Contract to Start Coordinator

Overview

Drees Homes is a family-owned home builder with a passion for making custom homes easy. For over 95 years, we've cared for our employees and customers— earning recognition as the 19th largest privately owned builder in the country and building a culture of long-tenured employees.

We are proud to be a four-time U.S. Best Managed Company (2022–2025), a distinction sponsored by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, and to be Great Place to Work® certified for the past four years.

Enrich your career at a company that values integrity, excellence, opportunity, stability, and success.

Headquartered in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, Drees operates in twelve metropolitan areas: Greater Cincinnati (including Northern Kentucky), Cleveland, and Columbus, Ohio; Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Jacksonville, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities/Qualifications

Drees Homes, one of the largest privately-owned homebuilders in the nation, is seeking enthusiastic candidates for a Contract to Start Coordinator opportunity in our San Antonio, TX division. As a Contract to Start Coordinator you will following the processing of all jobs from contract approval to the start of the job to ensure processes meet or exceed goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with Architecture, Estimating, Production, and Sales to ensure efficiency and prompt contract to start cycle time.
• Maintain starts reports and facilitate starts for Division and ensure starts are released in a timely fashion.
• Facilitate weekly starts meetings for the Division.
• Review and analyze customer job status while providing feedback to Sales Managers, Construction and Operations Managers and Division President.
• Oversee the process of obtaining permits and municipality plan approvals, HOA approvals, and ARB approvals.
• Maintain master plan approvals from Architectural Review Boards per community.
• Architectural liaison for Division To Be Built and Market Home starts. Responsible for sending up contracts and market panels to Architecture.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Skills:

• 2-3 years' experience in an administrative position
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Awareness of National, State, and Local building code requirements is a plus!
• Detail-minded with excellent organizational and follow up skills
• Ability to take multi-task and meet deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to work with various disciplines of people
• Ability to take the initiative and exercise independent judgment
• Possess a team player mentality
• Experience with a residential homebuilder is a plus!
• High school education required; College degree preferred --may consider degree with other related residential homebuilding experience.

Premier Benefits to Support YOU:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental and vision
• Life, AD&D, and critical illness insurance
• Wellness rewards
• 401(k) savings plan
• Profit Sharing
• Paid time off increasing with tenure
• Tuition reimbursement
• Long and short disability and Parental leave
• Employee discount program on the purchase of a Drees Home
• Employee Assistance Program and much more!

The schedule for this position will be Monday-Friday 8 AM-5 PM, plus additional hours as necessary.

Excellent salary and bonus potential.

Join a special team that works together to make Drees a successful company and a rewarding place to work!

Summary

Equal Opportunity Employer / Drug Free WorkplaceTo learn more about Drees Homes, visit our website - www.dreeshomes.com