Job Overview
A high-end custom residential home contractor is seeking a highly experienced Project Manager to lead and oversee a complex remodeling project in Rancho Santa Fe.
Duties
- Full Project Accountability: Owns every custom home project from start to finish, taking responsibility for results and seeing each issue through to a final resolution.
- Client Relationships: Earns the confidence of discerning homeowners by communicating proactively, staying responsive, acting with professionalism, and being open and honest at every stage of the custom home building process.
- Construction Knowledge: Brings a solid working knowledge of custom home building methods, sequencing, plans, specifications, inspections, and quality standards across all trades.
- Budget & Schedule Control: Keeps budgets, costs, timelines, purchasing, scope changes, and change orders on track and well documented across complex custom home projects.
- Quality Assurance: Has an eye for the exceptional craftsmanship expected in luxury custom homes and spots defects early, before they grow into bigger and costlier problems.
- Trade Partner Management: Develops strong relationships with subcontractors while holding them to the agreed schedule, quality expectations, and company standards for luxury custom home building.
- Anticipating & Solving Problems: Foresees potential issues, comes up with practical solutions, and keeps custom home projects moving forward without needless escalation.
What You'll Do
- Lead luxury custom home projects from preconstruction kickoff through the final walkthrough and closeout.
- Act as the main day-to-day contact for clients, keeping them informed on progress, schedule, selections, and budget.
- Develop and maintain project schedules, coordinating trades, material deliveries, inspections, and key milestones.
- Build and manage project budgets, monitor costs, and oversee change orders from request to approval.
- Use construction management software (such as Buildertrend****) to manage schedules, daily logs, budgets, selections, change orders, and client communication.
- Direct subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers, holding them accountable for quality workmanship and on-time performance.
- Perform regular quality-control inspections across framing, plumbing, electrical, tile, millwork, finishes, and all other trades.
- Review plans, scopes of work, and selections ahead of time to catch conflicts before they reach the field.
- Oversee purchasing, material orders, and deliveries, including long-lead and custom items.
- Coordinate permits and inspections, and keep communication flowing with designers, architects, engineers, and local building officials.
- Follow and help refine company standard operating procedures (SOPs), and support the growth and development of the Project Coordinator.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience managing high end residential construction projects including remodels, custom homes, and additions
- Experience working with affluent clients
- Extensive knowledge of construction methods, sequencing, codes, inspections, and quality standards.
- Demonstrated ability to read blueprints and technical drawings accurately; experience with blueprint reading is essential.
- Hands-on construction site experience with a thorough understanding of safety standards and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to manage teams effectively in a fast-paced environment; proven success in managing subcontractors and vendors.
- Strong organizational skills with exceptional time management capabilities; ability to prioritize tasks efficiently under tight deadlines.
- Knowledge of construction regulations at local, state/provincial levels; commitment to maintaining a safe work environment at all times.
Details:
- Full time on-site, Monday-Friday 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM, flexibility for time sensitive client or job matters
- Competitive salary based on experience
