[Hiring] Director, Construction Management @TruAmerica Multifamily

Role Description

The Director of Construction Management will direct, oversee, and coordinate construction project management activities associated with the renovation and improvement of the Firms apartment communities in Florida and Georgia. This is a remote position as travel to our various apartment communities in Florida and Georgia. The Director of Construction Management will be a confident, dynamic and sophisticated investment professional with an understanding of institutional real estate with an emphasis on multi-family experience. This position offers the right candidate an opportunity to advance skill-set and participate in evaluating and implementing various new products and services to the overall portfolio which will provide direct value to the Organization. This position will report to the Senior Director, Construction Management.

Responsibilities

• Execute the Business Plan
• Implement a scalable Unit Renovation plan across assigned assets to execute the business plan.
• Leads the unit renovations implementation, training, audit and follow through procedures with TruAmerica Asset Management, property management regionals, onsite property management staff, TruAmerica Accounting and PM accounting to assigned apartment communities.
• Assists the Construction Management and Acquisitions department with developing the Capital Improvements budgets with a focus on unit renovation budgets.
• Source and negotiate pricing with multiple suppliers to obtain pricing for unit materials and finishes.
• Source and solicit turnkey contractors, negotiate, and contract the unit renovation labor with the turnkey contractors.
• Audit all Aspects of the Unit Renovation Business Plan
• Leads the oversight of the unit renovation plan as it relates to quality control, cost control, schedules, and velocity control to meet or exceed underwriting business plan.
• Works with Property Management Company on monthly unit move out process to obtain/forecast schedules of how many units are to be renovated each month.
• Continuously reviews all properties Performa CAPEX Renovation Budgets with inception to date costs to ensure compliance with the business plans.
• Tracks exact unit cost and follow up with Property Management Staff on invoicing and posting costs.
• Reporting and Resolving Deviations from the Unit Renovation Business Plan
• Identifies deviations utilizing the TruAmerica unit renovations auditing tools.
• Reports the variances found and lead the actions required to get the program back on track with your POD members overseeing the subject property.

Qualifications

• Must have strong working knowledge of 3-4 Story, Stick Frame, Type V Vertical construction and older brick buildings for rehab and remodeling projects.
• 3-5 years construction experience as a Project Superintendent and/or Project Manager.
• Experienced managing subcontractors and vendors.
• Experienced scheduling and managing site work.
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and sound judgment.
• Must be highly organized, detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and ability to work effectively and independently with a positive high energy attitude.
• Position based in Phoenix but requires travel throughout the Western states.

Physical Demands

• Ability to sit for up to 10 hours per day.
• Ability to move freely around the office for up to 10 hours per day.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is $140,000 to $175,000. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision: TruAmerica covers 100% of the employee premium for base medical plans, and dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability, and AD&D are 100% employer-paid. TruAmerica also contributes toward the cost of dependent coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.
• Vacation, sick, and holidays: a vacation allowance that grows with tenure (up to 21 days), generous paid sick leave, and 10+ paid holidays, plus your birthday, cultural and ethnic observance days, and company-sponsored volunteer days.
• Pre-tax savings: Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA/DCA).
• Plan flexibility: choice of a national Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO or HMO, plus regional plan options where available.