Project Director - Construction

Luxury Custom Home Construction

Buildlabs Custom

Bridgehampton, New York | Projects throughout the Hamptons

Full-Time | In-Person | Office and Job Site Responsibilities

Proposed Base Salary:
Starting at $150,000 annually, based on qualifications and experience

Buildlabs Custom LLC is a luxury custom home builder committed to exceptional craftsmanship, thoughtful design, and innovative construction. Guided by our philosophy of Building Beyond, we bring together skilled professionals, advanced building methods, and disciplined project execution to create homes designed to be loved and built to last.

We are seeking an experienced Project Director to lead our project managers and construction teams across multiple active luxury residential projects throughout the Hamptons.

Reporting to the Executive Director and Managing Partners, the Project Director is responsible for the leadership, administration, coordination, and performance of assigned construction projects from preconstruction through final completion.

This individual will oversee project managers and site leadership, establish clear expectations, and ensure that schedules, budgets, documentation, procurement, and client commitments are actively managed. The position requires regular involvement in both the Bridgehampton office and project sites, with the ability to identify problems early, make sound decisions within established authority, and hold teams accountable for results.

Candidates must have more than five years of experience in luxury custom home building administration. Direct experience overseeing project managers and multiple simultaneous luxury residential construction projects is required.

• Direct project managers, site supervisors, and assigned construction personnel across multiple active projects.
• Establish clear responsibilities, deliverables, reporting expectations, and deadlines for each project team.
• Review project manager performance and ensure timely follow-through on commitments.
• Lead regular project reviews focused on schedules, costs, procurement, quality, outstanding decisions, and risks.
• Resolve coordination issues among project teams and internal departments.
• Evaluate staffing and resource needs across sites and recommend adjustments to the Managing Partners.
• Coach and develop project managers and site leaders while addressing performance concerns promptly.
• Maintain a professional culture of accountability, collaboration, and respect consistent with Buildlabs’ #No
  
  Harm philosophy.

• Oversee project administration from initial handoff through construction and closeout.
• Ensure contracts, scopes of work, schedules, budgets, purchase orders, change orders, and project records are complete and current.
• Establish consistent procedures for meeting minutes, action lists, RFIs, submittals, selections, approvals, and project reporting.
• Ensure current approved drawings and specifications are available to the appropriate teams and revisions are communicated promptly.
• Monitor outstanding administrative items that could delay fieldwork, procurement, billing, or project completion.
• Maintain clear records of decisions, approvals, responsibilities, and changes.
• Ensure project teams consistently use company construction management and document systems.

• Oversee master schedules and detailed project schedules across all assigned sites.
• Challenge unrealistic assumptions, identify dependencies, and ensure schedules reflect actual construction requirements.
• Review look-ahead schedules with project managers and site supervisors.
• Monitor critical milestones,…