EcoBuilders Employment Opportunities

Our Core Values

  1. Sustainability – A cornerstone of your identity, reflected in your commitment to restorative, carbon-negative designs and ecological stewardship.
    • Designing every project to exceed energy efficiency standards and achieve low carbon or net-zero performance.
    • Choosing materials and construction methods that prioritize environmental responsibility and regeneration.
    • Advocating for sustainable practices among clients, collaborators, and communities through education and communication.
  1. Creativity – Your ability to envision and execute transformative, awe-inspiring projects sets you apart in the architectural world.
    • Continuously exploring innovative design solutions that balance functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability.
    • Cultivating a team culture that encourages brainstorming, experimentation, and creative problem-solving.
    • Embracing challenges as opportunities to develop original and groundbreaking approaches
  1. Integrity – Your dedication to aligning your actions with your values ensures trust, transparency, and ethical responsibility in everything you do.
    • Upholding transparency and honesty in every client interaction and decision-making process.
    • Consistently delivering on promises, ensuring the highest ethical standards in all aspects of work.
    • Prioritizing the long-term value of projects over short-term gains, aligning decisions with core values.
  1. Collaboration – Your approach to engaging clients, communities, and team members embodies the belief that shared ideas lead to greater outcomes.
    • Actively engaging clients, team members, and stakeholders to create designs that reflect shared goals.
    • Building strong partnerships with contractors, engineers, and other professionals to deliver seamless, high-quality projects.
    • Hosting regular team and community discussions to foster alignment, understanding, and mutual respect.
  1. Quality – Your projects consistently demonstrate excellence, from their environmental impact to their design and construction.
    • Ensuring precision and excellence in every design detail, from conceptualization to execution.
    • Investing in professional development and state-of-the-art tools to maintain industry-leading standards.
    • Conducting thorough reviews and quality assurance processes to exceed client expectations.
  1. Legacy – Your vision goes beyond the present, focusing on creating enduring, beautiful, and meaningful spaces for future generations.
    • Prioritizing designs that stand the test of time, both aesthetically and functionally, while advancing ecological health.
    • Documenting and sharing the firm’s achievements to inspire future generations of architects and builders.
    • Mentoring emerging professionals to instill values of sustainability, creativity, and responsibility.
  1. Inspiration – You aim to evoke awe, joy, and wonder in your work, uplifting both people and the planet.
    • Prioritizing designs that stand the test of time, both aesthetically and functionally, while advancing ecological health.
    • Documenting and sharing the firm’s achievements to inspire future generations of architects and builders.
    • Mentoring emerging professionals to instill values of sustainability, creativity, and responsibility.

Assistant Construction Manager – Immediate Opening

Salary Range: $65,000 – $90,000

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About EcoBuilders & the Role:

EcoBuilders Inc. is a full-service general contractor serving New York’s Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountain regions. We are committed to building sustainable, durable, energy-efficient, and healthy spaces that deliver lasting value—because “Built to Last” should be the standard, not the exception.

We are seeking an experienced Assistant Construction Manager to oversee the day-to-day coordination of residential, commercial, and industrial projects, including scheduling, budgeting, procurement, quality, and safety. The role works closely with the Alfandre Architecture team throughout all phases of construction, from planning through completion.

Qualifications:

  • 5–10 years of experience in general construction management, with experience managing multiple trades and construction projects.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related field preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience managing construction projects from planning through completion, including scheduling, budgeting, procurement, quality control, and safety.
  • Ability to read, interpret, organize, and coordinate architectural and construction drawings, plans, and specifications.
  • Strong knowledge of construction processes, methods, building products, construction details.
  • Strong knowledge of local/state building codes, permitting requirements, ADA requirements, permitting requirements and construction regulations.
  • Experience with sustainable, high-performance, or low-energy construction, preferred.
  • Working knowledge of OSHA construction and general safety requirements; certifications preferred.
  • Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and the ability to travel daily to multiple construction sites and obtain materials as needed.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist in project planning and manage construction through completion, ensuring they are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and to established quality standards.
  • Develop and maintain project schedules, coordinate work sequencing, and monitor daily progress and performance.
  • Coordinate engineers, consultants, clients, subcontractors, and construction crews throughout all phases of construction.
  • Monitor project budgets, costs, invoices, materials, and inventory; procure tools, materials, and equipment and maintain relationships with qualified subcontractors and suppliers.
  • Review contracts, specifications, drawings, and change orders; assist with contract administration, subcontractor negotiations, and required documentation.
  • Ensure all required permits, licenses, applications, and COI’s are obtained before site work begins.
  • Identify and resolve scheduling, technical, and site issues promptly, escalating significant concerns to project leadership.
  • Actively participate in project, staff, and quality assurance meetings, including coordination with the Alfandre Architecture team.
  • Maintain accurate project documentation and reports and oversee final inspections and project closeout.
  • Must be able to travel to/from job sites with your own reliable transportation.

Skills:

  • Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to effectively coordinate project teams, subcontractors, consultants, and clients.
  • Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to resolve conflicts, delays, and site challenges.
  • Highly organized, proactive, resourceful, self-motivated, and detail-oriented, with the ability to work independently.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong focus on quality, safety, efficiency, and project requirements.
  • Must have strong MicroSoft Office suite with an emphasis on Excel, BlueBeam and a construction management software program experience.

Interested and qualified candidates who meet these requirements should submit their resumes and portfolios. Use our form (“Apply” tab) to submit your resume directly to Karen Biddiscombe/Recruiter at Alfandre Architecture.

Direct candidates only – no staffing or employment agencies. No phone inquiries. No Recruiters.

Only applicants who currently live commutable to the Hudson Valley and our New Paltz office need apply.

Candidates must be currently residing in and legally able to work in the USA.

~ Alfandre Architecture is an Equal Opportunity Employer ~

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