Remodeling Production Manager

Company: Next Stage Design + Build
Location: San Jose
Posted on: November 17, 2024

Job Description:

Next Stage Design + Build is a company with a 20 year track record of excellence in delivering beautiful and functional designs, high quality construction and top level client satisfaction to our upscale homeowner clients in the Silicon Valley region of the South Francisco Bay Area. As the company evolves into an employee-owned 30 person company, we are seeking a Production Manager to lead and direct our in-house 10 person production team consisting of project managers, supervisors, craftspeople, and a production coordinator in a manner that ensures high quality finished residential remodeling projects for our homeowner clients and profitable business growth. The Production Manager is responsible for overseeing and monitoring departmental operational effectiveness, compliance, and safety standards and protocols of the construction of residential remodeling and repair projects for the company. They also provide direction, coordination, and evaluation of their staff members, including recruiting and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; coaching and rewarding employees; addressing their concerns and resolving problems in accordance with company policies and procedures. They will report to the GM of the company in this role. Please visit our web-site for more information about the company. Major responsibilities include: STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONS PLANNING Key results for operations planning include the presence of well structure strategic and operational plans for the production organization over a 2-to-3-year timeframe aligned with the company business objectives and demonstrated teamwork with other staff members. Specific responsibilities include: --- Actively participate in strategic direction setting for the company as a key member of the leadership team. --- Determine the operational strategy for the production function. --- Make recommendations for staffing, equipment, and other resources to improve operational effectiveness. --- Key role in the effort to plan the delivery of new service offerings for clients. --- Manage the monthly budget for the production team ensuring adherence to targets. --- Drive the strategy and structure for the internal workforce based on our financial goals. --- Determine the need for alliances with and the roles of trade partners. --- Determine the balance and mix of craftspeople, laborers, drivers, helpers, project managers, and administrative staff. --- Track the health and effectiveness of production processes and facilitate improvement efforts and drive changes throughout the organization. --- Determines production strategy and standards for use of project management software (BuilderTrend). --- Build and maintain alignment with partner functions in design, project development (sales), finance, and admin. STAFF SUPERVISION AND TRAINING Key results for staff supervision include successful development, coaching, direction, and guidance of the HRS staff, Production Coordinator, and Project Managers, and coordination to ensure supervisory responsibilities are carried out in accordance with organizational policies and procedures. DESIGN PHASE (THROUGH PROJECT MANAGERS) --- Ensure and oversee plan reviews, subcontracts, proposals, and estimates of larger (typically > $25K projects). --- Provide assistance directly and indirectly to the Design staff with respect to ensure buildable projects that meet schedule and budget constraints. --- Assist Project Developers and Project Estimator with pre-contract pricing of materials and subcontractors on an as requested and as available basis. --- Ensure that risk assessments and pre-sales and mechanical walkthroughs are held prior to contract finalization of these projects. --- May participate in sales calls in a pre-planning agreement phase especially when construction knowledge is required. PRE-PRODUCTION PHASE (THROUGH PROJECT MANAGERS) --- Ensure that specifications of contracts and drawings are reviewed and maintains a high-level flowchart of all project schedules based on the start and completion dates, material delivery dates, and sub-contractor availability for each phase of construction across all projects. --- Supervise the pre-construction walkthrough process with Project Developers, Designers, and/or subcontractors prior to sale of job to ensure accuracy and mutual understanding of project scope on large scope or highly custom design/build projects. --- Supervise the process for securing building permits, follows up by making sure all work is up to code, and arranges for projects to be inspected. --- Oversee the process to ensure construction compatibility for special order material orders for projects to enable scheduling for subcontractors and the field team. PRODUCTION PHASE (THROUGH PROJECT MANAGERS) Key results for the production phase activities are based on performance measurements which include providing profitable revenue produced vs. target or plan, on time completion of projects, a successful Gross Profit vs. estimated GP on closed projects, successful warranty costs vs. target, and the ability to obtain consistently high Guild Quality customer satisfaction scores with successfully completed projects, and employee satisfaction as measured by feedback. --- Direct activity and/or provide supervisory responsibility for Project Managers, Project Supervisors, Production Coordinator(s), and Driver(s) or Assistant HRS team members. --- Visits jobsites regularly to check on the progress, and to ensure proper flow of project. --- Works closely with the Production Coordinator and Accounting Dept to monitor schedules and budgets. --- Communicate daily with the production team and regularly meets with clients as needed to discuss project status/expectations, respond to questions, issues, or concerns, as well as communicate regularly to keep the client and sales/design team informed. --- Promotes harmonious relations among clients, project designers, remodeling consultants, sub-contractors and carpenters by maintaining close communication. --- Assist with contract addendums as appropriate. --- Ensure a substantial completion walk-through is performed with the client on all projects. --- Oversees the process to respond to callbacks from previous clients and schedules warranty work if needed. --- Analyze gross profit and variance reports and facilitate jobs reviews on all completed projects SAFETY OVERSIGHT Key result for safety oversight includes supervision of workplace safety standards and programs in both the office and field, assistance and oversight in the development and maintenance of comprehensive safety programs as well coordination of organizational and project safety standards. Employment Type: Full Time Years Experience: 10 - 15 years Salary: $140,000 - $155,000 Annual Bonus/Commission: No

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