Location
Sarasota, FL | United States
Job description
Vice President of Construction
Seeking a purpose driven, intelligent and organized professional to assume responsibility for the companies construction and lot preparation activities, as its Vice President of Construction. This is a unique opportunity to join a dedicated team, with a shared vision that everyone deserves a decent place to live, while making a meaningful impact building affordable single-family homes to serve families in Sarasota. In this position you will build homes, help provide affordable mortgage financing, provide homebuyer education and sell homes to eligible homebuyers based on income, need and ability to repay. The successful candidate will join an award-winning professional, cohesive, team-friendly organization that has a record of delivering on its promises and the unique opportunity to be the leading affordable home builder in Sarasota.
Expectations and Attributes
The successful candidate will ensure costs are controlled, and completion dates are met, while achieving
100% customer satisfaction.
- Oversee all field and construction purchasing activities.
- Coordinate lot preparation, which may include overseeing rezoning efforts, obtaining tree removal
permits, lot clearing and filling. - Subcontract and coordinate with construction trades
- Manage construction schedules and foster teamwork with trade partners.
- Ensure inspections, site security, site safety, are met.
- Ability and willingness to work outside of normal business hours to meet goals when necessary.
- Build and maintain excellent relationships with subcontractors and homeowners.
- Always act in a professional and ethical manner
- Work collaboratively with President and CEO to establish construction schedules based on
funding deadlines, commitments, goals, and homeowner services candidate pipeline. - Excellent planning and organizational skills including the ability to anticipate challenges, set
priorities, meet deadlines, and function smoothly under deadlines, and shifting priorities. - Ability to follow a construction schedule, coordinate suppliers, subcontractors, staff, and
volunteers to meet deadlines. - Ability to lead others, communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, and adapt to HFHS
culture. - Proficient with MS Office and construction management software
- Ability to utilize smart phone, tablet, or laptop.
- Must be able to read, understand, interpret, construction documents, plans, specifications, and
scopes of work, with knowledge of all phases of home construction and applicable building codes. - This position is less than 10% field work
- Two to three direct reports building 12-15 homes annually along with 30 rehabs
Benefits:
- Base compensation between $125k-$150k
- Bonus potential $20-$50k
- 100% health and dental covered for employee only
- Generous PTO starting with three weeks and hitting four weeks Jan 2025
- Less than 10% field work
Requirements:
- 10+ years experience within the single family home building industry in Florida(30+ preferred)
- Knowledge of and capable of performing all pre-construction activities
- Land acquisition experience is preferred
- Prior experience and able to lead construction managers
- Prefers less than 10% field work
- Understands and has experience with zoning, steps for infill lots, permits, determination letter, water, sewer, utilities, set back, arborist for trees, engineering stamps, load calculations, specs and getting bids
- Commercial construction experience is not required and is not considered highly beneficial for this position unless early in your career
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