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Construction Manager

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Construction Manager
Posted 10 Days Ago
Port St Lucie , Florida

Summary

The Construction Manager is responsible for supervising, planning and directing the construction of all units to which the manager is assigned. The Construction Manager manages schedules and coordinates the entire construction process, to include subordinates, professional consultants, regulatory agencies, trades, and home closings. The Construction Manager helps implement and primarily oversees and enforces budgets, cost controls, quality control standards, and programs to manage regulatory requirements. The Construction Manager ensures ongoing communication with buyers during construction process.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Coordinate and supervise the construction process, making sure that projects are completed on time and within budget.
  • Manage direct subordinates, engineers, architects, clients and subcontractors.
  • Responsible for ensuring that work meets or exceeds general building standards, regulatory requirements, and Kolter Homes quality standards.
  • Identify areas that need correction and work with the relevant party to resolve the issue.
  • Provide expert advice to Senior Management with respect to issues directly related to area of responsibility as well as the impacts of construction activities on the overall business operation, to include:
  • Providing input on annual starts and closing goals.
  • Receiving and managing complaints by customers.
  • Resolving subcontractor disputes.
  • Collaborate with Purchasing to establish and maintain cost controls such as Purchase Orders, Variance Purchase Orders, materials monitoring, and service cost mitigation.
  • Provide guidance to the management team with respect to vendor selection, bid qualification, contract scopes of work, and negotiate with vendors as needed to assist the business operations.
  • Coordinate required building inspections, and direct remedial action as needed.
  • Conduct framing and pre-closing walk-through inspections with clients, and establish the closing date with Project Director.
  • Maintain customer contact and assist with questions.
  • Manage and update BuildPro twice daily.
  • Manage EPO negotiations with subcontractors, and submit EPO for approvals.
  • Respond within 24 hours to all requests for information from internal and/or external customers.
  • Maintain accurate and timely logs of phone conversations and meetings with customers and field personnel.
  • Facilitate all formal quality inspections on each home.
  • Comply with the standards and processes necessary for construction of a quality home that meets Kolter Homes’ requirements.


SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES (IF APPLICABLE):

  • For subcontractors:
  • Interview, select, and train employees.
  • Set rates of pay and hours of work.
  • Address employee complaints, mediate and resolve conflicts.
  • Communicate areas of accountability and performance expected of personnel assigned.
  • Appraise employee performance, and resolve performance issues.
  • Develop individuals for future advancement.
  • Plan, assign and direct the work of employees.
  • Determine the types of equipment to be used in performing work, or materials needed.
  • Monitor work for legal or regulatory compliance.
  • Provide for safety and security of the workplace.
  • Ensure adherence to corporate policies and procedures.
  • Maximize employee morale and productivity.


REQUIRED JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

  • Excellent analytical, creative thinking, leadership, problem-solving, interpersonal, organizational, project management and time management skills.
  • Effectively and professionally communicate (in oral and written form) with internal and external customers.
  • Manage multiple priorities in a timely and professional manner with strong attention to detail with limited supervision.
  • Demonstrate commitment to integrity, company values, customer-focus, and established policies and procedures.
  • Display professional appearance and manner.
  • Extensive experience with framing and custom construction.
  • Proficiency in/Ability to learn:
  • Construction documents and specifications
  • Engineering reports
  • Fabrications and assembly drawings
  • NewStar
  • Builders CMS
  • BuildPro
  • Any other company-based software
  • Microsoft Office
  • Word
  • Excel
  • Outlook
  • PowerPoint
  • Construction
  • Basic CAD drafting abilities.
  • Knowledge of use of a wide variety of measuring instruments and complicated drawings.
  • Interpret plans and communicate the direction of Senior Management to the Architect on any design ideas or changes.


EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

  • Associate Degree preferred. One year of work experience may substitute for one year of the required education up to a maximum of four years substitution. Where substitution is accepted, applicant must demonstrate increased knowledge-base and progressively more challenging work assignments.
  • Minimum of five years related experience in a similar position, preferably with a high volume builder.


WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Fast-paced, growth-focused and dynamic team environment with multiple priorities, stringent accuracy requirements and strict deadlines.

ADA REQUIREMENTS: PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 150 pounds.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required:
  • walk
  • sit
  • stand
  • use hands to finger, handle, or feel
  • reach with hands and arms
  • talk
  • hear
  • climb or balance
  • stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl


VISION REQUIREMENTS

  • Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
  • Distance Vision (clear vision at 20 feet of more)
  • Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)
  • Peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)
  • Depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)
  • Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)


WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • This position works in an environment with a loud noise level. (Examples: jack hammer work, front row at a rock concert.)
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet or humid conditions.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in high precarious places.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to vibrations.


GENERAL INFORMATION:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. The employee is encouraged to ask questions of the supervisor or human resource department regarding this job description and its application. This position description has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of essential job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements, and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. The requirements listed in this document are representative of the minimum levels of knowledge, skills and abilities required for this position.

Management retains the right to add to, modify, delete and/or in any and all respect change the duties, tasks and responsibilities of the position at any time.