Construction Manager

New Construction Manager – Residential & Light Commercial Plumbing

PF Plumbing – Winston-Salem, NC

Job Type: Full-Time, Salaried
Schedule: Monday–Friday; extended hours may be required during peak season
Department: New Construction – Plumbing
Benefits/Perks: Company vehicle, company phone and fuel card

PF Plumbing is seeking an experienced New Construction Manager to take ownership of our residential and commercial new construction plumbing business from bid through final inspection
.

This is a leadership position for someone who understands both the business and field sides of new construction plumbing
. You will be responsible for winning work, ensuring jobs are priced for profitability, managing schedules and production, and leading our Field Managers and Estimator.

You will also serve as a key point of contact for builders, general contractors and superintendents.

Success in this role means maintaining a strong bid pipeline, hitting builder schedules, delivering quality plumbing installations and protecting job margins from bid through closeout.

• Build and maintain relationships with production builders, custom builders, general contractors and developers

• Own the new construction pipeline and identify new opportunities

• Get PF Plumbing added to builder and contractor bid lists

• Track bids from invitation through award

• Set pricing strategy and approve bids and proposals

• Review margins, exclusions and change-order terms before proposals are submitted

• Walk plans with builders and negotiate scope, pricing and payment terms

• Close contracts and ensure awarded projects are properly handed off

• Follow up on lost bids to understand why the work was not awarded

• Grow repeat business by winning additional communities, phases and plans with existing builders

• Maintain an accurate and current bid board

• Assign and prioritize bids based on value and likelihood of winning the work

• Establish turnaround expectations for takeoffs and proposals

• Hold the Estimator accountable for bid deadlines

• Review takeoffs, material counts, labor hours and pricing for accuracy

• Maintain labor units, material pricing, markup and overhead factors

• Keep material pricing current with suppliers

• Update open bids when material costs change

• Compare estimated versus actual costs on completed jobs

• Adjust estimating models when jobs miss projected costs or margins

• Coach the Estimator on plan reading, plumbing codes, scope gaps and exclusions

• Conduct weekly one-on-one meetings with the Estimator

• Assist directly with estimating when workload requires it

• Build and manage the master schedule across all active new construction projects

• Coordinate underground, rough-in, top-out and trim/final phases

• Communicate with builder superintendents weekly to confirm job readiness

• Balance crews and workloads across Field Managers

• Ensure builder deadlines and scheduled completion dates are met

• Handle day-to-day challenges including callouts, weather, missing materials and job-site issues

• Forecast labor needs 30–90 days in advance

• Communicate future hiring needs to the General Manager

• Visit active job sites regularly

• Be present for initial phases when beginning work with a new builder

• Set daily and weekly priorities for Field Managers

• Conduct weekly production meetings

• Hold Field Managers accountable for crew productivity, labor hours, quality and job-site conduct

• Conduct weekly one-on-one meetings with Field Managers

• Coach and develop field leadership

• Handle performance reviews and corrective action when necessary

• Support hiring, onboarding and training of plumbers and apprentices

• Help create development paths from helper to lead positions

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