Project Manager - Custom Homes & Luxury Renovation

Stonewood LLC; Wayzata (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stonewood, LLC in Wayzata, MN, seeks a Project Manager / Builder for custom homes and major remodels. You own projects from start to warranty, handling budget, schedule, trades, quality, and client relationships.

This role is hands-on with real autonomy and collaboration with our pre-construction and production teams. Expect to manage two to four projects, blend ground-up builds with remodels around Lake Minnetonka communities, and lead site meetings with designers and clients.

Qualifications

• 7+ years managing high-end residential construction, custom homes or major remodels.
• Deep knowledge of residential construction methods, sequencing, building codes and inspections.
• Strong command of project financials: budgets, purchase orders, changes, and cost tracking.
• Ability to read and coordinate detailed architectural/structural drawings and spot conflicts.
• Excellent collaboration with clients, architects and designers.

Responsibilities

• Budget and change order management with client honesty and accuracy.
• Site supervision and quality control on a daily basis.
• Trade partner and vendor management, scheduling, and scope adherence.
• Client, architect and designer communication as the primary point of contact during construction.
• Build and maintain a realistic construction schedule; manage long-lead items and deadlines.
• Coordinate municipal inspections and ensure code compliance across jurisdictions.
• Maintain accurate project records and report project health regularly.
• Closeout and warranty handoff with a thorough punch process.
• Mentor field staff and junior PMs to strengthen the team.

Skills

7+ years experience in high-end resi.构

Budgeting & cost control

Site supervision

Reading drawings & specs

Client/architect communication

Scheduling & trade coordination

BuildTools proficiency

Tools

BuildTools

Construction management software

Job description

Stonewood, LLC - Wayzata, MN

You’ve run enough jobs to know the difference between a schedule that looks good on paper and one that actually holds. You know which framer to call when the drawings change on a Friday, how to walk a client through a $40,000 decision without losing the relationship, and what a truly flat wall looks like before the drywall crew tells you it’s done.

If you're the builder people call when the project has to be right, keep reading.

About Stonewood

Project Manager / Builder - Custom Homes & Remodeling

Stonewood, LLC - Wayzata, MN

You’ve run enough jobs to know the difference between a schedule that looks good on paper and one that actually holds. You know which framer to call when the drawings change on a Friday, how to walk a client through a $40,000 decision without losing the relationship, and what a truly flat wall looks like before the drywall crew tells you it’s done.

If you're the builder people call when the project has to be right, keep reading.

Stonewood has been building in the west metro since 1947 - four generations of the same family, still headquartered in Wayzata, still building the kind of homes that outlast the people who build them. We do ground-up custom homes and significant remodels for clients on Lake Minnetonka, in Orono, Medina, Wayzata, Deephaven, Edina, and the Minneapolis lakes neighborhoods. Most of our work comes from architects, designers, and past clients who’ve seen how we operate.

We are also unusually serious about how construction gets managed. Our project management platform, BuildTools, was built inside this company by builders who were tired of running jobs out of spreadsheets and email. You'll have real tools, real data, and a team that expects you to use both.

Our core values:

• Ethical
• Motivating positive attitude
• Passionate about details and consistency
• Humble
• Take initiative and drive to completion

Learn more at stonewood.com

The Role

This is a combined project manager and construction supervisor position - a builder’s job, not a desk job. You own the project from the start of construction through final walkthrough and warranty: the budget, the schedule, the trades, the quality, and the client relationship. You are the face of Stonewood on that job site.

What you won’t do is carry all of it alone. Our pre-construction team handles estimating, bidding, and design-phase coordination, so projects arrive in your hands scoped and budgeted rather than half-guessed. Our production staff supports purchasing, vendor compliance, and scheduling infrastructure behind you. You run your jobs with real autonomy - but you're not out there improvising by yourself.

Expect to run two to four projects at a time depending on size and complexity, with a mix of custom homes and high-end remodels.

What You’ll Own

Budget and change orders. Manage the project budget line by line. Identify scope changes early, price them accurately, get them approved before the work happens, and keep the client’s number honest all the way to closeout.

Site supervision and quality control. Daily presence on your job sites. Set the standard for the trades, catch problems at rough-in rather than at punch list, and hold the line on the details that separate a Stonewood house from a nice house.

Trade partner and vendor management. Coordinate subcontractors and suppliers, hold them to schedule and scope, and build the kind of relationships that get you the A-crew when you need it.

Client, architect, and designer communication. You are the primary point of contact during construction. Lead weekly site meetings, keep the design team aligned, and communicate proactively - especially when the news isn’t good.

Scheduling. Build and maintain a real construction schedule, sequence the trades, and manage long-lead items and selections deadlines so the job never waits on a decision that should have been made in March.

Code compliance and inspections. Coordinate municipal inspections across multiple west metro jurisdictions, each with their own personality, and keep the project compliant from permit through CO.

Documentation and reporting. Maintain accurate, current project records - daily logs, RFIs, submittals, selections, change orders, and report project health to leadership on a regular cadence.

Closeout and warranty. Run a disciplined punch process, deliver a complete homeowner handoff, and stand behind the work afterward.

Team. Mentor field staff and junior PMs, share what you know, and make the group better than you found it.

What You Bring

• 7+ years managing high-end residential construction - custom homes, significant remodels, or both. Ground-up custom home experience is strongly preferred.
• Deep working knowledge of residential construction methods, sequencing, building codes, and inspection processes.
• Command of project financials: budgets, purchase orders, change orders, and cost tracking.
• Comfort reading and coordinating detailed architectural and structural drawings, and the judgment to spot conflicts before they get framed.
• Proficiency with construction management software and a genuine willingness to work in a system rather than around it.
• Excellent verbal and written communication. Sophisticated clients and design partners, high expectations, long timelines.
• Ability to navigate active construction sites, including ladders, scaffolding, and unfinished conditions.
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation between job sites across the west metro.

Who Succeeds Here

The people who thrive at Stonewood are self-directed but not solo operators. They’re detail-obsessed without being rigid. They tell clients the truth early. They treat trade partners like partners. They take ownership of a problem the moment they see it, whether or not it’s technically theirs - and they'd rather do it right than do it twice.

If high performance to you means genuinely caring about the people, the process, and the product, you'll fit here.

Stonewood, LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Stonewood, LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.