Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Overlook Homes builds custom homes and major renovations in the greater Chapel Hill area. The Project Manager will own client relationships, budgets, change orders, schedules, and escalations across multiple high-end residential construction projects while coordinating with site superintendents and ensuring project profitability and delivery.
Responsibilities
- Client relationship — single point of contact from contract through final walkthrough. Weekly written progress reports on every active project, whether or not there's much to report
- Budget — weekly calibration on every job. You'll know where each project sits against its estimate before anyone asks, and flag variances while they're still small
- Change orders — priced, documented, and communicated before work proceeds
- Schedule — you build and maintain the look-ahead, sequence the trades, and coordinate with the superintendents daily
- Escalation — most problems should end with you
Skills
- You write well — at our price point, client communication is the job, and a clear written update is worth more than a reassuring phone call
- You can read a plan set and understand what the architect was going for
- You are direct with clients about bad news, early
- You want ownership, not supervision
- 5+ years managing residential construction projects end to end, including work in the $1M+ range. Custom or high-end renovation specifically — production building is a different job
- Demonstrated financial ownership: you've held a budget, managed change orders, and answered for margin
- Genuine design literacy — comfortable in a plan set and in a conversation with an architect
- Strong written communication
- Software fluency. We run on Materio, Slack, and Google Drive. Experience with Buildertrend, CoConstruct, or Procore translates fine
- Based in or willing to relocate to the greater Chapel Hill area. The schedule is flexible; the geography isn't
- Self-directed. Nobody will be watching your calendar
Benefits
- Performance bonus tied to project profitability and delivery.
- Four weeks PTO plus nine paid holidays.
- Employer-sponsored health, dental, and vision.
- Vehicle allowance and mileage reimbursement.
- Parental leave.
- Professional development support.
- Remote-flexible, locally based — no required office hours.
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