Area Construction Manager

Responsibilities

Meritage Homes is seeking an experienced Area Construction Manager to manage new home construction for an assigned area, ensuring homes are delivered according to specified cycle time, within allotted budgets, and achieve division and company customer satisfaction goals. In addition, manage Construction personnel through implementation and oversight of systems and procedures.

FUNDAMENTAL JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Recruit, interview, and hire area construction personnel utilizing Meritage Homes Standard Operation Procedures.
• Ensure the thorough training of all area construction personnel, i.e. technical training; scopes-of-work, warranty specifications, and customer satisfaction.
• Continually assess the educational needs of construction personnel and provide internal or external training as necessary.
• Conduct quarterly Growth Reviews with Construction Managers; set goals.
• Resolve any employee questions or issues; handle performance problems as necessary.
• Generate and monitor monthly management reports reflecting pertinent employee data, i.e. Customer satisfaction, cycle time, quality inspections, budgets, etc.
• Meet with Construction Managers, Project Managers and Customer Care to discuss pertinent issues and maintain open communication.
• Establish and maintain a career path system for Construction to promote growth opportunities.
• Make determinations and set criteria on financial incentives to be given to construction personnel.
• Handle personnel terminations, (after reviewing information with management).

• Continually review and value engineer plans; make recommendations for improvements/changes.
• Work with all departments, as necessary, to produce plans and specifications within established time frames.
• Review and ensure the accuracy, completeness of all plans. Standardize all plans to the highest extent possible.

• Monitor construction activity to ensure homes are started within the established parameters for both pre-sold and showcase homes.
• Track and monitor Accounting Release process and performance.
• Monitor the Start Status Report and recommend priorities.
• Release homes per established slotting schedule to ensure proper sequencing of starts and closings.

• Monitor the construction personnel's use of the weekly schedule to maximize utilization across the Area/Division.
• Continually evaluate the effectiveness of the schedule and make recommendations for improvements.
• Maintain a master schedule and weekly production report for key phases of construction to ensure contractor availability and even flow construction.
• Monitor cycle time to ensure division goals for building cycle time are met.

• Establish General Construction and Weather Conditions budgets.
• Monitor hard costs for adherence to budget.
• Monitor budgets for variances and approve/disapprove all cost variances.
• Provide input on the creation of all budgets.
• Ensure Construction personnel document and properly communicate variance data in order to identify take-off and budget problems.
• Summarize and chart variance data provided by Construction personnel; provide feedback to management regarding ways to eliminate or minimize problems.
• Ensure job site waste is properly controlled.
• Communicate Key Performance Measures and cost information and the role the Construction Managers have in impacting these factors.
• Continually develop and solicit feedback to determine ways to execute all functions more efficiently to improve overall margins of the Division.
• Capture Warranty costs by item to identify areas for improvement.

• Establish and enforce quality standards for materials, workmanship and final product.
• Conduct periodic inspections of all homes under construction in assigned area; inspect all aspects of construction including foundation, framing, stucco installations, electrical, plumbing, etc.
• Review quarterly Avid surveys for actionable items and trends; initiate procedures to resolve issues to improve customer satisfaction.
• Monitor adherence to all phases of the established quality control system; i.e. in-line inspections, final management quality standards inspection.
• Ensure quality is built into each home in order to minimize warranty issues.
• Work with the Purchasing Department to establish quality standards for materials.
• Assist in the resolution of any construction quality issues, which become apparent during the construction and warranty period.
• Ensure procedures for water intrusion and mold remediation are adhered to.

• Ensure Construction Managers maintain the established standards for the community regarding cleanliness, safety and appearance, i.e. accessibility to homes, erosion control, street cleaning, etc.
• Ensure all trade partners and employees fully comply with OSHA Regulations and Meritage safety program.
• Ensure Construction Managers enforce all job site rules and regulations as stated in contractor agreements.
• Ensure field compliance with the…