About the Role
The American Housing Corporation is dedicated to solving America's housing crisis through large-scale production. This role is crucial for owning the buildout of our new factory, managing the general contractor, and overseeing the project from inception to completion, ensuring a safe, on-budget, and on-schedule facility ready for full-rate production.
Responsibilities
- Own delivery of the new factory buildout, managing the general contractor and coordinating the in-house architecture and engineering team from preconstruction through commissioning.
- Own construction coordination and installation of all base building and process systems, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, compressed air, dust collection, life safety, and process utilities.
- Coordinate permitting and inspections with the in-house design team and authorities having jurisdiction.
- Execute facility layout in partnership with manufacturing engineering to support material flow, line balance, and future expansion.
- Own the construction schedule, tracking critical path, managing milestones, and holding the GC and vendors accountable.
- Own the project budget, tracking costs, reviewing GC's buyout and change orders, and identifying savings.
- Hold the GC accountable for site safety and code compliance, including OSHA, NFPA, EPA, fire marshal, and local inspections.
- Establish and track KPIs for schedule adherence, budget variance, and construction quality.
- Drive commissioning, punch list closeout, and turnover of all building and process systems to operations.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in construction management or project management, ideally in a manufacturing, industrial, or heavy production environment.
- Direct experience leading a factory or industrial buildout from greenfield or fit-out through commissioning and ramp.
- Proven track record managing a general contractor and vendors, including contract administration, change-order management, and schedule control.
- Strong working knowledge of building and process systems: HVAC, electrical, plumbing, structural, life safety, and process utilities, with sharp constructability judgment.
- Familiarity with building codes, OSHA standards, NFPA, and local permitting processes.
- Proficient with construction management software and scheduling tools; CAD or facility-planning tools a plus.
- Proven track record managing multi-million dollar capital construction budgets.
- Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and leadership skills.
Skills
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- General Contractor Management
- Vendor Management
- Contract Administration
- Change Order Management
- Schedule Control
- HVAC
- Electrical Systems
- Plumbing Systems
- Structural Systems
- Life Safety Systems
- Process Utilities
- Constructability Judgment
- Building Codes
- OSHA Standards
- NFPA
- Local Permitting Processes
- Construction Management Software
- Scheduling Tools
- CAD
- Facility Planning Tools
- Budget Management
- Problem-Solving
- Organizational Skills
- Leadership Skills
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 7+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related technical discipline preferred, not required
- PE, PMP, CCM, or LEED certification a plus
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits
- PTO
- Participation in company equity programs
About the Company
- The American Housing Corporation is on a mission to solve America’s housing crisis through all-out production.
- We believe that America’s affordability crisis is fundamentally a production crisis, and that solving it requires a vertically integrated development approach: We buy land, and manufacture, install, and sell our homes directly to customers.
- This is the only way to build at the scale necessary to solve this crisis.
- The American Dream is built, not inherited.
- We’re hiring the best engineers, designers, and builders to solve the hardest problem in America.
