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Director of Tradework

CLEAR CONSTRUCTION INC
Santa Barbara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/17/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/15/2025

About Us:


Clear Construction’s mission is to simplify the complexity of construction through thoughtful, personalized collaboration. Our vertically integrated approach values attention to detail and sophistication unmatched by competitors. We are a team of hardworking and communicative professionals who take pride in understanding our clients’ desires and making them a reality—trust is just one of the things we build well.


The Role

The Director of Tradework is responsible for managing the performance, structure, and resources of the Tradework team, with a strong emphasis on subcontractor management and field operations. The Director must also contribute to fulfilling Clear Tradework’s overall leadership goals by optimizing workforce operations, subcontracting logistics, and post-construction homeowner services. The ideal candidate will also drive company growth through market analysis and acquisition of subcontracted trades, and innovative sales strategies.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Identify, evaluate, and acquire subcontractors to support ongoing projects. Conduct regular analysis of market trends, labor costs, and service gaps to guide business decisions.
  • Manage the integration of acquired subcontractors, including contract negotiation.
  • Oversee work assignments for subcontractors, ensuring adherence to standards and timelines.
  • Monitor and analyze sales performance, providing actionable insights.
  • Negotiate contracts and agreements. Manage post-construction homeowner maintenance contracts, including scheduling and fulfillment.
  • Identify opportunities to expand homeowner services and revenue streams.
  • Oversee scheduling, workload allocation, and performance management for Tradework team members and subcontractors.
  • Manage staffing, including interviewing, hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and disciplinary actions. Develop contingency plans for labor shortages, supply chain issues, or emergency needs.
  • Lead, mentor, and manage the Tradework team, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration.
  • Develop and refine SOPs to document and enforce operational processes.
  • Maintain and monitor project schedules to optimize staffing and subcontractor performance.


Qualification and Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Construction Management, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 7 years of experience in construction operations, subcontractor management, or related roles.
  • Proven leadership skills, including recruiting, hiring, and performance management
  • Strong understanding of logistics, scheduling, and contract management.
  • Familiarity with market analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and business integration
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
  • Proficiency in project management tools, scheduling software, Procore, MS Project and Microsoft Office Suite.


Travel Time Required

50% (this is an estimated amount)


Core Values

Must be able to exhibit and continuously demonstrate our Company's core values in any situation.


Passion
- Care for our clients, our work, and our company.

Brilliance - Be bright, be positive, be exceptional.

Precision - Absolutely no detail is too small or unimportant.

Persistence - The greater the pressure, the brighter the diamond.


Benefits
  • Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
  • 401(k)
  • Paid time off and sick pay
  • Mileage, tool, cell phone reimbursement
  • Referral program
  • Competitive pay with yearly reviews
  • Opportunity for Growth
  • Tuition Reimbursement


Typical Working Conditions

Work performed in a combination of an office and rare field environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and the risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. In some instances, this job may require work in areas where ear, eye, and hard hats for protection are necessary.


Essential Physical Tasks

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, stand, sit, bend, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, drive, talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.


Statement of Employer's Rights

This job description does not list all of the duties of this position. You may be asked by management to perform other duties. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the tasks listed in this job description.


Clear Construction has the right to revise this job description at any time. This job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the Company may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.

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