Land Acquisition Manager

David Weekley Homes • Minneapolis, MN

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About The Position

David Weekley Homes is looking for a Land Acquisition Manager to join our Minneapolis team! The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years experience in residential land acquisition, analysis, development or brokerage experience within the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

Requirements

• Considerable initiative, independence, and intuition.
• Excellent work practices with respect to organization, prioritization, and communication.
• Driven to push for results with a measured sense of urgency.
• Ability to see the Big Picture while maintaining focus on the day-to-day details that result in a successfully developed community.
• Proficient in interpreting and analyzing financial reports.
• Confident with numbers and Excel.
• Ability to influence a large number of external people to put your priorities first, with tempered assertiveness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Professional, calm demeanor, with a win-win attitude.
• Three years experience in residential land acquisitions, analysis, development or brokerage experience within the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
• Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with Land Manager, along with Regional and Division President to assess the feasibility of potential land purchases.
• Manage entitlement and site selection, due diligence review, underwriting, and approvals for proposed new land acquisitions.
• Network with developers, brokers, landowners, and other builders to determine new land opportunities for DWH.
• Maintain a high level of visibility in the home building business, actively participating in the community, civic and business organizations pertinent to the industry.
• Manage and oversee the development of active projects from acquisition to lot delivery (100% owned projects).
• Visit each newly presented opportunity and evaluate how this opportunity fits with DWH business plan.

Benefits

• Health Insurance - Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k and discretionary 8% match
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Profit Sharing
• Vacation, Paid Holidays, plus PTO
• New Home Discount for Team Member and Family
• College Scholarship Program
• Community Outreach
• Sabbaticals
• And more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees