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Starts Coordinator

Meritage Homes
United States, Tennessee, Franklin
Feb 12, 2025
Responsibilities

The Starts Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that new home sales are started in a timely manner to meet division and corporate cycle time goals while managing starts schedule. This position will work with construction, centralized scheduling, mortgage, design studio and municipalities to gather all information required to start homes.

  • Track and manage the starts schedule including permit status, lot information, while maintaining the starts calendar.
  • Request, completed documents as needed and monitor pre-starts cycle time milestones, plot plan applications and requirements, municipal applications and any other requirements needed to complete the start process.
  • Request permit options from Sales team and prepare required permit documents.
  • Review plot plans for accuracy prior to submittal to local municipalities
  • Continuous monitoring of submitted permit applications across all communities and communication of permit status to Production Manager, VP of Operations, and Construction Managers
  • Manage consultant preparing detailed community maps of starts, closings, plans and elevations
  • Provides estimates of permit fees to Finance Department for budgeting purposes
  • Manage and ensure payment of all fees relating to permitting, utilities, and re-inspections
  • Prepares and processes check requests for permits, Forward Planning, and Operations Departments
  • Tracks review and approval of draft plot plans by Sales and Construction Managers
  • Revises and updates Division Starts Tracker with sales and permit status
  • Maintain multiple EXCEL trackers of sales, plots, permits, costs, option selections, etc. status and costs
  • Maintain communication with multiple departments concerning status of start, and items needed to complete packages and upload pertinent information to BuildPro including communicating to trades when information is available

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Experience in a construction background and experience/knowledge in the homebuilding industry
  • Strong computer skills with expertise in Microsoft Windows Office applications, including Outlook, Word, and Excel
  • Good Oral/Written Communication and Interpersonal Skills, ability to communicate effectively in a professional manner
  • Ability to gather information and generate documents with accuracy
  • Daily interactions with Trade Partners, construction personnel, Sales, Municipalities, and employees at all levels of the organization
  • Ability to handle the stress of dealing with trades, and react favorably to resolve issues in a positive manner
  • Team Player; and demonstrated ability to work within cross-functional teams

Overview

Are you looking for an incredible career opportunity? Then Meritage Homes is the place for you! From the homes we build to the careers we offer, we are focused on delivering a Life.Built.Better.. Meritage is committed to building energy-efficient and affordable entry-level and first move-up homes across the US. We are looking for candidates who are excited about furthering their careers, as well as bringing their authentic self every day to be part of an inclusive organization. Meritage was certified a Great Place To Work for a second year in a row, and is currently ranked on Fortune's Best Workplaces listings in the categories of Construction, Women and Parents. As a top 5 public homebuilder with over 180,000 homes delivered in its 38-year history, Meritage is looking for professionals who are self-starters and want to help our organization grow by providing new and innovative ideas.

When joining Meritage Homes, you and your career can benefit in several ways, including:

  • A work environment that encourages creativity and innovative ideas from every level
  • An organization that lives by its core values everyday
  • Team atmosphere where every individual is considered a vital asset
  • State of the art technology to provide an optimal working environment
  • A competitive pay structure
  • Strong benefits
  • Flexibility in work-life integration
  • Team-oriented environment where all individuals play an integral role in the company
  • Opportunity to further your career in a growing national organization
  • Maintain a competitive drive to be the best
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