Contract to Start Coordinator

Drees Homes is a family-owned home builder with a passion for making custom homes easy. For over 95 years, we have cared for our employees and customers, which is why we rank as the 19th largest privately-owned builder in the country and have a history of long-tenured employees. We are proud to be named a U.S. Best Managed Company in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, a program sponsored by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, and to be officially certified as a Great Place to Work for the last three years. Enrich your career at a company that values integrity, excellence, opportunity, stability, and success.

Headquartered in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, Drees operates in twelve metropolitan areas: Greater Cincinnati (including Northern Kentucky), Cleveland, and Columbus, Ohio; Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Jacksonville, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Washington, D.C.

Drees Homes, one of the largest privately-owned homebuilders in the nation, is seeking enthusiastic candidates for a Contract to Start Coordinator opportunity in our San Antonio, TX division.  As a Contract to Start Coordinator you will following the processing of all jobs from contract approval to the start of the job to ensure processes meet or exceed goals. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with Architecture, Estimating, Production, and Sales to ensure efficiency and prompt contract to start cycle time.
• Maintain starts reports and facilitate starts for Division and ensure starts are released in a timely fashion.
• Facilitate weekly starts meetings for the Division.
• Review and analyze customer job status while providing feedback to Sales Managers, Construction and Operations Managers and Division President.
• Oversee the process of obtaining permits and municipality plan approvals, HOA approvals, and ARB approvals.
• Maintain master plan approvals from Architectural Review Boards per community.
• Architectural liaison for Division To Be Built and Market Home starts.  Responsible for sending up contracts and market panels to Architecture.
• Other duties as assigned.

 Knowledge and Skills:

• 2-3 years' experience in an administrative position
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Awareness of National, State, and Local building code requirements is a plus!
• Detail-minded with excellent organizational and follow up skills
• Ability to take multi-task and meet deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to work with various disciplines of people
• Ability to take the initiative and exercise independent judgment
• Possess a team player mentality
• Experience with a residential homebuilder is a plus! 
• High school education required; College degree preferred --may consider degree with other related residential homebuilding experience.

Premier Benefits to Support YOU:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental and vision
• Life, AD&D, and critical illness insurance
• Wellness rewards
• 401(k) savings plan
• Profit Sharing
• Paid time off increasing with tenure
• Tuition reimbursement
• Long and short disability and Parental leave
• Employee discount program on the purchase of a Drees Home
• Employee Assistance Program and much more!

The schedule for this position will be Monday-Friday 8 AM-5 PM, plus additional hours as necessary.

Excellent salary and bonus potential.

Join a special team that works together to make Drees a successful company and a rewarding place to work!

Equal Opportunity Employer / Drug Free Workplace
To learn more about Drees Homes, visit our website - www.dreeshomes.com