Director of Construction

We are looking for a veteran in residential custom home building to lead our field team of 4-6 members consisting of 3-4 construction managers, a construction assistant and a service and warranty manager.

1. Quality Control/Build Standards:

• Visit every home each week with the construction mgr (CM) to help oversee work.
• Constantly train field team for their continuous improvement.
• Assists with challenging build issues/questions that CMs run into, including communication with customers, when needed, on said issues to work to amicable solution.
• Create quality and build standards and work with team and trades to implement.
• Enforce quality control (walks w/CMs, help catch mistakes, help identify punch items).
• Work with Director Of Purchasing to hold and increase job profit margins.

2. Schedule:

• Watch and help drive schedule with CMs to get homes completed on time.
• Always aware of jobs falling behind and at 30 day over mark put plan in place.
• Confirm final move in date with clients.
• Punch walk with CMs 30 days before move in.
• Monitor construction mgmt software and our use of it.

3. Construction Managers

• Manage team of 4
• Day to day, training, computers/software, etc.

4. New Starts:

• Assist with selecting framer for each job.
• Participate in framing mtg w/lumber company, CM and framer. This director of construction requires strong knowledge of structural components of a home.
• Perform comprehensive frame walks with CM and framer on each job during framing.

5. Training: Continuous CM training as this is an important part of developing our team for the future

6. Subcontractors: Vet new ones, help manage collisions in schedule.

7. Client: Participate in some client walk-throughs so they feel the love from mgmt, deal w/QC issues, deal with customer issues/complaints as relates to the jobsite/quality, etc.

8. Service: Work with Service Manager to understand common issues to correct.

9. Team: Work closely with other departments to facilitate smooth working relationships (purchasing, project mgmt., design, service).

10. Reporting: Meet with Company President monthly to report status on:

• Schedule: What jobs are delayed and plan to correct.
• Clients: Any issues with clients that President needs to know about.
• Sub: Any issues with sub performance or quality?

Qualifications

• 10 years in custom residential construction industry.
• Leadership qualities: Prefer experience managing a team or at least qualities to do so.
• Very strong structural knowledge.
• Experience with quality control and delivering a high-end product to a client on time.
• Excellent customer service and communication skill