Construction Manager

Smith Douglas Homes; Gadsden (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Smith Douglas Homes is seeking an experienced Construction Manager for the north Alabama/Sand Mountain region. You will oversee home construction with SMART schedules, manage trade partners, track progress, and ensure quality, safety, and on-time delivery to create exceptional customer experiences.

You will collaborate with sales and trade partners, maintain budgets, and uphold the company's mission in a family-style work environment. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of residential construction management experience.
• Proven ability to monitor and manage trade partner performance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or related field is helpful.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and internet tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead construction of homes with SMART-generated schedule.
• Plan frame start and monitor progress.
• Inspect foundations, framing, and QC.
• Ensure trades meet scope and schedule.
• Maintain safety and quality standards.
• Coordinate with sales and customers.
• Manage costs to meet budgets.

Skills

Organizational skills

Budget management

Customer service

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Follow up with trades partners

Ability to learn SMART

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or related field

High School diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Internet

SMART (Proprietary software)

Job description

At Smith Douglas Homes, we pride ourselves on being one of the fastest growing home building companies in the country. We are looking for an experienced Construction Manager to join our team in the north Alabama region of our division, specifically in the Sand Mountain region. Smith Douglas Homes is proud to offer a competitive benefits package to our employees as well as a family type work environment.

Position Summary

As Construction Manager, you’ll maximize your highly honed relationship building skills and home building expertise on a daily basis. Working with our trusted trade partners, sales and construction team, you’ll assume ownership of the home building process within a Smith Douglas Homes community. You’ll utilize your vast industry experience to ensure that our homes are built within schedule and to the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and cost control.

Most importantly, through regular interaction with our buyers, you’ll earn their coveted trust as they experience the excitement of watching their home being built. Your organization skills, attention to detail and adherence to the build schedule will assure outstanding customer service resulting in excellent quality scores. As a Smith Douglas Homes Construction Manager, you will take great pride in assuring that your hard work results in making a positive impact on a family’s future.

You’ll play an integral part of living our mission: To enhance the quality of people’s lives

What you’ll do

• Use SMART to retrieve reports required for job.
• Manage the construction of homes by using SMART generated schedule.
• Plan frame start and monitor progress.
• Check/count material to verify quantities against a PO.
• Complete municipality and internal inspections (foundation, framing and QC).
• Ensure that Trade Partners’ work is up to spec (scope of work) and complete as per schedule.
• Identify Trade Partners with delinquencies and negotiate completion as per schedule.
• Hold trades accountable for inadequate performance.
• Work with trades to find a win-win scenario when an issue occurs.
• Identify need for new Trade Partner when necessary.
• Ensure homes meet quality and construction standards and printed specifications.
• Manage cost to meet budgets.
• Determine net cost of VPO and negotiate re-work when necessary.
• Achieve acceptance of home through quality assurance process.
• Perform homeowner orientations and acceptance walks with customers.
• Work with Sales Agents to resolve customer concerns, attend weekly community meeting.
• Obtain Building C.O.
• Ensure community cleanliness.
• Convert model home as required for sale.
• Review and enforce work place safety requirements. (Logging infractions and incidents)
• Keep an accurate record of Rain events with-in the community

Job Requirements

Education

• High School.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or related field is helpful.

Experience

• Minimum of three years construction management experience, residential preferred.
• Proven ability to monitor and manage trade partner performance.

Computer Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Internet
• Ability to learn SMART (Proprietary software)

Other Skills

• Organizational skills
• Ability to follow up with trades partners
• Budget management
• Customer Service
• Time management
• Interpersonal skills

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and a certified Drug Free Workplace.

About Smith Douglas Homes

New home builder, Smith Douglas was recently recognized by Builder Magazine as the 32nd largest builder in the Builder Top 100 Rankings. With over 40 years of industry experience, our mission is to enhance people’s quality of life, providing our customers with the opportunity to own a quality-built, value-packed new home. Through our proven, disciplined operations, we reduce costs and deliver quality craftsmanship, which translates into a well-constructed and affordable home.

We are proud to be a certified Great Place to Work!

Our mantra: “It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you don’t care who gets the credit!”