Assistant Project Manager​/Builder's Associate

Hi! My name is Chris Amato, and I am the Owner / Builder at CMM Custom Homes. Thanks for your interest. I love designing and building homes -- taking an idea, a client, a property, plans, budget, schedule, and trades, and turning all of it into a home a family will enjoy for years. CMM has been designing and building homes along the Jersey Shore since 1983.

We work throughout Monmouth and Ocean County towns like Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Spring Lake, Sea Girt, Manasquan, Wall, Bay Head, Point Pleasant Beach, Brick, and more.

We are looking to add an Assistant Project Manager / Builder's Associate to our team. This is not a show-up, punch-the-clock job. We want someone who wants to learn custom home building, enjoys the details, helps keep projects moving, and wants to be part of a team that is serious about getting better. You will work with Project Managers, Site Superintendents, Designers, Preconstruction, trades, vendors, and clients.

Some days are organized. Some are messy. That is construction. The right person handles pressure, stays organized, communicates clearly, laughs when needed, and keeps pushing things forward. We are goal-oriented. We care about ownership, communication, follow-through, clean handoffs, and client experience. This role is not about sitting at a desk for 40 hours. It is about knowing what needs to happen, helping make it happen, and making sure nothing important falls through the cracks.

Support Project Managers with daily coordination, follow-up, task management, agendas, meeting notes, action items, unanswered questions, and outstanding decisions.

Coordinate with clients, subcontractors, vendors, designers, and internal CMM team members so messages do not go unanswered.

Organize and log notes, decisions, interactions, delivery dates, vendor updates, and project information so records are clean and easy to act on.

Keep Buildertrend organized, current, and useful, including notes, logs, schedules, selections, approvals, purchase orders, photos, commitments, open approvals, and required documentation.

Keep project information clear for clients, field team, office team, and accounting.

Support a clean handoff from preconstruction to construction by reviewing plans, specs, selections, allowances, open items, missing information, unclear scope, and decisions that affect schedule, budget, or field execution.

Organize what the Project Manager and Site Superintendent need to start the job successfully.

Bid follow-up, proposal tracking, vendor coordination, procurement, purchase orders, approvals, delivery dates, lead times, and related project documentation.

Assist with leveling trade pricing and tracking fixed-price budgets, allowances, and procurement-related cost information with the Project Manager and accounting team.

Proactively push permitting tasks, coordinate submittals, paperwork, pick-ups, drop-offs, and follow-up with towns, architects, engineers, and other professionals.

Track permit-related open items and make sure the team knows what is needed and by when.

Coordinate with Site Superintendents and field team members; support jobsite visits, documentation, photos, notes, and follow-up items.

Identify schedule blockers, missing materials, unanswered questions, trade coordination issues, and items needing clarification, correction, completion, or follow-up.

Respect the jobsite, the client's property, CMM's trade partners, and the details that make a custom home successful.

Create a strong client experience through clear communication, responsiveness, organization, and follow-through.

Help clients understand what decisions are needed, what is pending, what has been approved, and when selections, allowances, or decisions affect schedule or execution.

Assist project management, preconstruction, design, finance, and field teams as needed while staying focused on the main goal: helping CMM build beautiful homes efficiently, professionally, and with a great client experience.

Other duties as assigned by management.

You are organized, follow up repeatedly, communicate clearly, understand details matter, and take ownership instead of waiting to be chased.

You are comfortable in a fast-paced construction company, flexible where needed, able to handle pressure without drama, and curious about how homes are built.

You understand custom home building requires teamwork, patience, urgency, accountability, technology, and a desire to build something long-term.

Experience in residential construction, custom homes, project coordination, construction administration, estimating, architecture, design-build, or related field preferred. CAD experience is a plus.

Interest in custom home construction, design, architecture, and the details of home…