Area Construction Manager. This person will manage new home construction for an assigned area, ensuring homes are delivered according to specified cycle time, within allotted budgets, and achieve division and company customer satisfaction goals.

FUNDAMENTAL JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Personnel Management

• Recruit, interview, and hire area construction personnel
• Ensure the thorough training of all area construction personnel, i.e. technical training; scopes-of-work, warranty specifications, and customer satisfaction.
• Continually assess the educational needs of construction personnel and provide internal or external training as necessary.
• Conduct quarterly Growth Reviews with Construction Managers; set goals.
• Resolve any employee questions or issues; handle performance problems as necessary.
• Generate and monitor monthly management reports reflecting pertinent employee data, i.e. Customer satisfaction, cycle time, quality inspections, budgets, etc.
• Meet with Construction Managers, Project Managers and Customer Care to discuss pertinent issues and maintain open communication.
• Establish and maintain a career path system for Construction to promote growth opportunities.
• Make determinations and set criteria on financial incentives to be given to construction personnel.
• Handle personnel terminations, (after reviewing information with management).
• Continually review and value engineer plans; make recommendations for improvements/changes.
• Work with all departments, as necessary, to produce plans and specifications within established time frames.
• Review and ensure the accuracy, completeness of all plans. Standardize all plans to the highest extent possible.
• Monitor construction activity to ensure homes are started within the established parameters for both pre-sold and showcase homes.
• Track and monitor Accounting Release process and performance.
• Monitor the Start Status Report and recommend priorities.
• Release homes per established slotting schedule to ensure proper sequencing of starts and closings.
• Monitor the construction personnel's use of the weekly schedule to maximize utilization across the Area/Division.
• Maintain a master schedule and weekly production report for key phases of construction to ensure contractor availability and even flow construction.
• Monitor cycle time to ensure division goals for building cycle time are met.