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Residential Project Manager

Manager: Director of Production
Direct Reports: Field Staff

Mastering Your Role: What Success Looks Like

A winning project manager demonstrates a strong commitment to caring for clients, ensuring their needs are met with empathy and attention. Effective communication, both verbal and written, is essential for conveying ideas clearly and building strong relationships. The ability to accomplish work through others, whether by delegating tasks or fostering collaboration, is important for team success. The individual should be results-driven, able to get things done efficiently, and display a strong work ethic. A passion for problem-solving is also crucial, as it enables the individual to navigate challenges and find innovative solutions.

In addition, you will have High School Diploma and/or a degree in construction management with five (5) plus years’ experience in residential remodeling and/or project management; mastery of local Virginia Building Codes and Inspection processes; the ability to read architectural and structural plans; foundation and framing experience; build and run construction schedules that meet the client’s and company’s needs; be proficient with various forms of technology including but not limited to Word, Excel, Outlook, with bonus points but not required for Job Tread, CoConstruct, Blue-beam, Revit, 2020, and Proest.

Your Essential Duties

Office:

• Studies and debugs architectural/structural drawings, building codes, job estimates, trade proposals, take-offs, materials specifications prior to the project start.
• Prepares lumber take-offs for review by the Construction Manager, and work with the Production Coordinator to order material in a timely manner.
• Brief the field team on project and their individual roles and responsibilities.
• Builds, maintains, and coordinates the construction schedules
• Communicates manpower needs, challenges, and requests assistance where needed.
• Approve and codes invoices/work orders/receipts weekly for job cost accounting, generate bi-weekly cost-to-complete reports, maintains daily job logs, and documents construction process with photos as needed.
• Reviews the field team timesheets and reports excessive labor hours immediately.
• Prepares for and attends department, field and company meetings
• Assists with fielding warranty calls and coordinates repairs to ensure warranty commitments to our clients are kept.
• Serves as a liaison between field staff and office staff.

Field

• Attend trade walks, pre-contract meetings for future projects
• First line of communication with the client during the project and holds weekly client meetings, and field team meetings.
• Maintains on-site records including the building permit, permit stamped drawings, construction documents, shop drawings, specifications, etc.
• Schedules, supervises, and clears obstacles/problems for the trades and field team.
• Coordinates material delivery, storage and returns with office staff and/or suppliers.
• Schedules building inspections in a timely manner and meets the Inspectors on site.
• Coordinates minor additional work orders and directs office on postings
• Adheres to job start and close out procedures and ensures field staff does the same.
• Collects and turns in all Project Draws on or before their due dates.
• Performs quality walks with the field team, trade partners, SDB leadership, and the client working towards a ten-item or less punch list.
• Maintains a safe work environment and assures quality control.
• Ensures job-site compliance with OSHA safety policies, EPA lead safe practices, and asbestos remediation policies; and ensures all field team and trade partners adhere to them.
• Sets the example for team members in areas of personal character, commitment, organizational skills, and work habits.

About Schroeder Design Build

Schroeder Design Build is a second-generation family-owned design-build firm that is dedicated to providing quality design and construction services at an extreme value. Our people-centered company employs a diverse team of skilled professionals who not only care deeply about their role in elevating a client’s home remodeling experience but are also empowered to grow personally and professionally, each bringing to the table their full range of professional skills and personal traits that makes them unique and productive contributors to the success of the company.

Our crew, from the office staff to project managers and talented designers, are natural customer service agents; each possessing essential qualities that create positive client experiences. That’s why homeowners can expect open and ongoing communication, active listening, detailed documentation, and prompt follow-through.

The company’s fundamental midwestern values are engrained in its people and guide decision-making—honesty, hard work, great service, innovative design, and quality workmanship. Holding true to these values has allowed the company to produce a consistent quality product, a pleasing workplace, and an outlet for endless creativity.

Visit our website: www.schroederdesignbuild.com for additional job openings.