Construction Manager - North Job at International Association of Plumbing and Me

Overview

We are looking for individuals who have detailed functional knowledge and understanding managing assets, portfolios, performing home inspections, and experience leading teams to oversee residential construction rehab projects including expertise in identifying and executing repairs necessary to bring the home to meet company standards, and create a safe and enjoyable habitat for prospective tenants.

Your key objective is to ensure your region meets the company’s and department KPI’s for the time and efficiency of completing property inspections, preparation of repair bids to Company standards using approved pricing and leading all aspects of the rehab process including selection and oversight of approved vendors/contractors, timeline management of the repair project, and quality assurance.

This role has responsibility for our North region that includes Indianapolis (IN), Memphis (TN), Pittsburg (PA) and St. Louis (MO). You may live in any of those respective markets.

The Role

This position includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Help assist the Regional Construction Managers responsibility for the overall performance of their assigned regions, which is measured but not limited to, Time, Cost and Quality of construction.
• Ensuring your teams are performing timely inspections that meets agreed timeline standards, and company property standards. May also need to perform inspections from time to time.
• Perform revisions to scopes by coordinating with the Asset Management Team prior to approval
• Make recommendations on engaging and terminating vendors and contractors to use on each project or job by working with supervisor and vendor procurement teams.
• Oversee and ensure all inventory counts are accurate and reported to supply chain in accordance with their periodicity.
• Coordinate with supply chain and vendor procurement teams to ensure your regions have set vendor capacity in areas as needed to help mitigate vendor issues, including RFPs.
• Be available for all team meetings to include bringing relevant information to RFP meeting to negotiate with asset and supply chain with recommended pricing adjustments for price list. To include revision of ender catalogue after meeting to ensure all updates have been added to our pricing on ender.
• Effectively and efficiently assign the approved renovations to third party vendors, ensure equal and fair job assignments, while maintaining productive ongoing relationships.
• Ensure employees, vendors and contractors are held accountable for quality, completeness, and timely work.
• Property condition management – Ensuring each team/employee performs specific repair and/or securing work such as rekeying of properties within the required timeframe.
• Daily monitoring, updating and reporting through the property management system to keep current on status and next steps for all assigned properties, including running the weekly in-repair report on Monday and Thursday with report to regional.
• Review COs for accuracy and validity; include review of scope to ensure scope was accurate and how or why items were missed. Set individual meetings for coaching and escalate to regional or HR if needed.
• Ensuring the renovations are on track and will meet deadlines by holding staff and vendors accountable for documenting the rehab process including "before" and "after" photos, and timestamped descriptive notes. Include reviewing all checklists, completion photos, smart devices have been completed and installed, with report to regional where needed.
• Pull any completions that do not meet our standards. Set up time for coaching on completions and further training where applicable.
• Meet with field staff and provide accurate weekly and monthly rehab completion projections to management.
• Meet with field staff quarterly to review and discuss individual performance to include KPIs, benchmarks and setting expectations.
• Quarterly market visits to evaluate employees and marketed home audits for QC with report to regional.

Qualifications and Experience

• HS Diploma required with College Degree preferred
• 5 - 10 years of residential construction, property inspection experience with vocational/technical school a plus
• Demonstrated ability to create and manage budgets and to negotiate contracts
• Deep knowledge of local and national building/property management codes
• 5+ years of excellent leadership and management skills with a focus on customer service
• Ability to effectively manage and execute on multiple activities in a fast-paced work environment
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication and reading skills
• General knowledge of plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and HVAC
• Strong organizational and time-management skills for both self and others to consistently meet goals and deadlines while maintaining quality
• Computer Skills including proficiency with Microsoft Outlook and Excel
• Must have a current and valid driver\'s license
• Proactive, self-directed, and highly motivated

Additional Information

• This role routinely uses standard office equipment and computers.
• This role requires travel to our properties across multiple regions and may be physically demanding. Physical demands representative of requirements to successfully perform the essential functions of this job include the ability to perform duties such as the following for prolonged periods:
  • Unassisted lifting up to 50 pounds, bending, walking, kneeling, stretching
  • Work on step ladders and/or extension ladders up to 30 feet
  • Work in confined spaces, indoors and outdoors in all climates including unclean environments with fumes, dust, and poor ventilation
• It is expected that all duties are performed in a safe manner
• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time.
• Days of work are Monday through Friday with occasional evening and weekend hours as job duties demand.