Assistant Construction Manager

• Coordinate, schedule, and inspect all trades and phases of residential construction activity under the direction of the Construction Manager.
• Communicate and enforce safety, SWPPP, jobsite cleanup, Meritage quality, and scope of work standards to subcontractors and their workers.
• Walk each home twice daily, monitor construction progress, and verify material deliveries as necessary; elevate areas of concern to the Construction Manager.
• Coordinate, schedule, and accompany city, utility, and third party inspectors.
• Conduct multiple pre and post closing orientations and interactions with buyers, including assessing, scheduling, performing, and supervising warranty repairs.
• Prepare punch lists at various phases of construction, manage subcontractors to complete work items, and perform and supervise preparation and detail work as needed prior to completion of home construction.
• Work with the Construction Manager, Area Construction Manager, Customer Care (Warranty) Department, and Sales Associates as a team to maximize subcontractor efficiency, maintain strong City relationships, meet schedules, satisfy Buyers, and deliver a high quality home.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required. College coursework in Construction Management preferred.
• Minimum 2 years residential construction or customer service experience with some supervisory or project oversight experience preferred.
• Understanding of home construction processes, work sequence, scheduling, and building codes.
• Ability to read and understand architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical plans, scopes of work, community features, and Buyer option selections.
• Basic Microsoft Word and Excel capability. Experience in Hyphen (BuildPro) a plus.
• Problem and conflict resolution skills, ability to prioritize work tasks, and teamwork and customer satisfaction orientation is required.

Overview

Meritage Homes is focused on delivering a Life.Built.Better.® and is committed to building energy-efficient and affordable entry-level and first move-up homes across the US. The company was certified a Great Place To Work for a second year in a row and is ranked on Fortune’s Best Workplaces listings in the categories of Construction, Women and Parents. Meritage has delivered over 200,000 homes in its 40-year history and has a reputation for distinctive style, quality construction, and award-winning customer experience.

When joining Meritage Homes, you and your career can benefit from a work environment that encourages creativity and innovative ideas, an organization that lives by its core values, a team atmosphere, state of the art technology, a competitive pay structure, strong benefits, flexibility in work-life integration, and opportunity to further your career in a growing national organization.