Nchfa

Overview

At NCHFA, we provide safe, affordable housing opportunities to enhance the quality of life of North Carolinians. We are a self-supporting public agency that, since its creation by the General Assembly, has financed more than 310,700 affordable homes and apartments.

Residency: Must be a resident of North Carolina

Location: Remote/Hybrid allowed

Group: Rental Programs - Construction

As a member of the Rental Programs - Construction team, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a dedicated team of professionals who share a common mission: to expand access to safe, affordable housing for all North Carolinians. As a Construction Specialist, you will play a crucial part in shaping the landscape of affordable rental housing across North Carolina, by providing guidance of construction methods, materials and project costs, as well as, provide technical support for the construction of rental homes through a variety of state and federal housing programs. You will be responsible for reviewing multi-family building plans and specifications as well as inspecting multi-family construction to ensure compliance with agency requirements.

Are you ready to engage in an excellent career opportunity within a mission-driven organization? If yes, apply today!

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Inspect multifamily new construction and rehabilitation projects.

- Uses advanced knowledge and understanding of program guidelines as it relates to design and construction workmanship, and installation of approved materials and equipment to projects at various stages (or during framing and final inspections).

- Makes recommendations for processes used to collect and document streamline tracking project progression.

- Evaluates progress of construction work, submit reports of discrepancy or corrections to management.

- Schedules and conducts site visits and inspections using lists of projects with some direction from a senior colleague or management.

- Conducts scope of work site inspections for Agency related rehabilitation projects. Determine best applicable scope of work for each project.

- Makes construction related decisions code applicability and construction material installations that outside developers, architects and vendors are trying to use or perform.

2. Review multi-family building plans and specifications

- Uses advanced knowledge to perform assigned building plan reviews targeting federal, state and local building codes and Agency Design Standards requirements, list any deficiencies and corrective actions and email findings to external developer and architect of assigned project.

- Records plan review results in internal tracking systems such as in Microsoft excel and Rental Project Management documents.

- Reviews value engineering efforts from developers, architects and vendors who are wanting to undertake changes to awarded projects.

3. Development Costs and Application Reviews

- Uses advanced knowledge to review materials, equipment and labor costs to ensure quality and cost reasonableness of developments, identifying concerns of costs that appears to be outside of industry standards in the market with minimum oversight by senior colleague.

- Reviews on-site costs of proposed development costs of projects to ensure they are within reasonable and acceptable ranges, or to determine if they are either too high or too low.

- Provides feedback to developer or Agency staff as to decisions concerning cost reviews and issues that may create changes to procedures or cost budgets.

- Reviews application reports for approval. Reports include termite reports, structural integrity reports and flood plain reports and may provide guidance to junior colleagues.

- Reviews funding application plans to create a design score for purposes of funding potential.

4. Provide Technical Assistance or Best Practices

- Provides written and verbal responses to questions from Agency staff, partners and developers. Offers guidance and recommendations on design requirements and construction activities.

- Stays abreast of applicable construction building code references, energy standard requirements and assists and implements construction practices and products into documents such as Design Standards and Construction Field Guide for Agency acceptance and approval.

5. Compliance of local, state federal codes and laws

- Stays abreast of local, state, and federal codes and laws by attending local building code training classes.

- Stays abreast of changes in Davis-Bacon by attending training.

- Attends other training opportunities that may encompass environmental issues, building efficiency issues or energy conservation issues.

- Shares updates with senior colleague and/or make recommendations for updates through drafting guides, internal forms or documented procedures based on what is learned.

6. Research and Implement Changes of Methods and Materials

- Researches products and construction procedures that may be new to the market and determines their benefits to program procedures or design requirements.

7. Other Duties as Needed

- Performs on-site interviews, payroll and technical reviews of contractor laborers and mechanics during construction of developments as required to comply under the Davis-Bacon Act and assistance related requirements, including federal code compliance reporting.

- Performs Agency application site scoring visits for tax credit applications.

- Reviews and approves/disapproves construction payments for Agency funded projects with insurance claims. May conduct site inspections of damaged areas of existing properties.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Strong ability to read blueprints

- Strong technical expertise in construction methods

- Strong understanding of building codes and regulations such as Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines

- Solid knowledge of Excel; Microsoft Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint

- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work in a team environment

- Solid time management skills and attention to detail

- Strong ability to work in a team environment

- Solid problem-solving skills

- Professional Development Designation preferred or training such as Multi Family New Construction Building for Energy Star, NSPIRE, or Housing Credit Certified Professional

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree in architecture, construction science, or related discipline; apprenticeship, training program and 5+ years of experience in construction management of multifamily of commercial related developments.

Will consider an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

***Salary is commensurate with relevant education and experience

BENEFITS:

Major Medical > Dental> Vision> Health Care FSA> Dependent Day Care FSA> Cancer> Critical Illness> Disability (long and short-term) > Voya Travel Assistance> Term Life> Accidental Death & Dismemberment> Accident> Voluntary 401k & 457> Teachers’ and State Employees Retirement System (PENSION!) > Continuing Education> Professional Development> Annual Longevity Check (at service milestones)

Paid Time Off: 12 holidays + Accrued Vacation> Sick> Personal> Community Service/Parental> Personal Observance> Bereavement>FMLA> Family Illness Leave> Paid Parental Leave