Project Developer, Sports & Entertainment

• Evaluate prospective sites, coordinating surveys and architectural, civil, structural, MEP, geotechnical, environmental, and other due-diligence work as appropriate.
• Assess site and development considerations such as zoning, entitlements, permitting, utilities, access, parking, traffic, and operational needs; coordinate with authorities, landowners, brokers, attorneys, and development partners.
• Serve as a primary client contact through preconstruction, translating the owner’s goals for the venue, budget, schedule, and operations into actionable project decisions.
• Lead early design coordination across internal teams, architects, engineers, specialty consultants, and other partners—from concept planning through permit and construction documents.
• Develop and maintain preliminary budgets, cash-flow analyses, cost estimates, milestone schedules, and project assumptions; communicate changes and tradeoffs clearly.
• Evaluate design options and value-engineering opportunities, explaining the cost, schedule, quality, operational, and project-risk implications of recommendations.
• Identify and manage preconstruction risks, open decisions, scope gaps, and long-lead considerations; keep clients and internal teams aligned on owners, action items, and next steps.
• Visit sites, conduct visual assessments, meet with local authorities, and support preliminary site and project planning.
• Build strong working relationships with ARCO’s design and construction teams and support business development through client relationships, proposals, marketing initiatives, and presentations.

We are dedicated to the well-being of our associates and are proud to be consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work. Our compensation and benefits package not only supports our associates and their families but benefits local communities and communities around the world.

• Industry-leading performance-based bonus program
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Tuition reimbursement for associates
• Scholarship for associates’ children up to $28,000 per child
• 1-month paid sabbatical after every five years of employment, plus $5,000 for travel
• 1-week paid volunteer leave each year
• 100% charitable match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• Paid parental leave
• Typical base compensation for the Project Manager role is between $84,000.00 and $160,000.00. Candidates with extensive experience may exceed this range. In addition to base salary, the role is eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation based on individual and company performance.

This represents typical base compensation for the role. Candidates with extensive experience may exceed this range. In addition to base salary, the role is eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation based on individual and company performance.

We are proud to be one of the fastest-growing, privately-owned companies in America, celebrating over 30 years of experience as design-build experts. We have completed over 7,500 design-build projects nationwide. We ranked #9 on ENR’s Design-Build Firms list and #34 on ENR's Top 400 Contractors list of 2026. Most importantly, our clients like us, trust us, and want to do business with us. We are looking for people with the same enthusiasm, passion, and respect for the hard work that brought us to where we are today. Are you a person who can make a difference at ARCO? If the answer is “Yes!” we look forward to meeting you.

ARCO does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies without pre-approval from ARCO’s Human Resources team. Pre-approval is required before any external candidate can be submitted. ARCO will not be responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and for candidates who are sent directly to our hiring managers. Agencies must have a fully executed vendor agreement in place as well as written approval to submit candidates from an ARCO TA Manager for a specific position before submitting candidates.

$80,000—$120,000 USD