Land Development Field Manager

Land Development Field Manager

The Land Development Field Manager plays a critical role in overseeing and coordinating land development construction activities for residential communities throughout Northern California. This position is responsible for managing day-to-day field operations, coordinating subcontractors and trade partners, and ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget in support of business plan commitments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Forward Planning and Land Group in reviewing improvement plans during the build phase for constructability and value engineering opportunities.
• Collaborate with Forward Planning and Land Team in the creation and review of bid specifications, engineer estimates and scopes of work to support offsite procurement and trade partner selection
• Support bid letting and planning efforts across assigned development projects including schedule creation and management of bid letting process that meets with Business Plan deliverable dates.
• Review proposals and bid analysis to assist in selection of the trade partner for each scope of work.
• Lead assigned land development construction activities to control costs, schedule, and workmanship.
• Collaborate with Brookfield Residential team members and consultants to maintain the exchange of information to support land development, housing construction schedules, and track and implement plan changes.
• Confirm that subcontractors are applying the latest project plan sets and facilitate distribution of revised plans accordingly.
• Supervise neighborhood development with various contractors at different stages of work to meet our work schedule.
• Coordinate and supervise work on various projects and locations daily.
• Hold weekly team meetings including safety topics and provide meeting notes identifying action items, information requests, etc.
• Coordinate and schedule subdivision acceptance with required municipality and homeowners' associations.
• Monitor and work with environmental inspectors.
• Work with utility companies and governmental agencies to ensure work is in compliance with all permits and regulations.
• Facilitate governmental acceptance of work, release of permits and bonds.
• Review sub-contractor requests for extra work to determine validity of request and approve costs and/or changes in schedule if deemed a valid request. Process change orders as directed by the Director of Land Operations.
• Prepare and maintain complete and accurate daily records of project activities.
• Ensure that sub-contractors are following Brookfield and Occupational Safety and Health Association regulations.
• Ensure project compliance with the general construction permit and project-specific Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans.
• This is a field position located around the Greater Bay Area with travel to the regional office in San Ramon for business support tasks along with project coordination and meetings.
• There may be extended periods of time in the regional office based on stage and phase of a project life cycle.
• Use Landev as the tool to lead budget, contracts, purchase orders and invoicing along with Microsoft Project to run CPM project schedules.
• Coordinate aerial photography and potentially use drones to document progress of improvements with photos.
• Learn and apply additional technology, apps or smart tools via computer or smart device to manage work flow.

What You'll Bring:

• A Bachelor's degree in construction management or civil engineering, or equivalent experience, is preferred.
• 7 to 10 years of land development or general engineering contracting experience is preferred
• Strong Reasoning and Analytical Skills.
• Proficiency in the MS Office suite, particularly Excel and Project.
• Strong writing, organizational and social skills are sought.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving and attention to detail. Identify issues and potential solutions.
• Efficient communication to maintain an efficient flow of information
• Ability to set up meetings and coordinate partner schedules is meaningful.
• High degree of motivation, follow-through, and accountability is expected.
• Exposure to project budgeting, scheduling, and vendor contracts is a plus.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work effectively alone or on teams is critical.
• Able to work with time-sensitive material and meet multiple deadlines is crucial.
• Willing to commute to project sites, consultant offices and public agency headquarters regularly.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and total rewards package.
• Annual Base Salary: $140,000 to $160,000
• Bonus Eligibility
• Excellent extended medical, dental, and vision benefits beginning day 1.
• 401(k) matching, vesting begins day 1.
• Career development programs.
• Paid Volunteer Hours.
• Paid parental leave.
• Family planning assistance, including IVF, surrogacy and adoption options.
• Wellness and mental health resources.
• Pet insurance offering.
• A culture based on our values of Passion, Integrity, Community!