Cresco

Operational:

• Lead, manage and be accountable for land development and for health and safety.
• Lead, manage and be accountable for the following functional areas for low-rise housing activities (preconstruction, estimating, procurement, and design).
• Delivery of best-in-class customer service by leveraging the Cresco Experience Playbook.
• Leadership and/or participation in development and execution of strategic and business plans.
• Achieve results against the approved budget and business plan.
• Performance and career development of staff.
• Providing best advice to the Vice President.

Leadership & Management:

• Overall planning, direction and appraisal of individual staff's work and performance.
• Fostering effective team culture and work environment.
• Compliance with Cresco policies and procedures.
• Promotions/transfers, salary actions, hiring, disciplinary discussions, and terminations.
• Understand and provide insight on the competitive environment.
• Stay abreast of market dynamics and the evolving sales strategies of our competitors.

Construction:

• In collaboration with our Manager, Health & Safety, create an environment where high standards of safety are maintained, ensuring compliance not only with regulations but striving to exceed Cresco standards.

Budgets, Contracts & Purchasing:

• Oversight of budgets and cost tracking.
• Establish and maintain robust purchasing and construction release protocols to maintain construction programs with the goal of achieving budgeted margins and evenflow production.
• Through positive engagement with our trade partners, seek ways to control costs while delivering superior product and performance.
• Drive innovation: work with the entire team to stay abreast of product and material evolution and implement into our product offering and construction practices.
• Foster engagement of manufacturers, suppliers, and trade contractors with our internal team to seek ways to continuously improve our processes.

Financial Performance:

• Profit and loss responsibility.
• Responsible for development, execution, and status reporting of plans to maximize revenues/gross margins and minimize costs/expenses.
• Market Intelligence: market conditions and buyer's needs/wants; competitive analysis.

• Post-secondary education in management, construction management, or business with demonstrated exposure to critical thinking.
• MBA or Engineering Degree would be considered an asset.
• Minimum 5-8 years in the construction industry.
• Proven track record in project management.
• Experience in development or infrastructure renewal projects.
• Management of construction contracts.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, written and verbal.
• Strong leadership skills with ability to foster teamwork and work well with other departments.
• Must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Be able to clearly articulate and convey concepts, ideas, and issues to team and management.
• Good knowledge and understanding of building contracts, drawings, industry terminology.
• Proficient in analytics.
• Strong ability to identify critical paths and make informed business decisions through experienced industry knowledge and objective analytics.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365.
• Experience in using technology to track progress against business targets.

For over 30 years, the owners of Cresco, first-generation Canadians Hossein Mousavi and Taleb Abidali, and their team have built award-winning homes and communities across Halifax. The magic of this successful family-owned company is in its collaboration with customers, partners and a loyal network of builders and trades. Cresco is known for its relentless focus on quality and artistry in building homes and developing communities such as The Ravines of Bedford South and The Parks of West Bedford.

Whether building single-family homes, multi-unit residential or commercial properties, or working through master-planned developments, Cresco has a long-term perspective on land acquisition, partnerships, community building and the innovative use of design and building principles.

With over fifty industry and community awards and progressive, long-term thinking, Cresco is deeply committed to giving back, evidenced by its active participation and support of organizations such as the Cobequid Health Centre Foundation, Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation, Dartmouth General Hospital Foundation, Halifax YMCA, Nova Scotia Home Builders' Association, Urban Development Institute, Halifax Chamber of Commerce, and Family Business Atlantic. Cresco has also built lottery homes for multiple charities over the past two decades.

By joining Cresco, you will work in an environment where team members have a shared vision, are passionate about what they do and truly care about one another and our community. Cresco is offering a competitive compensation and benefits package including:

• Health, dental, vision coverage
• Life Insurance and long term disability
• Free access to virtual healthcare
• Physical wellness subsidy
• Matching RRSP Program up to 5% of earnings
• Community involvement
• Opportunity for growth