Area Construction Manager

Manuel Builders; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Manuel Builders is seeking an Area Construction Manager to lead field teams, supervise Superintendents and trade partners, and drive production across our Houston markets. You will own budgets, schedules, and the customer experience, ensuring homes are built to spec on time and within cost.

This role emphasizes field leadership, quality, and proactive problem solving to raise the bar in residential construction.

Qualifications

• High school education or equivalent.
• 3-5 years construction or residential building experience, preferably new home construction.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and lift up to 100 lbs as part of field duties.

Responsibilities

• Lead Superintendents, trade partners, and production efforts across markets.
• Keep homes on budget by monitoring costs and negotiating pricing with partners.
• Drive schedules and milestones to ensure timely closings and deliveries.
• Inspect homes during construction and maintain strong customer communications.
• Coach and hold trade partners to company standards to ensure quality and accountability.

Skills

Leadership

Residential construction

Budget management

Schedule management

Quality control

Customer experience

Education

High school or equivalent

Job description

Description

WE’RE HIRING: Area CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

Can you lead the build, manage the budget, hold the schedule, and still deliver an exceptional customer experience?

If you're a construction leader who knows that building a great home takes more than managing a job site, we want to talk to you.

We’re looking for a Construction Production Leader to lead our Superintendents, trade partners, and production efforts across our markets. This role is for someone who can see the big picture while still paying attention to the details that make or break a home, a budget, a schedule, and a customer experience.

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

Budget Performance
Keep homes on or under budget. Monitor VPOs, identify issues early, negotiate pricing, and hold Superintendents and trade partners accountable for smart decisions in the field.

Schedule & Production
Keep homes moving and closings on track. Ensure schedules are being properly managed, milestones are met, and homes are delivered on or ahead of budgeted production days.

Quality & Customer Satisfaction
Inspect homes throughout the construction process, build strong relationships with customers, proactively communicate progress, and solve problems before they become problems.

Trade Partner Management
Coach, challenge, and hold trade partners accountable to our standards. Work closely with Purchasing to ensure we have the right partners, the right capacity, and the right people on every job.

?? Process Improvement
Follow proven processes— but don't be afraid to challenge them. We want someone who can identify inefficiencies, recommend better solutions, and help us continuously improve.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

You might be the perfect fit if you:

• ? Know how to lead people and hold teams accountable
• ? Understand residential construction from the ground up
• ? Can manage budgets, schedules, quality, and customer expectations simultaneously
• ? Aren’t afraid to have difficult conversations when standards aren’t being met
• ? Believe trade relationships and accountability can coexist
• ? Solve problems creatively instead of simply passing them along
• ? Take ownership and don't wait for someone else to fix the issue
• ? Understand that every day and every dollar matters

THIS ISN’T A DESK JOB

You’ll be in the field, on job sites, working with Superintendents, trade partners, customers, and internal teams to make sure we deliver what we promise:

High-quality homes. On schedule. On budget. With an experience our customers will remember.

If you're ready to lead, coach, challenge, problem-solve, and raise the bar for residential construction production…

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• High school education or equivalent
• 3-5 years construction or residential building experience, preferably new home construction

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 essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, feel, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Technical knowledge and skills

• Stays up to date on the basic concepts and methods used by trade partners including framing, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC
• Is knowledgeable of all governmental regulations related to the development of land or construction of homes within a respective jurisdiction

Work environment and schedule:

• Normal business hours: Monday - Thursday (7 am – 5 pm); Friday (7 am – 12 pm)
• Periodic night and weekend work may be necessary
• Serves the Greater Houston area