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Construction Manager

Los Angeles, CA · Full-time · $105,000 – $163,000 per year
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Riley Projects designs and builds homes in Los Angeles with one aim: make better homes attainable for more people. Our own crew builds each house from foundation to landscape, on a vetted kit of parts with prefabricated framing components cut to the model. The Construction Manager runs construction on two to three of those homes at a time, and each project improves the kit, the estimate and the schedule for the next one.

The work

  • Run construction on two to three concurrent custom homes, from permit issuance through warranty service.
  • Keep the three-week and six-week lookaheads and clear what blocks the crew before it reaches them.
  • Commit the weekly work plan with the Crew Lead, and own the percent of plan complete.
  • Run the site: coordination and logistics, deliveries and storage, inspections and field permits (temporary power, encroachment, haul routes).
  • Originate and track RFIs, collect and route submittals, and document field conditions and scope changes for change orders, with cost input for the Project Manager.
  • Hold quality: sign off the work before it is covered, and get it ready for inspection so it passes the first time.
  • Own safety and IIPP compliance on your projects; the Crew Lead runs the daily tailgates.
  • Approve daily logs, crew time and material receipts, and check subcontractor and supplier bills against the work in place.
  • Close out each home: punch walks, commissioning, final inspection and the certificate of occupancy, then warranty service after handover.

How the job runs

  • The estimate drives the schedule and the tasks, so the crew installs the quantities the estimate carries.
  • The current drawings, tasks, the week's plan, daily logs and issues live in the Riley Field App and the PM app, in English, Spanish or Chinese.
  • A question about a detail goes to the design team as an issue or RFI with photos, and the answer comes back on the same record.
  • Each week you meet with the project team; each month you bring the field cost to complete to the project review.
  • At the end of each scope you review the trade partner who did the work.

Pay, benefits and growth

  • $105,000 to $163,000 per year, Level L2 (Superintendent) to Level L3 (Senior Superintendent). Placement within the stated pay scale follows experience.
  • Health, vision and dental insurance, an FSA, a 401(k) and paid time off.
  • A published ladder with pay bands and skill targets at each level.
  • Courses and tailgate talks through Riley University.

What we look for

  • Experience as a superintendent or construction manager on wood-frame custom homes, ideally $1M to $5M homes in Los Angeles.
  • You have run more than one project at a time and kept each one on its lookahead.
  • You plan the week with the crew, check it on Friday, and know why each miss happened.
  • You read a full set (architectural, structural and MEP) and catch conflicts before the crew builds them.
  • You know the Los Angeles inspection sequence and get work ready to pass the first time.
  • You keep RFIs, submittals and change orders documented and moving.
  • You run a safe, clean site.
  • Spanish is a plus.
  • A valid California driver's license.
  • OSHA 30 and First Aid/CPR/AED, held at hire or earned within your first 90 days.

Terms

  • Full-time, salaried, on our jobsites in Los Angeles.
  • Reports to the CEO.