Construction Trainee

At Smith Douglas Homes, we pride ourselves on being one of the fastest growing, privately owned home building companies in the country. We are looking for a Construction Manager Trainee to join our team in the Birmingham, Alabama metro area. Smith Douglas Homes is proud to offer a competitive benefits package to our employees as well as a family type work environment.

This position will assist the Construction Manager in the completion of homes to the highest standards of quality, efficiency, cost control, and customer satisfaction.

• Oversee community in Construction Manager’s (CM) absence (i.e. weekly meetings, vacation, illness, homeowner orientations, etc.)
• Meet with County/City Inspectors if builder is unavailable
• Call in inspections in Construction Manager’s absence
• Send the request to move schedules to Area Manager
• Assist CM with punch-out of homes for QC walks and Homeowner sign offs.
• Meet with and sign off on deliveries of materials when needed
• Attend Quality Assurance walk and follow up to ensure Quality Assurance checklist is completed
• Assist with Homeowner Orientation Sign off
• Keep all drive barricades in place
• Unlock and lock homes daily
• Assist CM in assuring all punch out and homeowner walk items are signed off and completed BEFORE closing.
• Oversee building and painting of permit boards
• Adjust/clean out water meter boxes so municipality will set meters
• Aid CM to ensure job site cleanliness
• Assist with any community maintenance as need (mowing lawn)
• Attend and perform inspections
• Slab
• Foundation
• Framing
• Post-Mechanical
• Final

Education: High School, College:
Construction Management degree helpful.

Experience: Residential construction or similar industry is helpful.