Senior Project Specialist - Land

True Homes; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A residential development company is seeking a Senior Project Specialist - Land in Scotland. Responsibilities include managing land development tasks, overseeing construction documents, and coordinating with trade partners to ensure projects meet quality and schedule standards. Candidates should be detail-oriented with strong analytical and communication skills and possess a relevant degree with project experience.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in reading civil site plans and construction documents.
• Skilled in maintaining construction schedules using critical path method.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation required.

Responsibilities

• Provide task status and schedule updates to Land Market Leader.
• Conduct site visits to monitor work quality and progress.
• Review construction documents for design issues and initiate corrective actions.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time-management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

3 years of project coordinator experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Job description

Overview

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The Senior Project Specialist - Land is responsible for providing office and field services by implementing project management systems. The Senior Project Specialist - Land will also execute procedures and policies to effectively monitor, update, and report the status of assigned development tasks and activities during the pre-construction and construction phases in compliance with True Homes land standards. The Senior Project Specialist - Land supports the Land department in the goal of delivering lots that meet the timeliness, quality standards, and cost goals established by the Market Partner - Land and the Operations Partner – Land PMO.

Responsibilities

• Pre-Construction
  • Reviews construction documents and identify potential design issues relative to value engineering and constructability
  • Performs material quantity take off from construction documents
  • Identifies, records, and solves for assumptions, risks, and issues to successfully achieve task/gate conformance in area of expertise
  • Creates standard and project specific development tasks using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and using the construction documents, assumption logs, risk logs, and issue logs; record activities as tasks in the Land Information System
  • Determines development task duration based on historical production rates and records in the Land Information System to create the project schedule and identify the critical path
  • Maintains electronic and paper project files using established policies including required documentation and most recent revisions to construction documents
  • Communicates construction document revisions to project stakeholders
  • Works with Market Partner - Land to create budgets using historical costs and material quantity take offs
  • Maintains historical cost database
  • Assists Land Market Leader in issuing Request for Proposals and preparing proposal comparisons
• Leads Trade Partner interviews during contractor selection process and determine ability to successfully complete project within deadlines
• Prepares Trade Partner Agreements for review and approval and coordinates signatures of Trade Partners and ensures Accounting has all required documentation
• Construction
  • Solves assigned issues and communicate project impact to Land Market Leader
  • Performs regular site visits to review actual task progress against schedule, monitors work quality as defined by Land Development Standards and Lot Grading Standards; records progress and any Land Information System variance and corrects variances in timely manner.
  • Presides over weekly in person meetings with Trade Partners and their subcontractors reviewing schedule, completed tasks, upcoming tasks, assumptions, risks, and issues to ensure schedule and quality conformance
  • Identifies gate non-conformance and determines all alternatives to bring schedule back into conformance and impacts to cost and resource levels; recommends solution to Land Market Leader for approval
  • Works with Trade Partners and subject matter experts to identify all possible alternatives to solve for assigned issues including impact to cost and schedule; make recommendation to Program Manager/Project Manager for approval
  • Adjusts Trade Partner performance for assigned tasks through constructive engagement to complete within assigned durations and achieve gate conformance
• Reviews Trade Partner invoices against contracts, work completed, and job cost reports identifies quality issues and manages correction of deficiencies
• Attends over Lot Turnover Walk with Market Leadership Team to develop and complete punch list in a timely manner
• Monitors progress of surveyor and engineer in the preparation, submittal and approval of as-built record drawings, bonds, and plats to ensure Starts team can obtain permits on or before deadline
• Identifies and oversees earliest opportunity to close and terminate development permits and bonds
• Coordinates, maintains, and reports the issuance of and tracking of capital and maintenance bonds in a timely manner
• Assists Land Market Leader with monthly Lot Releases to Sales
• Perform other duties as needed or required

Results/Accountability

• Provides task status and schedule updates to Land Market Leader using the Land Information System on a weekly basis
• Closes out permits and bonds at earliest opportunity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other technical field and/or 3 years of project coordinator experience in a corporate setting required
• Proficiency in reading civil site plans, utility plans, and construction documents
• Proficiency in reading and administrating construction contracts
• Detailed oriented and superior analytical skills required
• Skilled in developing and maintaining construction schedules using critical path method
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project or other scheduling software required
• Valid driver’s license, current automobile insurance, and reliable personal transportation for occasional regional travel

General Requirements

• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong multitasking and time-management skills
• Must be able to work independently
• Excellent professional written and verbal communication skills
• Extremely organized
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Regularly drive between jobs during the workday
• Comply with all company policies and procedures
• Demonstrate the qualities and character traits as defined in the True Difference

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position at least 50% of the time
• Associate needs to occasionally move about the office to access plans and office equipment, etc.
• Regularly operates a computer and other office equipment
• Ability to traverse homes, residential communities, and ungraded lots
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds without assistance

Working Conditions

While performing the duties of this position, the associate will regularly work in a professional office environment. This position regularly uses standard office equipment. The associate is also regularly exposed to outside weather conditions, which may include wet and/or humid conditions, and extreme cold or extreme heat. The associate is frequently driving between job sites and to the community or corporate office.