Manager, Project Engineer, Property Development - job 8 of 15

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

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About Global Real Estate & Workplace Experience (GREWE)

Global Real Estate and Workplace Experience (GREWE) is a global team at American Express (Amex) responsible for the full lifecycle of planning, execution, and operations of Amex real estate. GREWE supports over 75,000 Amex colleagues and contractors in over eight million square feet of property located in 59 countries. Our real estate portfolio consists of large full-service campuses, office buildings, sales offices, airport lounges and data centers. The global GREWE team is comprised of ~100 Amex full time staff that leverage ~5,000 contractors and is part of the broader Global Servicing Group organization which delivers shared business services to colleagues across the enterprise. GREWE’s key priorities include:

 GREWE Vision: Provide the world’s best workplace experience for every colleague, at every site, every day

 GREWE Mission: Enable profitable growth by anticipating business needs and co-creating flexible, vibrant, inspiring environments at a competitive cost

 Strategic Priorities:

Portfolio: Best buildings in the best places at the most competitive costs

Environment: Tailored spaces that inspire innovation and strengthen connections between colleagues, customers, and brand

Hospitality: Frictionless experiences for colleagues across moments that matter

Operations: Operational excellence to deliver enterprise value, accelerate time to market, reduce disruption, and mitigate risk

Global Leadership and Governance Responsibilities

A summary of key responsibilities include:

This position supports all phases of design and construction for complex building projects, with a focus on building systems and infrastructure. This role is integral to ensuring the seamless coordination and execution of both base building and interior fit-out components, from design development through to operational readiness and handover. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and a deep understanding of building systems integration to help deliver operational excellence at project completion. This includes expertise in all aspects of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, as well as managing IT, Security & Building Automation systems.

This individual will manage the engineering & infrastructure aspects working closely with the Director of Engineering and Design and the Project Team to translate business needs into engineering designs. reporting and risk mitigation, including core and shell design oversight and interior fit-out coordination. 

A suitable candidate for this role will have experience in Property Management, Facilities Management and large scale complex commercial office projects.

Other deliverables include:

• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and consultants to ensure constructability, maintainability, and alignment with operational goals.
• Review and provide feedback on design documents related to MEP systems, IT infrastructure, vertical transportation, life safety, and other critical building systems.
• Benchmarking to include external perspectives in the design
• Participate in design coordination meetings and support the resolution of cross-discipline clashes or scope gaps.
• Act as the technical liaison between the project management team, contractors, consultants, and internal stakeholders for all building systems and infrastructure.
• Monitor and report on construction progress, quality, and compliance for both base building and fit-out works.
• Assist in managing RFIs, submittals, shop drawings, and change orders related to building systems.
• Collaborate with Facilities, IT, and Operations teams to prepare for occupancy and day-one functionality.
• Coordinate training sessions, O&M documentation collection, and handover packages for long-term maintenance.
• Lead or support building systems punch lists, startup activities, and transition-to-operations efforts

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Liaise with key business partners including IT, Security, Building Automation & Sustainability to standards and ensure requirements clearly defined
• Review and comment on design drawings and specifications
• Identify system conflicts or gaps
• Participate in design and value engineering workshops
• Monitor construction activities for building system
• Ensure scope alignment between base build and fitout
• Track progress and escalate technical issues
• Coordinate building system interfaces between landlord and tenant works-
• Review fitout contractor submittals and shop drawings-
• Manage fitout milestone alignment
• Support development of commissioning plans and schedules
• Attend FAT/SAT, witness tests
• Verify system performance and integration across disciplines
• Coordinate training and O&M documentation
• Support creation and closure of punch lists
• Interface with facilities and operations teams for transition planning
• Maintain logs for RFIs, submittals, change orders
• Generate progress and technical reports
• Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement processes    

 Minimum Qualifications: 

• 10+ years’ experience managing engineering  projects for large commercial or corporate real estate office environments
• 10+ years’ experience in property management or facility management including the management of third-party vendors
• 10+ years’ work experience engineering or property management in commercial or corporate real estate portfolios, with a clear understanding of the project process and building systems.
• Deep knowledge of real estate, facilities, and engineering
• Ability to write and communicate clear and compelling business cases, analyses and program plans, tailored various stakeholder groups
• Proactive critical thinking and qualitative/quantitative problem-solving skills (issue identification, problem structuring, analysis, development of recommendations)
• Ability to easily partner with and collaborate across large project teams of internal and external stakeholders
• Strong team player, ability to take direction and remain flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
• University/Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in Engineering, Infrastructure and Building Systems management or equivalent. 

 Preferred Qualifications:  

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word). 

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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