Production Manager

  • Interval agenda keeps workers on track

    Some production managers visit jobsites daily to keep their lead carpenters on task. But when Chris Levitas became production manager at Teakwood Builders, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., he wanted to be a hands-off “coach” who could help his leads assume more autonomy.

     

  • Creating a Career Path for Field Personnel

    Whether you call it a career track or a framework, whether you spell it out in a handbook or tell people during job interviews, you must have a path for field personnel to follow if you want them to grow and take on more responsibility. Remodelers who have carved out this path have shaped it to...

     

  • Strategically timed phone calls keep subcontractors on schedule

    Subcontractors are an integral part of the Mark IV team, and their buy-in is essential to our success.

     

  • Evolution vs. Revolution

    Do you ever wonder why your business is plodding along when the remodeling business down the road, which began around the same time as yours, is booming? It can be frustrating when two remodelers appear equal at the outset, but the scale of success eventually tips in one company's favor.

     

  • A strong bonus plan can make your production staff more efficient

    Ed Lane had run a successful remodeling company for 20 years before he hammered out an effective bonus plan for his project managers. The breakthrough idea, suggested by his production manager and finessed over a period of months, was to focus on actual job costs, rewarding project managers for...

     
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    Seeking work-life balance

    After running Sass Construction for 25 years, Mark Sass (Big50 2002) decided that he needed to create better balance between his work and his life.

     

  • Mentoring programs encourage employees

    Education is a bare necessity in today's remodeling market. Yet with public schools phasing out shop classes, colleges dropping the construction discipline, and vocational schools focusing on high-tech training, the educational system is failing our industry.

     

  • Grading your subcontractors

    Eren Design & Construction values its loyal trade contractors and wants to value them even more. Last year, the Tucson, Ariz., company implemented a formal rating system for its plumbers, electricians, painters, granite contractors, and other subcontractors.

     

  • Good Going

     
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    Coaching the team to better performance

    Managers who provide fair compensation and involve their field staff in the company score home runs in efficiency, quality, and employee loyalty.

     
 
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