Construction Trainee

{"title": "Construction Trainee", "description": "At Smith Douglas Homes, we're committed to delivering exceptional quality and customer satisfaction. As a Construction Trainee, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our homes meet the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and cost control.

**Key Responsibilities:**

* Assist the Construction Manager in overseeing community operations, including weekly meetings, inspections, and homeowner orientations.
* Perform routine production activities, such as changing furnace filters, repairing minor cracks in drives and walks, and installing replacements for damaged window sashes and screens.
* Meet with and sign off on deliveries of materials when needed.
* Water lawns (seasonal).
* Attend Quality Assurance walks and ensure the Quality Assurance checklist is completed.
* Assist with Homeowner Orientation sign-off.
* Keep all drive barricades in place.
* Unlock and lock homes daily.
* Police community; review and enforce safety regulations.
* Install water meter location cards.
* Oversee building and painting of permit boards.
* Post building permit cards.
* Adjust/clean out water meter boxes so municipality will set meters.
* Aid Builder to ensure job site cleanliness.
* Attend and perform inspections (slab, foundation, framing, post-mechanical, final).

**Requirements:**

* Construction Management degree helpful.
* Residential construction (renovation or maintenance) experience helpful.
* Microsoft Office skills.
* Ability to learn proprietary software (SMART).
* Initiative, good communication skills, customer orientation, detail-oriented, and ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

**About Smith Douglas Homes:**

We're a new home builder with over 40 years of industry experience. Our mission is to enhance people's quality of life by providing quality-built, value-packed new homes. We're proud to be a Certified Great Place to Work and an equal employment opportunity employer.", "lang_code": "en-US"}

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