Job Details
CalWest is seeking a qualified Purchasing Manager who has experience in residential construction planning and purchasing. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic Land Development department team.
The qualified candidate will be a self-starter and a team player, with excellent organizational skills and excellent communication skills.
Your days will be busy!
- Interacting effectively with consultants and subcontractors and provide purchasing and management for certain forward planning and all land development due diligence, research, and analysis for potential real estate acquisitions.
- Providing complete plan review, document review and management in conjunction with Forward Planning and Land Dev Managers and Product Design Manager as it relates to potential scope and cost impacts due to governing agencies, utility agencies, environmental agencies, etc.
- Providing complete plan review, document review and management in conjunction with Forward Planning and Land Dev Managers and Product Design Manager as it relates to potential scope and cost impacts due land development consultants, product design consultants, etc.
- Conducting any land dev value engineering as necessary, including plan, report, and other document review.
- Collaborating with third party land dev consultants on purchasing and land dev budgets and cost estimates. Provide management, coordination, plan review, budgeting, scopes of work, contracting and other interaction as necessary.
- Collaborating with Forward Planning and Land Dev dept. and Land Dev Construction personnel on phasing and special circumstances that may affect land development purchasing costs and schedules.
- Providing support for all Department of Real Estate (DRE) and homeowners association (HOA) program-related items, including any work necessary to review DRE budgets, HOA documents, related exhibits, and revisions.
- Collaborating with land dev construction managers and personnel on any purchasing matters affecting land development schedules.
- Review and approve, prior to the commencement of work, land development purchasing change orders and purchase orders, subject to company policy.
- Collaborating with Product Design & Development personnel on matters related to land development and vertical development blending for a project.
- Providing land development purchasing and contracting of land development field work through bond exoneration and HOA turnover.
- Providing land development purchasing and contracting for the coordination of common area improvement turnovers with governing agencies, utility companies, and HOAs.
- Providing land development budget cost comparisons, as necessary, including due diligence budgets, interim budgets, contracted costs, etc.
- Providing land development purchasing management duties during construction, including interaction with governing, utility, and other agencies, professional consultants, subcontractors, plan management, problem solving and office support for field supervision personnel related to cost impacts.
And more
The ideal candidate will have:
- Proficiency in MS Office programs, including Outlook, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Proficiency in MS Project, SharePoint, Bluebeam, and other relevant software applications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Excellent teamwork skills
Bachelor's degree in related field
Experience in residential construction planning
Purchasing experience