Project Manager - Luxury Home Construction

Westside Build LLC•Santa Monica, CA

16h•Onsite

About The Position

Westside Build is seeking an operations-minded Project Manager to join their team. This role is a central coordinator and key steward for residential projects, with a primary focus on leading assigned trades during construction. The Project Manager will ensure the proper performance and sequencing of trade work, maximize value through strong subcontractor relationships, and balance trade partner capacity with cost while ensuring work quality. This role requires close engagement with the Construction Planning Manager (CPM), General Contractor (GC), Quality Manager, and Project Coordinator (PC) for smooth building operations. Key responsibilities include owning procurement, defining scopes and bid packages, directing the Project Coordinator on conformance issues, operating within Procore for project management tasks, tracking commitments and costs, building look-ahead schedules, monitoring partner capacity, and leading weekly production huddles. The role also involves leading the Project Coordinator, coordinating with other team members, and keeping stakeholders aligned through decision logs and risk registers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or related field.
7+ years managing related construction trades in residential or light commercial construction; design-build experience preferred.
3+ years single family residential building experience required
Procore (or equivalent) experience required; strong proficiency with scheduling and cost control tools (e.g., MS Project/Primavera, Excel).
Strong vendor management, bid qualification, and cost-control experience.
Ability to read architectural/structural drawings and 3D models.
Knowledge and ability to integrate with construction-phase BIM workflows; collaborate effectively with BIM Build Modeler and other BIM process team members.
2+ years of Revit and/or Autocad experience
Walk, climb stairs, sit, and stand.
Talk and hear at normal levels.
See with close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and have the ability to adjust focus.
Reach with hands and arms.
Use hands and fingers to operate tools and other business machines.
Lift and/or move up to 50 lbs

Nice To Haves

design-build experience preferred

Responsibilities

Own procurement for assigned trades and materials and ensure their successful installation including bidding, buyout, and trade sequencing.
Define scopes and bid packages; qualify bids with the Project Coordinator (PC), ensuring document compliance and alignment with standardized WBS/coding and templates.
Direct the PC to identify conformance issues in related work and follow through to correction; escalate to GC/Quality/CPM as needed.
Operate within Procore daily to manage scope, subcontracts, RFIs, submittmits, and conformance tracking for assigned packages; maintain clean, current records aligned to CPM standards.
Follow company planning standards and documentation best practices.
Track commitments, cost-to-complete, and variances for assigned trades; propose cost-control options and value improvements.
Maintain scope matrices and quality/conformance logs to ensure first-pass quality and reduce rework.
Build two- to six-week look-ahead plans for assigned trades; sequence with the GC to hit milestones.
Monitor partner capacity, inspections, and lead times to ensure just-in-time delivery.
Run weekly production huddles for assigned trades; track commitments and percent-complete; remove blockers early.
Lead the PC; set priorities, coach, and review outcomes.
Coordinate with CPM, GC, Quality Manager, and other Project Managers to support cadence and dovetailing of work with others.
Keep stakeholders aligned through decision logs, action trackers, and risk registers; escalate issues with options and impacts for further review.