Construction Manager

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES 

The Construction Manager will oversee all aspects of property renovations and turnover in their assigned region while consistently monitoring key performance indicators, analyzing trends and identifying solutions to enhance operations. They will direct local markets to ensure proper implementation and reinforcement of established policies and procedures. They will assist with training and developing team members and support the goals of FirstKey Homes and the Sr. Director of Construction. They will ensure projects and team members meet or exceed all FirstKey Homes standards of scheduling, budgeting and quality. 

 Essential Duties 

• Monitor KPIs, identify trends, and implement improvements to enhance renovation and turnover performance. 

• Analyze regional spending to drive efficiency. 

• Conduct scope and quality control audits provide real-time feedback to drive improvement based on company standards. 

• Review and approve initial renovation and turn budgets and change orders for accuracy and necessity while overseeing cost controls, including bid templates, unit pricing, and vendor performance. 

• Share best practices across teams to drive performance and support employee growth. 

• Coordinate property acquisitions due diligence, turnovers, and project schedules across functional teams. 

• Leverage operational software and data to track progress and forecast needs. 

• Partner with leadership to pilot and scale new programs and tools. 

• Ensure vendor job completion aligns with pricing, quality, and timeline standards. 

• Build and maintain vendor relationships; in conjunction with Vendor Experience Specialist, lead regular strategic vendor meetings to review vendor related metrics. 

• Drive effective hiring and onboarding of construction team talent. 

• Guide, mentor, and ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, and performance standards. 

• Support internal stakeholders with policy guidance and resolve escalated issues. 

• Communicate updates and procedural changes to teams; ensure clarity and follow-through. 

• Provide communication with internal and external stakeholders to ensure operational alignment. 

• Other responsibilities may be assigned as business needs evolve. 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

WORKING CONDITIONS 

• Primarily working indoors, away from the threat of any weather conditions 

• May sit or stand for several hours at a time and climb up and down stairs multiple times each day 

• Travel within assigned region up to 75% of the time. 

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE 

• Experience in Residential Construction or Renovation required 

• High School Diploma or equivalent 

• High proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook) 

• Experience with building permits and dealing with building officials 

• Proven ability to manage and direct teams in disperse geographic locations to achieve organizational goals 

• Experience in a people leadership capacity 

• Experience with project management, writing and evaluating project specification and scopes of work 

• Knowledge of the property management cycle 

• Experience with managing multiple direct reports 

• Experience using mobile construction technologies (YARDI, Project Services or similar software) 

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE 

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering or equivalent experience 

• Experience with managing projects with budgets up to $50,000 in work scope 

• Experience managing construction projects across multiple states 

• Experience working in a fast pace, high-growth company 

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in a Construction Management role 

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE 

• Team Leadership – Experience leading team of 6-10 

• Building and Construction— Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses or buildings. 

• Design— Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. 

• Administration and Management— Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. 

• Safety – Knowledge and application of safe construction practices, proper PPE use and safe tool/equipment handling procedures. 

REQUIRED SKILLS 

• Active Learning— Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. 

• Critical Thinking— Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. 

• Time Management— Managing one's own time and the time of others. 

• Monitoring— Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. 

• Judgment and Decision Making— Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. 

• Negotiation— Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. 

• Management of Personnel Resources— Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. 

• Management of Financial Resources— Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. 

• Management of Material Resources— Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. 

• Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively. 

• Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. 

WORK STYLES & BEHAVIORS 

• Leadership— Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. 

• Initiative— Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. 

• Dependability— Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. 

• Persistence— Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. 

• Concern for Others— Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. 

• Attention to Detail— Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. 

• Adaptability/Flexibility— Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. 

• Achievement/Effort— Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. 

• Analytical Thinking— Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. 

FirstKey Homes is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected classification or status. 

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