Senior Land Development Specialist

True Homes•Charlotte, NC

36d

About The Position

The Senior Project Specialist - Land is responsible for providing office and field services by implementing project management systems. The Senior Project Specialist - Land will also execute procedures and policies to effectively monitor, update, and report the status of assigned development tasks and activities during the pre-construction and construction phases in compliance with True Homes land standards. The Senior Project Specialist - Land supports the Land department in the goal of delivering lots that meet the timeliness, quality standards, and cost goals established by the Market Partner - Land and the Operations Partner Land PMO.

Responsibilities

Reviews construction documents and identify potential design issues relative to value engineering and constructability
Performs material quantity take off from construction documents
Identifies, records, and solves for assumptions, risks, and issues to successfully achieve task/gate conformance in area of expertise
Creates standard and project specific development tasks using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and using the construction documents, assumption logs, risk logs, and issue logs; record activities as tasks in the Land Information System
Determines development task duration based on historical production rates and records in the Land Information System to create the project schedule and identify the critical path
Maintains electronic and paper project files using established policies including required documentation and most recent revisions to construction documents
Communicates construction document revisions to project stakeholders
Works with Market Partner - Land to create budgets using historical costs and material quantity take offs
Maintains historical cost database
Assists Land Market Leader in issuing Request for Proposals and preparing proposal comparisons
Leads Trade Partner interviews during contractor selection process and determine ability to successfully complete project within deadlines
Prepares Trade Partner Agreements for review and approval and coordinates signatures of Trade Partners and ensures Accounting has all required documentation
Solves assigned issues and communicate project impact to Land Market Leader
Performs regular site visits to review actual task progress against schedule, monitors work quality as defined by Land Development Standards and Lot Grading Standards; records progress and any Land Information System variance and corrects variances in timely manner.
Presides over weekly in person meetings with Trade Partners and their subcontractors reviewing schedule, completed tasks, upcoming tasks, assumptions, risks, and issues to ensure schedule and quality conformance
Identifies gate non-conformance and determines all alternatives to bring schedule back into conformance and impacts to cost and resource levels; recommends solution to Land Market Leader for approval
Works with Trade Partners and subject matter experts to identify all possible alternatives to solve for assigned issues including impact to cost and schedule; make recommendation to Program Manager/Project Manager for approval
Adjusts Trade Partner performance for assigned tasks through constructive Adjusts Trade Partner performance for assigned tasks through constructive engagement to complete within assigned durations and achieve gate conformance
Reviews Trade Partner invoices against contracts, work completed, and job cost reports identifies quality issues and manages correction of deficiencies
Attends over Lot Turnover Walk with Market Leadership Team to develop and complete punch list in a timely manner
Monitors progress of surveyor and engineer in the preparation, submittal and approval of as-built record drawings, bonds, and plats to ensure Starts team can obtain permits on or before deadline
Identifies and oversees earliest opportunity to close and terminate development permits and bonds
Coordinates, maintains, and reports the issuance of and tracking of capital and maintenance bonds in a timely manner
Assists Land Market Leader with monthly Lot Releases to Sales
Perform other duties as needed or required
Provides task status and schedule updates to Land Market Leader using the Land Information System on a weekly basis