Advisor, Construction

Role Overview

Backyard ADU’s Assistant Project Executive is a feeder role to becoming a regional Project Executive. It is expected a successful candidate will stand on their own in 6-12 months. See the full description of the Project Executives position here. Backyard Project Executives have the ability to grow professionally in both direct to consumer residential construction and developer led commercial/multi-family construction.

• Attend and take notes on all feasibility studies and learn about ADU construction requirements
• Attend home sets and learn about modular logistics
• Take sales calls and customer service calls
• Attend client meetings and manage follow up task
• Keep Hubspot client and project cards up to date (project notes, project stage, etc.)
• Independently learn the local rules and regulations in your region.
• Independently learn about water, sewer, electrical services, drainage and other site requirements (under guidance of Backyard)
• Prepare and review construction contracts
• Follow clients through the design/build process from feasibility study to move in.
• Meet and develop relationships with Backyard's

• Able to maintain deep empathy for the client in order to drive their focus on finding the best solutions.
• Able to develop a remote working environment
• Already familiar with Google Work Space, or able to learn it quickly
• Already familiar with Hubspot CRM, or able to learn it quickly
• Competent in Spreadsheets
• Willing to accept feedback, constructive criticism, and direction regarding your roles and responsibilities and performance thereof
• Excited for personal career growth
• Excited about making an impact on housing

• Identify existing water, sewer and electrical connections
• Identify modular and crane constraints
• Demonstrated understanding of financing options for residential construction in general, and ADUs
• Demonstrated ability to talk to clients about budget and financing needs
• Demonstrated ability to talk clients through budget and specification trade-offs
• Demonstrated ability to understand clients desires and accurately communicate them to the project team.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks correctly across sales leads, design clients and construction clients.

• College degree preferred
• Work or extensive personal experience in real estate or construction related field
• Must come from a client-facing background. Consultative sales or advisory experience is preferred.
• Must have a proven track record of managing multiple complex projects at once.

Working hours are flexible in order to balance personal life and client service, e.g. If work can take a Saturday, life can take a Thursday.

• 40 hours of direct project work
• 10 hours Self-Driven Continuing Education expected outside of dedicated project work hours.

Must live in their region (Metro West to Worcester). Work will occur remotely and at client sites.

Base Salary: $65,000 – 85,000 based on prior experience and career level.

• 401k matching
• Employee-paid HSA
• 4-week paid vacation plus national holidays
• Either personal or company phone paid for
• End-of-year profit sharing

If interested in applying, send a resume and cover letter to  If the job is listed as a regional position on our current openings page, please include which region you are applying for.