Commercial Property Manager Opportunity

Overview of position:

• Responsible for a portfolio of office, industrial, and retail properties.
• Establish a positive relationship with tenants and building owners. Frequent contact and communication is required.
• Create policies, procedures, protocols and controls that govern operations. Developing standards to ensure routines and controls keep the buildings operating safely and effectively. This duty requires understanding how all parts in complex building systems function together.
• Maintain first class building operations to ensure tenants experience a positive business environment, including janitorial, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, and fire / life / safety systems.
• Accomplish financial objectives by collecting rents, paying bills, forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, preparing monthly variance reports, and initiating corrective action.
• Perform frequent building inspections. Document issues. Take corrective action to resolve problems.
• Maintain property by investigating and resolving tenant complaints, enforcing rules of occupancy, inspecting vacant units, completing repairs, and planning renovations.
• Maintain building systems by contracting for maintenance services and supervising repairs. Prepare RFP documents for bidding vendor maintenance services, implementing and enforcing vendor contracts, and establishing vendor management controls to ensure work is accomplished timely and correctly.
• Secure property with effective management of security patrol service, building automation systems, establishing and enforcing precautionary policies and procedures, and responding to emergencies.
• Enforce occupancy policies and procedures by confronting violators.
• Accomplish organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Able to manage construction projects, such as tenant improvement remodeling, roof replacements, HVAC installations, building painting, and parking lot upgrades.
• This position will be on call 24x7x365 if an emergency arises.
• Able to organize multiple requests.  Develop and implement action plans to achieve owner objectives. Manage an on-line work order system.
• Must be able to read and interpret legal documents such as leases, vendor contracts, and property management agreements.
• Must maintain accurate and orderly maintenance records and documentation.
• Must follow protocols to ensure building system warranties remain in effect.
• Must get along well with people, have good listening skills, and convey a positive attitude.

Property Manager Qualifications & Skills:

• Familiarity with applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations
• High level of organization and attention to detail
• Competence with office management software
• Professionalism
• Communicating
• Listening
• Negotiation
• Must have valid drivers license and automobile to visit properties frequently.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred
• 7-10 years’ experience in commercial real estate management
• 3-5 years’ managing employees
• Solid knowledge of office software such as Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word

Please send letter of interest and resume to:

Colleen Nelmark

Office and Human Resources Director

ColleenN@Norris-Stevens.com

Job Title:  Commercial Property Manager

Location:  900 SW Fifth Avenue, 17^th Floor, Portland, OR 97204

Job Type:  Full Time.

Compensation:  $60,000 to $90,000 base salary, depending on experience.  Eligible for additional compensation.