Construction Manager

Organization: Flatirons Habitat for Humanity

FLSA: Full-Time ExemptLocation: Boulder, Colorado

Reports To: Director of Construction and Land Development

About Flatirons Habitat for Humanity: Flatirons Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building strength, stability, and self-reliance through affordable housing solutions. Serving communities across Boulder County and Broomfield County, we partner with families and individuals to create safe, sustainable homes while fostering a sense of empowerment and community. Guided by our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live, we work collaboratively with volunteers, donors, and community members to address the housing crisis and provide opportunities for generational growth and stability. Joining Flatirons Habitat means contributing to meaningful change and embracing a culture rooted in compassion, justice, diversity, and equity. 

Position Summary

The Construction Manager leads all construction activities occurring outside the BoulderMOD factory, including site development, foundations, modular home delivery and installation, field completion, inspections, certificates of occupancy, warranty work, and home repairs. Working closely with the BoulderMOD team, this position coordinates factory production with site readiness, installation, and field completion across multiple concurrent projects. 

This is a hands-on field leadership role. The Construction Manager personally directs construction activities and, when necessary, performs critical field work while recruiting, training, scheduling, and supervising volunteers and managing subcontractors and project partners. The position is accountable for safety, quality, schedule, cost control, site conditions, volunteer productivity, subcontractor performance, and homeowner communication. 

The Construction Manager also develops and maintains practical systems for scheduling and documenting field production; organizing, tracking, securing, and maintaining tools, materials, equipment, vehicles, and other assets; and ensuring jobsites are safe, orderly, secure, and prepared for upcoming work. Through clear instruction, respectful leadership, and meaningful work opportunities, the Construction Manager creates a volunteer culture in which people of varying skill levels feel valued, supported, and excited to contribute. 

Key Responsibilities

Construction Management

• Direct all construction activities at Flatirons Habitat project sites. 

• Manage site preparation, foundations, utilities, modular home delivery and setting, exterior and interior completion, landscaping, inspections, punch lists, and project closeout. 

• Coordinate closely with BoulderMOD leadership to ensure homes are properly sequenced, transported, installed, completed, and inspected. 

• Develop and maintain project schedules, scopes of work, material plans, budgets, and inspection timelines. 

• Identify and resolve field conditions affecting safety, quality, cost, schedule, or homeowner occupancy. 

• Ensure sites are properly prepared, staffed, equipped, supplied, and secured. 

• Document and implement storm water management strategies on all active construction sites.  

Volunteer Leadership

• Recruit, train, schedule, supervise, and retain construction volunteers. 

• Develop skilled volunteer crew leaders who can assist with construction, warranty, and repair activities. 

• Break construction work into safe, clearly defined tasks appropriate for volunteers with varying skill levels. 

• Provide safety orientation, tool training, task instruction, and ongoing coaching. 

• Maintain clear standards for attendance, conduct, safety, quality, and homeowner interaction. 

• Determine which work may be completed by volunteers and which requires licensed or professional contractors. 

Warranty and Home Repair

• Manage all warranty obligations associated with homes built or rehabilitated by Flatirons Habitat. 

• Establish systems for receiving, prioritizing, tracking, completing, and documenting warranty requests. 

• Coordinate warranty work with homeowners, volunteers, subcontractors, manufacturers, and suppliers. 

• Identify recurring defects and recommend improvements to factory production, field construction, materials, and subcontractor performance. 

• Develop and operate a home repair program serving qualified homeowners in Boulder and Broomfield Counties. 

• Conduct or oversee home assessments, scopes of work, project budgets, volunteer assignments, contractor coordination, and project closeout. 

• Prioritize health and safety, accessibility, aging-in-place, energy-efficiency, and critical home repair needs. 

Safety and Quality

• Maintain primary responsibility for safety at construction, warranty, and repair sites. 

• Enforce applicable safety requirements, building codes, approved plans, manufacturer instructions, and organizational policies. 

• Ensure volunteers receive appropriate training and do not perform work beyond their qualifications. 

• Conduct regular safety and quality inspections and require prompt correction of deficiencies. 

• Coordinate permits, inspections, certificates of occupancy, testing, and closeout documentation. 

• Maintain clean, orderly, secure, and professional worksites. 

Budget and Contractor Management

• Develop and manage construction, warranty, and repair budgets. 

• Monitor project costs, approve purchases within delegated authority, and report material variances. 

• Prepare scopes of work, obtain bids, and manage subcontractors, vendors, suppliers, transporters, and crane operators. 

• Confirm that contractors are properly licensed, insured, and qualified. 

• Hold contractors accountable for safety, schedule, quality, documentation, and correction of deficient work. 

• Seek donated or discounted labor, materials, and professional services when appropriate. 

Communication and Reporting

• Maintain accurate project schedules, daily logs, volunteer records, inspection reports, warranty files, repair records, photographs, and closeout documents. 

• Provide regular reports on construction progress, budgets, volunteer capacity, warranty activity, repair activity, safety, and project risks. 

• Communicate clearly and respectfully with homeowners, volunteers, staff, contractors, neighbors, municipalities, and community partners. 

• Immediately report significant safety issues, delays, cost overruns, quality failures, homeowner concerns, or insurance matters. 

Qualifications

Required

• At least five years of progressively responsible residential construction experience. 

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Flatirons Habitat for Humanity is unable to provide employment visa sponsorship.  

• Demonstrated ability to lead active residential construction sites. 

• Experience managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously. 

• Strong knowledge of residential construction methods, sequencing, building systems, codes, inspections, safety, and quality control. 

• Demonstrated ability to teach construct 

• ion skills and supervise people with varying levels of experience. 

• Experience working with volunteers, apprentices, students, entry-level workers, or community construction crews. 

• Ability to read and interpret architectural drawings, engineering documents, specifications, and inspection reports. 

• Experience preparing schedules, scopes of work, budgets, cost estimates, and subcontractor agreements. 

• Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills. 

• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel regularly between project sites. 

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, contractor licensing required by the City of Boulder and other applicable jurisdictions. 

• Commitment to the mission and values of Habitat for Humanity. 

Preferred

• Degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field. Substantial relevant experience may substitute for formal education. 

• Experience as a carpenter, framer, superintendent, general contractor, or skilled tradesperson. 

• Experience with modular, panelized, or off-site construction. 

• Experience coordinating modular home transportation, crane setting, installation, and completion. 

• Experience managing residential warranty or home repair programs. 

• Experience developing volunteer crew leaders. 

• OSHA 30 certification or comparable advanced safety training. 

• Experience with high-performance, net-zero, wildfire-resilient, or all-electric construction. 

Physical and Work Requirements

• Regular work at active construction and repair sites in varying weather conditions. 

• Ability to stand, walk, climb, and navigate uneven or partially completed sites. 

• Ability to lift and carry construction materials and demonstrate proper use of common tools. 

• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment. 

• Availability to support volunteer activities, including some Saturdays, early mornings, or evenings. 

• Ability to respond to urgent construction, warranty, or property-related matters when necessary. 

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual salary of $90,000–$110,000, depending on qualifications and experience  

• Paid time off, paid holidays and paid mission leave  

• Employer retirement-plan match  

• Comprehensive health benefits 

Application Process

To apply, along with your letter expressing your interest in this role, please send a resume and the names and contact information for three professional references to lstaniforth@flatironshabitat.org.  Review of resumes will begin immediately, and the position is open until filled.   

Equal Employment Opportunity

Flatirons Habitat for Humanity is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on organizational needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications without regard to any status protected by applicable law.