Harbor Freight Tools

Construction Manager - Remote

Harbor Freight Tools • $90K — $120K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Calabasas, CA
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • Minimum of five years' project management experience in retail commercial construction
  • Familiarity with standard construction industry concepts and practices
  • Strong construction estimating skills
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite and portfolio management software

Responsibilities

  • Oversee all regional construction and maintenance activities for new stores and renovations
  • Develop detailed project scopes with operational input
  • Create accurate budgets or cost estimates for projects
  • Collaborate with the Director of Construction to approve bids and maintenance expenses
  • Review and approve invoices and project billing summaries
  • Resolve project issues and finalize costs upon completion
  • Act as the primary point of contact between outsourced providers and internal stakeholders

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional growth and development
  • Collaborative and cross-functional work environment
  • Autonomous decision-making within the role
  • Potential for travel to diverse project locations
  • Engagement in significant retail expansion projects
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Construction Manager is responsible for overseeing all regional construction and facility maintenance activities and administration required to deliver efficient and cost-effective new stores, renovations, special projects, and facilities construction programs. This includes the current expansion of our distribution facilities. In addition, this position will lead, advise, consult and direct a single outsourced provider program to improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness to the benefit of the organization. The Construction Manager is a key contributor in continuing to build a highly integrated and efficient construction program throughout the enterprise.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Act as primary "owner" of all HFT facilities and capital improvement projects
  • Develop scope of work for any project with input from Operation Management.
  • Generate accurate budgets or cost estimates for each project
  • In conjunction with the Director of Construction, approve construction bids and certain facilities maintenance expense with Outsourced Project Manager counterpart
  • Review and approve individual invoices and capital project summary progress billings
  • Close-out and reconcile all project issues and costs
  • Act as primary liaison between the outsourced provider, operations management and store development to ensure compliance with company policies, practices and procedures
  • Enhance the ability of the outsourced program to meet company objectives regarding store completion count, sales weeks, and store costs.
  • Communicate and manage all issues and risks affecting each facility and project. Communicates the project status to project participants and stakeholders accurately and on time.
  • Provide interim and final build out inspections, review punch lists created by provider on each site and ensure all items for completion.
  • Partner with financial analysts to provide quantitative reports and projections that will assist in the analysis and measurement of the performance and documentation of each construction, renovation and facility maintenance project vs. proforma, ROI and IRR.

Scope (Required)
  • Supervises staff - External partners
  • Financial Scope - budget development, project analysis and project completion recap
  • Decision Making - strong ability to make autonomous decisions and know when to involve partners
  • Travel - ability to travel 45% of time to review projects


Requirements

Education and Experience (Required)
  • Bachelor's degree in related field
  • At least five years project management experience in retail commercial construction
Skills (Required)
  • Familiar with standard concepts, practices and procedure within the construction industry
  • Understanding of construction timelines and planning
  • Strong construction estimating skills
  • Working knowledge of MS Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, Access, and web-based portfolio management platforms.
  • Highly organized and detail oriented
  • Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills
  • Proven ability as a self-starter and proactive problem-solver
  • Strong computer and analytical skills
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, presentation and partnering skills
  • Ability to collaborate and desire to work cross-functionally
  • Results driven with quick response
  • Multi-tasking skills
  • Knowledge of Business Concepts
  • Knowledge of supervisory & leadership skills.

Additional Qualifications (behavioral traits, certifications, etc)
  • Leadership-Models the Company's values and influences others to achieve individual or team objectives. Promotes development of a highly engaged and high-performance team.
  • Communication-Clearly conveys information through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that is understandable, easy to retain and timely.
  • Initiative-Approaches work objectives with a sense of urgency and a dedication to exceeding performance expectations.
  • Problem-solving/Decision-making-Accurately identifies problems, issues and opportunities, collects data to draw conclusions and chooses a course of action based on facts.
  • Planning & Organization-Establishes courses of action for self and others to ensure that work objectives are met.
  • Policy Compliance-Manages in accordance with Company policies and procedures and promotes compliance in others


About Harbor Freight Tools

Harbor Freight Tools is a privately held discount tool and equipment retailer headquartered in Calabasas, California. The company was founded in 1977 by Eric Smidt and has grown to become one of the largest tool and equipment retailers in the United States. Harbor Freight Tools offers a wide range of products, including hand tools, power tools, automotive tools, generators, air compressors, and welding equipment. The company operates over 1,000 stores across the United States and employs over 20,000 people.
Learn more about Harbor Freight Tools
Size
20,000 employees
Industry
Retail & Consumer Goods
Founded
1977
* Ladders Estimates

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