Vice President of Construction

Key Responsibilities: 

• Develop annual and multi-year capital plans across a national portfolio.
• Conduct property inspections and deferred-maintenance analysis.
• Lead reserve planning, capital prioritization, and cash-flow forecasting.
• Lead construction and CapEx diligence on acquisitions.
• Develop and validate scope, estimate costs, and underwrite renovation budgets.
• Prepare executive summaries identifying major risks and capital exposure prior to acquisition.
• Direct value-add, unit renovation, and capital projects from scope definition through closeout.
• Manage complex insurance restoration projects.
• Source, qualify, and award competitive bids, negotiate pricing and contracts.
• Manage contractor and consultant performance.
• Build and maintain a reliable vendor bench across key markets.
• Prepare, manage, and track project budgets.
• Identify and mitigate risk.
• Build the systems that run the capital programs.
• Develop and improve departmental infrastructure.
• Standardize how field condition data is captured.
• Produce portfolio-level capital summaries and prepare executive reports.
• Recruit, hire, onboard, train, and mentor project managers and coordinators and build out the construction department.
  
  Experience/Knowledge:
  
  
• 8-12 years’ experience in construction management.
• Proven track record managing multiple projects across multiple properties, markets, or states simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ownership of CapEx planning and renovation underwriting.
• Strong cost-estimating and budgeting skills.
• Advanced Excel modeling and use of evolving AI tools.
• The ability to read and interpret construction drawings, scopes of work, contracts, budgets, schedules, and inspection reports.
• A sound understanding of construction law and contracts.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Willingness to travel regularly to properties and project sites.
• Familiarity with Yardi, MRI, Procore, Bluebeam, Microsoft Project, Excel, or similar construction / project management and accounting systems.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer considering all qualified applicants in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles City Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. We partially sponsor health insurance as required by the Affordable Care Act; provide Sick Pay as required by state or local law; and offer a daily transportation subsidy in certain situations.