Construction Manager 3

Dream Finders Homes

📍Austin, TX
Posted May 23, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Construction Manager 3

Company

Dream Finders Homes

Location

Austin, TX

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4418479521

Job Description

Come build your career with Dream Finders Homes Company, one of the fastest growing public home building companies in the US.

Being responsible for the oversight of newly constructed residential homes, the Construction Manager will work in a fast-paced environment. Maintain attention to detail and enforce work-place safety requirements while meeting tight deadlines efficiently and effectively.

  • Ensure accuracy of blueprints, takeoffs and manage variance to budgets.

  • Coordinate supply/trade issues in project with purchasing department.

  • Builder partnership:

+ Ensure quality standards are being met throughout project.
+ Evaluate and maintain effectiveness of staff for maintain performance level to include training/hiring/replacement.
+ Coordinate builder loading, start timing and pace.
+ Monitor builder communication with sales orders to maximize closings and customer satisfaction while conducting weekly team meetings.
+ Review/approve sub-contractor purchase orders.
+ Conducts weekly individual planned encounters.

Required Experience

  • 3+ years construction experience

  • Valid driver's license with reliable automobile for on-site use.

Preferred Experience

  • Bachelor's degree - Construction Management.

  • Knowledge of building codes

  • 3+ years of residential home building experience.

  • Homebuilding software experience (e.g. BuildPro).

  • Supervisory experience

Work Environment

  • Representative of an office/field setting.

  • The noise level is usually quiet to moderate.

Physical Demands
This Role Is Regularly Required To

  • Walk, climb stairs, sit, and stand.

  • Reach with hands and arms.

  • See with close and distance vision

  • Use hands and fingers to operate tools and other business machines.

  • Lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.

This document describes the minimum, essential duties, responsibilities, skills, abilities, effort, and working conditions of the position. It in no way implies that these are the only functions to be performed by the incumbent. Workers are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any job-related functions requested by a supervisor or manager. Successful performance requires that the incumbent possess and utilize the abilities and skills described. All functions are subject to reasonable modification to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some functions may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or others.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you ensure blueprint accuracy and manage variance to budgets when overseeing multiple residential home starts?
  • 2.Walk me through your process for coordinating supply chain or trade issues with the purchasing department during an active project.
  • 3.How do you enforce workplace safety requirements on your job sites while trying to meet tight construction deadlines?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to evaluate the effectiveness of a builder or sub-contractor and make a difficult decision regarding their replacement.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to manage builder loading and start timing to maximize closings and customer satisfaction.
  • 3.Give me an example of how you used weekly team meetings and planned individual encounters to improve communication and performance on your sites.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You discover a significant discrepancy between the blueprint and the actual framing layout on a home that is scheduled to close in three weeks. What do you do?
  • 2.A key trade partner fails to show up on site, threatening to delay your start timing and push back your closing date. How do you handle this?

Resume Keywords

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Residential home buildingBlueprint accuracyVariance to budgetSub-contractor managementBuilder loadingWorkplace safetyBuildProStart timingCustomer satisfactionPurchasing coordinationQuality standardsTeam meetings

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