within budget, and compliant with all construction standards.

Responsibilities

Constructability & Design Oversight

  • Lead constructability reviews during design phases to identify risks, inefficiencies, and cost-saving opportunities
  • Evaluate architectural and engineering plans for alignment with design and construction best practices
  • Provide feedback to design teams to optimize constructability, cost, and minimize change orders
  • Review due diligence reports for compliance and interpret their impact upon the development

Client Advisory & Architect Management

  • Act as a liaison between clients and their architectural and engineering teams, ensuring design intent aligns with budget, schedule, and compliance goals
  • Help clients manage design consultants, track deliverables, and resolve design-related conflicts
  • Facilitate design coordination meetings and ensure timely approvals
  • Participate in the creation of feasibility reports including assessing the current condition of existing facilities and creating programs for their renovation or replacement
  • Coordinating between financing agencies and project consultants to ensure regulatory and lender compliance

Schedule Management

  • Develop and maintain project schedules from pre-development through construction completion and stabilization
  • Monitor progress against milestones and proactively identify delays or risks
  • Coordinate with contractors, consultants, and internal teams to keep projects on track

Construction Compliance

  • Ensure projects adhere to local building codes, zoning regulations, and permitting requirements
  • Ensure projects adhere to financial application commitments and other overlapping regulations including accessibility, sustainability, affordability, and universal design requirements
  • Review contractor submittals and RFIs for compliance with approved plans
  • Review change orders and provide opinions on cost and applicability to manage project contingency
  • Support clients in navigating inspections, certifications, and regulatory approvals

Budget & Cost Control

  • Conduct detailed reviews of construction budgets, including hard and soft costs
  • Analyze bids, change orders, and value engineering proposals
  • Advise clients on cost implications of design decisions and construction strategies
  • Review payment applications on owner's behalf, and coordinate its approval

Project Leadership

  • Manage development-related project tasks including residential, commercial, and mixed-use residential projects, as well as K-12, higher education, and municipal projects
  • Oversee completion of feasibility studies, risk assessments and design and construction related execution
  • Coordinate planning, design, and construction phases

Client Engagement

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders
  • Lead client meetings, compiling meeting minutes, reports and other deliverables as assigned

Business Development

  • Assist in creating collateral for new business opportunities
  • Contribute to marketing and profile-raising activities
  • Support internal growth initiatives and mentoring junior staff

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree (Real Estate, Urban Planning, Finance, Architecture, or related field)
  • 2-5+ years in real estate development, consultancy, or project management
  • Financial modeling, market analysis, project delivery
  • Excellent written and verbal skills; able to present complex ideas clearly

Job Tags

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