Assistant Project Manager Builder's Associate

Hi! My name is Chris Amato and I am the Owner / Builder at CMM Custom Homes. Thanks for your interest. I love designing and building homes -- taking an idea a client a property plans budget schedule and trades and turning all of it into a home a family will enjoy for years. CMM has been designing and building homes along the Jersey Shore since 1983. We work throughout Monmouth and Ocean County towns like Avon-by-the-Sea Belmar Spring Lake Sea Girt Manasquan Wall Bay Head Point Pleasant Beach Brick and more.

The Opportunity

We are looking to add an Assistant Project Manager / Builders Associate to our is not a show-up punch-the-clock job. We want someone who wants to learn custom home building enjoys the details helps keep projects moving and wants to be part of a team that is serious about getting will work with Project Managers Site Superintendents Designers Preconstruction trades vendors and clients. Some days are organized. Some are messy. That is construction. The right person handles pressure stays organized communicates clearly laughs when needed and keeps pushing things forward. We are goal-oriented. We care about ownership communication follow-through clean handoffs and client experience. This role is not about sitting at a desk for 40 hours. It is about knowing what needs to happen helping make it happen and making sure nothing important falls through the cracks.

Responsibilities

Project Coordination & Follow-Up

Support Project Managers with daily coordination follow-up task management agendas meeting notes action items unanswered questions and outstanding decisions.

Coordinate with clients subcontractors vendors designers and internal CMM team members so messages do not go unanswered.

Organize and log notes decisions interactions delivery dates vendor updates and project information so records are clean and easy to act on.

Buildertrend / Project Documentation

Keep Buildertrend organized current and useful including notes logs schedules selections approvals purchase orders photos commitments open approvals and required documentation.

Keep project information clear for clients field team office team and accounting.

Preconstruction to Build Handoff

Support a clean handoff from preconstruction to construction by reviewing plans specs selections allowances open items missing information unclear scope and decisions that affect schedule budget or field execution.

Organize what the Project Manager and Site Superintendent need to start the job successfully.

Procurement Bids & Purchase Orders

Bid follow-up proposal tracking vendor coordination procurement purchase orders approvals delivery dates lead times and related project documentation.

Assist with leveling trade pricing and tracking fixed-price budgets allowances and procurement-related cost information with the Project Manager and accounting team.

Permitting & Township Coordination

Proactively push permitting tasks coordinate submittals paperwork pick-ups drop-offs and follow-up with towns architects engineers and other professionals.

Track permit-related open items and make sure the team knows what is needed and by when.

Field & Site Support

Coordinate with Site Superintendents and field team members; support jobsite visits documentation photos notes and follow-up items.

Identify schedule blockers missing materials unanswered questions trade coordination issues and items needing clarification correction completion or follow-up.

Respect the jobsite the clients property CMMs trade partners and the details that make a custom home successful.

Client Experience

Create a strong client experience through clear communication responsiveness organization and follow-through.

Help clients understand what decisions are needed what is pending what has been approved and when selections allowances or decisions affect schedule or execution.

Team Support

Assist project management preconstruction design finance and field teams as needed while staying focused on the main goal: helping CMM build beautiful homes efficiently professionally and with a great client experience.

Other duties as assigned by management.

What We Expect of You

You are organized follow up repeatedly communicate clearly understand details matter and take ownership instead of waiting to be chased.

You are comfortable in a fast-paced construction company flexible where needed able to handle pressure without drama and curious about how homes are built.

You understand custom home building requires teamwork patience urgency accountability technology and a desire to build something long-term.

Experience in residential construction custom homes project coordination construction administration estimating architecture design-build or related field preferred. CAD experience is a plus.

Interest in custom home construction design architecture and the details of home building.

Familiarity with drawings specs schedules selections bids purchase orders and project documentation preferred.

Comfortable with online project management software; Buildertrend is a plus.

Proficient in Microsoft Office including Teams Word Excel Outlook and PowerPoint.

Strong communication organization planning prioritization and ability to balance multiple projects and tasks.

Ability to work with homeowners trades vendors designers project managers and field staff.

Valid drivers license and ability to travel locally to jobsites vendors towns and the CMM office.

Bachelors degree preferred but not required with the right experience attitude and ability to learn.

What We Offer You

You get to be part of a local Jersey Shore company that knows and cares about the communities we build in.

You get to work on beautiful custom homes in great towns for real clients with real details schedules and responsibility.

You get exposure to the full process: feasibility budgeting design selections permitting construction closeout and long-term client support.

You will not be stuck in one lane. This role touches project management field coordination Buildertrend selections purchasing permitting client communication trade follow-up and daily details.

You will work with experienced PMs Site Supers Designers Preconstruction vendors trades and clients.

You will grow your construction knowledge product knowledge process understanding communication skills and leadership ability.

You will join a team working to get better strengthen the middle of the company and improve the experience for clients and our people.

You will be expected to take ownership but you will also be supported taught and given room to grow.

Your work matters. When you follow up organize information push something forward or catch a problem early it helps the project the client and the team.

We offer health dental vision and life insurance with company contribution; 401(k) with company match; paid time off; and holidays.

Compensation will be based on experience and fit for the on the responsibility level we are targeting we expect this role to fall in the approximate range of:

$70000.00 - $90000.00

This role may be hourly/non-exempt or exempt with project-based time tracking. CMM is goal-oriented and time tracking supports job costing project visibility workload planning and profitability -- not a clock-punching culture.

Who This Is For

This is not the right role if you want a narrow desk job a simple 9-to-5 or a perfectly predictable day. It is also not for someone uncomfortable following up asking questions learning construction details using technology or working through normal custom-home pressure. This is for someone who wants to join a growing custom home builder learn the business from the inside bring order to complex projects work with good people and help build homes families will enjoy for years. We want someone optimistic organized detail-oriented hardworking and willing to be part of the team.

At CMM our values matter: Passionate. Be Optimistic. Innovative. Quality. Details Matter. Be the Builder.

If those words mean something to you we would like to meet you.