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Construction Coordinator

Híbrido, El trabajo se debe realizar en o cerca de Northampton, MA
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    Tipo de contrato:A Tiempo Completo
    Compensación:USD $20 - $26 / hora
    32 hour week

    Descripción

    Construction Coordinator

    The Construction Coordinator is responsible for coordinating volunteers, subcontractors, tasks, and materials that are critical to Habitat building projects. Unlike typical general contractors, we primarily utilize volunteers and subcontractors on our construction sites. The coordinator must be excellent at collaboration, delegation and working with others while keeping the big picture in mind. We value inclusivity, safety and education on our construction sites and the coordinator helps to set this tone in their work with volunteers. We also prioritize energy efficient construction and the coordinator plays a key role in compliance with grant and certification requirements for our builds.

    Time Commitment: Average 32 hours per week

    Pay: $20 to $26 per hour depending on experience.

    Benefits: We believe in supporting the health and well-being of our employees. To support our employees, we offer all employees working 30 hours or more per week:

    • Paid leave - 12 paid holidays, paid sick days, paid vacation days (pro-rated to 80% of full time)
    • Group health insurance with a shared contribution for premium costs
    • Long-term disability insurance
    • A 401(k) retirement plan

    Reporting: The Construction Coordinator reports to the Executive Director, and works closely with volunteers and Habitat’s construction consultant.

    Schedule: Group meetings occur at fixed times as set by the group, but many other hours can be flexible. Availability on some weekends and evenings required. The majority of work hours will occur during weekday business hours.

    Affirmative Equity: Our organization is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers that prevent people with marginalized social identities from actualizing their full employment potential, advancing in our organization, assuming leadership roles, or from fully engaging at all levels in the workplace. We strive to operationalize policies, practices, attitudes, and actions that produce equitable power, access, and employment opportunities for all people regardless of social identity. We are committed to providing a respectful, supportive workplace culture that welcomes and celebrates the diverse social identities of our staff.

    Responsibilities:

    • Anticipate problems and issues typical of building and proactively work to mitigate potential issues to help ensure schedules are met and work plans are achieved.
    • Suggest potential advantageous building practices and cost saving opportunities.
    • Maintain an inventory of all equipment, tools, and supplies.
    • Manage and document compliance with green building certification requirements (ENERGY STAR, Indoor Air Plus, DOE Zero Energy Ready, etc)
    • Review volunteer sign-up calendar weekly to ensure supervisors are available for all build days.
    • Understand elements that contribute to successful volunteers and helps ensure that volunteers have a consistently good experience thus motivating them to return.
    • Collaborate with staff to provide educational materials for volunteers on construction techniques.
    • Implement good safety practices and support Habitat’s policies and procedures with volunteers, including site specific safety plans and incident reporting procedures.
    • Assist the Construction Team volunteer leaders to:
      • Plan tasks for upcoming build days
      • Ensure that the appropriate tools, materials, and equipment are on site in advance of all build days so that the volunteers can have a productive and positive experience
      • Order building materials and supplies
      • Coordinate subcontractors
    • Investigate and track any warranty claims.

    Skills Required

    • Knowledge of and experience with high performance residential construction
    • Excellent project management skills
    • Ability to work with unskilled volunteers and future homeowners from a variety of backgrounds in a supportive manner
    • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
    • Ability to use zoom, phone, email, excel, word, and other computer tools for communication and tracking
    • Ability to work independently and collaboratively
    • Habitat for Humanity Competent Person Safety training or ability to earn within the first 60 days of employment
    • Knowledge of green building and energy efficiency a real plus
    • MA Construction Supervisor's License or ability to earn is preferred, but not required
    • MA Drivers license and clean driving record required
    • Physical ability to navigate a construction site over uneven ground, lift and move supplies and materials, and wear appropriate PPE.

    Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity (PVHH) builds strength, stability and self-reliance through affordable homeownership in Franklin and Hampshire Counties in western Massachusetts. Habitat is a housing ministry dedicated to strengthening communities by empowering low-income families to change their lives and the lives of future generations through homeownership opportunities. This is accomplished by working in partnership with diverse people, from all walks of life, to build simple, decent, affordable housing. Our local Habitat tries to incorporate many sustainable practices into our construction process and builds all new homes to ENERGY STAR standards. We are affiliated with Habitat for Humanity International.

    Pioneer Valley Habitat is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sex, religious affiliation, or sexual orientation are encouraged to apply. Women, people of color, and LGBTQ people are strongly encouraged to apply. We require criminal background checks on all selected candidates for employment.

    Interested applicants should send a resume and statement of interest to build@pvhabitat.org

    https://www.pvhabitat.org/about/employment/

    Construction Coordinator

    The Construction Coordinator is responsible for coordinating volunteers, subcontractors, tasks, and materials that are critical to Habitat building projects. Unlike typical general contractors, we primarily utilize volunteers and subcontractors on our construction sites. The coordinator must be excellent at collaboration, delegation and working with others while keeping the big picture in mind. We value inclusivity, safety and education on our construction sites and the coordinator helps to set this tone in their work with volunteers. We also prioritize energy efficient construction and the coordinator plays a key role in compliance with grant and certification requirements for our builds.

    Time Commitment: Average 32 hours per week

    Pay: $20 to $26 per hour depending on experience.

    Benefits: We believe in supporting the health and well-being of our employees. To support our employees, we offer all employees working 30…

    Compensación

    We believe in supporting the health and well-being of our employees. To support our employees, we offer all employees working 30 hours or more per week:

    • Paid leave - 12 paid holidays, paid sick days, paid vacation days (pro-rated to 80% of full time)
    • Group health insurance with a shared contribution for premium costs
    • Long-term disability insurance
    • A 401(k) retirement plan

    We believe in supporting the health and well-being of our employees. To support our employees, we offer all employees working 30 hours or more per week:

    • Paid leave - 12 paid holidays, paid sick days, paid vacation days (pro-rated to 80% of full time)
    • Group health insurance with a shared contribution for premium costs
    • Long-term disability insurance
    • A 401(k) retirement plan

    Nivel de Idiomas

    Must be fluent in written and spoken English.

    Must be fluent in written and spoken English.

    Ubicación

    Híbrido
    El trabajo se puede realizar en o cerca de Northampton, MA
    Northampton, MA, USA

    Cómo aplicar

    Interested applicants should send a resume and statement of interest to build@pvhabitat.org

    Interested applicants should send a resume and statement of interest to build@pvhabitat.org

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