Careers

Are you looking for a chance to grow your career?
Does a mix of project oversight, collaboration with clients and colleagues, and days filled with variety excite you?
Are you tired of being under-appreciated and over-worked?

If any of these questions struck a chord with you, we’d like to talk to you!

At Vanman Architects and Builders, we’ve been designing and building places that matter for more than 67 years. We put our design-build experience to work to benefit clients with streamlined communication and the innovation that comes from having architectural and construction staff under the same roof. We focus on designing and building primarily churches and financial institutions, along with a mix of other commercial projects.

In everything we do, we remain focused on our company core values:

1. We genuinely care about each other, the work we do, and our clients both as individuals and as a group. We care about building things that matter and for the greater good of the world around us.
2. We are open, honest, and forthright. We believe transparency results in stronger relationships.
3. We work hard and celebrate our successes. Our aim is to make the design-build process as enjoyable as possible.
4. Self-starter. We take pride in balancing several projects at once, trusting our team to do what’s needed for clients and one another to keep the right tasks moving forward.
5. Team-oriented. We believe our team is more than our Vanman colleagues. We collaborate with our clients, partners, and one another to design and build places that matter in the community.

The Vanman Team is built on longevity. We have team members who have spent their entire careers with Vanman (one at thirty+ years, another at 22 years and another at eight). They stay because of the flexibility of the hybrid in-office and work-from-home schedule, the family-oriented environment, and the camaraderie with a team who works hard, celebrates successes together, and develops lasting relationships both with clients and with one another.

We are seeking a Construction Project Manager to join our team. If you have 10+ years of experience managing commercial remodeling and/or ground-up projects from initial architectural development through construction completion and hold a Construction Management (preferred) or related degree, we’d love to learn more about you. The Construction Project Manager position is a full-time, salaried role.

Primary duties include:

• Collaborate with Architects and client to determine scheduling and material needs,
• Provide conceptual cost estimates and analysis throughout the project process,
• Collaborate and communicate with clients from initial conceptual meetings through design, bidding, and construction,
• Create, track and communicate project schedules in MS Project for subs and materials,
• Complete project start-up, contract award analysis, permit submissions and project set-up,
• Solicit, review and qualify bids from suppliers and write subcontracts,
• Order materials, track and ensure on-time delivery,
• Develop and maintain project schedule in MS Project, coordinating with the field superintendent daily and at weekly onsite meetings,
• Prepare monthly draw requests,
• Manage review of shop drawings, submittals, specifications, and change orders,
• Initiate and oversee completion project closeout, achieving the certificate of occupancy and prep of owner’s manual including as-built drawings and warranty information,
• Oversee management of projects with close attention and adherence to budget and schedules,
• Manage change requests and RFIs,
• Participate in regular team meetings and events.
• Other duties in support of project and company objectives.

Qualified candidates will have experience with structural steel, wood frame, block, and tilt-up precast concrete desired.  Technical skill with MS Office including MS Project, and construction industry programs such as Procore or Bluebeam, required.  We seek a candidate with excellent communication skills who is highly organized and very detail oriented.

You’ll rate high in our book if you demonstrate excellent communication skills, are a great communicator and a self-starter, and like to have fun.

The specifics:

Salary range: $100,000 – 130,000, commensurate with experience.

Benefits include health insurance, HSA, paid time off, life insurance, IRA with 6% match, vehicle allowance, and work from home capabilities.

Our office is located in a Minneapolis, Minnesota first-ring suburb and our projects are primarily based in the five-state Midwest area.

Vanman Architects and Builders is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

Please share more about your experience by emailing a cover letter and resume to careers@vanmanab.com. No phone calls please.