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Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is a national real estate advisory firm providing consulting services as the owner's representative, including development management, project management, program management and investor representation. Recognized among the commercial real estate industry's top professional services firms, including being named to Engineering News-Record top CM firms for the past four years in a row, we partner with our clients as their unbiased advocate to provide leadership and strategic guidance for increasingly sophisticated real estate needs and challenges, minimizing risk while maximizing outcomes.

 

PMA is seeking a Project Intern for summer 2024 in our Los Angeles office. The Project Intern provides project and administrative support to project management staff, including Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, and Project Coordinators. The Project Intern must possess strong interpersonal and organizational skills, be proficient in Microsoft Office applications, and demonstrate the ability to work effectively both within a strong teaming environment and in performing assigned tasks under close supervision.

 

 

Duties and Responsibilities

 

  • Work closely with Project Managers in coordinating and executing daily roles and responsibilities.
  • Assist in preparing written documents, such as monthly reports, due diligence reports, meeting minutes, and other internal and external correspondence.
  • Conduct research of various projects, clients, companies, vendors, agencies, etc.
  • Develop and update spreadsheets and databases to manage budgets, cost estimates, and other financial information.
  • Develop and update “living” project documents such as schedules, open items, and logistics plans.
  • Attend project meetings with the team as needed, including client, design, construction, and other various meetings.
  • Attend periodic project construction site visits to help monitor and document progress.
  • Manage day-to-day paperwork/information flow and conduct general file maintenance.

 

Skills and Qualifications

 

  • Work both in a team environment and independently to complete challenging and sometimes complex tasks.
  • Clearly articulate and communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
  • Read and interpret general documents, and format and communicate general correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, memoranda, etc.
  • Cognitive ability to apply intuition in discerning and carrying out instructions provided in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.
  • Strong computer skills, including a foundational understanding of Microsoft Office applications (Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint), as well as proficiency in conducting online research and basic PDF editing and manipulation.
  • Organize and prioritize workload, track calendar events and meetings, organize tasks accordingly (agendas/follow-up on actions/minutes), and be proactive in identifying project needs/requirements that can be actioned without direct supervision.

 

 

Education and Experience

 

  • One to three years of higher education, preferably in a degree program or concentration in construction, architecture, design, engineering or related field.
  • Experience using MS Access, MS Project, MS Visio, Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam Revu, AutoCAD or other programs is a strong plus.

 

 

PMA is comprised of over 150 project professionals experienced and licensed in nearly every aspect of the real estate industry with multi-disciplined backgrounds that are heavily rooted in the built environment, including architecture, development, asset management, brokerage, construction, engineering, finance, and urban planning. Our local market knowledge and ability to leverage broad and diverse experience across a national portfolio of projects is unmatched in the industry, including assignments in civic, cultural, education, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, life sciences, multi-family residential, office and retail.

 

PMA is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, San Diego, and San Francisco, delivering expertise to a broad range of clients from developers to institutional investors based on 30 years of practical experience, allowing our teams to consistently anticipate issues, understand potential impacts and provide proactive solutions.

 

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