Administrative Assistant - Elevate

Drees Homes is a family-owned home builder with a passion for making custom homes easy. For over 95 years, we've cared for our employees and customers— earning recognition as the 18th largest privately owned builder in the country and building a culture of long-tenured employees. We are proud to be a five-time U.S. Best Managed Company (2022–2026), a distinction sponsored by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, and to be Great Place to Work® certified for the past four years. Enrich your career at a company that values integrity, excellence, opportunity, stability, and success. Headquartered in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, Drees operates in twelve metropolitan areas: Greater Cincinnati (including Northern Kentucky), Cleveland, and Columbus, Ohio; Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Jacksonville, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and update monthly and weekly sales, and starts reports.
• Attend and participate in all starts meetings and follow-up on any outstanding documents.
• Assist in gathering documentation and verifying requirements for permitting and HOA applications.
• Assist in processing, submitting and tracking these applications.
• Coordinate with our customers’ loan departments to prepare documents for construction loan closings and draw requests.
• Collect and log all earnest money checks and any money for options and lot deposits; order and track construction loan draw requests.
• Assist the Market Manager by printing price sheets, community information sheets, inventory sheets, and plat maps from My Marketing Templates and DreamBuilder.
• Participate in any marketing projects such as Realtor/community events, mailings, telephoning, addressing, researching, etc.
• Schedule closings and gather closing gifts.
• Forward all pertinent information to Architecture for drafting purposes.
• Act as liaison between Market Manager and Operations.
• Monitor all change order requests, including standard priced and special priced items.
• Audit files and produce final bills to be released to the Closing Department.
• Other duties as assigned by the Elevate General Manager.

Requirements

• Experience working in residential loan processing, title work, and/or permitting.
• High school diploma required; college degree is a plus.

Skills

• Strong technical skills including Excel, Word, and PDF editors.
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational and follow‑up skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Life, AD&D, and critical illness insurance.
• Wellness rewards.
• 401(k) savings plan.
• Profit Sharing.
• Paid time off increasing with tenure.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Long and short disability and parental leave.
• Employee discount program on the purchase of a Drees Home.
• Employee Assistance Program.