Contract to Start Coordinator

Drees Homes•San Antonio, TX

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Drees Homes is a family-owned home builder with a passion for making custom homes easy. For over 95 years, we have cared for our employees and customers, which is why we rank as the 19th largest privately-owned builder in the country and have a history of long-tenured employees. We are proud to be named a U.S. Best Managed Company in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, a program sponsored by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, and to be officially certified as a Great Place to Work for the last three years. Enrich your career at a company that values integrity, excellence, opportunity, stability, and success. Headquartered in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, Drees operates in twelve metropolitan areas: Greater Cincinnati (including Northern Kentucky), Cleveland, and Columbus, Ohio; Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Jacksonville, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Washington, D.C. Drees Homes, one of the largest privately-owned homebuilders in the nation, is seeking enthusiastic candidates for a Contract to Start Coordinator opportunity in our San Antonio, TX division. As a Contract to Start Coordinator you will following the processing of all jobs from contract approval to the start of the job to ensure processes meet or exceed goals.

Requirements

2-3 years' experience in an administrative position
Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Detail-minded with excellent organizational and follow up skills
Ability to take multi-task and meet deadlines
Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to work with various disciplines of people
Ability to take the initiative and exercise independent judgment
Possess a team player mentality
High school education required

Nice To Haves

Awareness of National, State, and Local building code requirements is a plus!
Experience with a residential homebuilder is a plus!
College degree preferred -- may consider degree with other related residential homebuilding experience.

Responsibilities

Work with Architecture, Estimating, Production, and Sales to ensure efficiency and prompt contract to start cycle time.
Maintain starts reports and facilitate starts for Division and ensure starts are released in a timely fashion.
Facilitate weekly starts meetings for the Division.
Review and analyze customer job status while providing feedback to Sales Managers, Construction and Operations Managers and Division President.
Oversee the process of obtaining permits and municipality plan approvals, HOA approvals, and ARB approvals.
Maintain master plan approvals from Architectural Review Boards per community.
Architectural liaison for Division To Be Built and Market Home starts.
Responsible for sending up contracts and market panels to Architecture.
Other duties as assigned.