Job Details
HELM Construction Solutions is revolutionizing construction and building business resilience. We are not your average construction business consultants. HELM is a planet- and people-forward firm providing industry-specific consulting, coaching, project management, and training to high-performance residential builders and architects across North America.
HELM is seeking a full-time Construction Business Consultant to join our growing team and expand our impact. Our ideal candidate is passionate about business, has significant experience in the construction industry in a leadership or management role, and loves mentoring, coaching, and training. You are an exceptional communicator, a strategic thinker, and like us, want to change the world. You are skilled at thinking big-picture, able to support a company to develop its vision, and can also get down into the weeds to troubleshoot day-to-day challenges. For this hire, we are particularly looking for candidates with experience in production, project management, estimating, operations, and/or Quickbooks.
Learn more and apply at https://helm-construction-solutions.breezy.hr/
We offer the opportunity to work from anywhere in the United States, in a fully virtual workplace. HELM offers a competitive compensation package ($47.47/hour or $98,738 annually full-time) including paid time off, an annual education/training stipend, access to professional coaching, paid volunteer time, 3% retirement contribution, health care reimbursement, a flexible work schedule, and a fun and respectful work culture.
We encourage applications from folks from equity-seeking groups, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, People of Color, Trans, Nonbinary, Queer, Disabled, and intersections of those identities.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume. This position is open until filled.
The Construction Business Consultant is responsible for working directly with construction and design firms to develop their business systems. They lead in-person and virtual meetings to generate annual work plans for business development tasks. The Consultant provides training on estimating, project management, and job cost accounting. They support companies with human resources and personnel challenges, work on sales and marketing strategies, and provide high-level expertise to business owners looking to improve their operations, effectiveness, and profitability. The Consultant helps companies to develop the triple bottom line aspects of their business, with a focus on People, Planet, and Prosperity.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop meeting agendas and facilitate one-on-one and group meetings.
- Lead companies through the development of their operating budget.
- Review and analyze regular financial reports.
- Set up job cost accounting systems, including time tracking and job reporting.
- Manage the completion of tasks defined in a company’s work plan.
- Lead training sessions, both one-on-one and for groups.
- Review documents for clients, including but not limited to proposals, estimates, contracts, job descriptions, marketing materials; and provide editing and writing support.
- Create guiding documents explaining processes, either tailored to specific companies or for general use on our blog or training handouts.
- Support companies in ownership transition planning.
- Conduct regular “check-in” calls with business owners and key staff.
- Experience working in the construction industry, in a leadership or management position.
- Experience in financial analysis and planning in the context of small businesses.
- Experience working with employee-owned businesses and worker cooperatives.
- Empathy and interpersonal sensitivity; great listening skills; emotional agility.
- Clear communication style with an emphasis on teamwork and collaboration, and an ability to work independently.
- Demonstrable competency in strategic planning and business development.
- Ability to analytically break down problems into their core issues and draw conclusions for appropriate resolutions.
- Ability to train clients on bookkeeping, sales, estimating, and project management systems.
- Strong writing and public speaking skills.
- Aptitude with technology including video and phone communications (experience with QuickBooks, and construction estimating and project management software a plus).
Passion for being part of a progressive mission-driven company that is committed to climate justice with an understanding of the intersections of climate change with racism, capitalism, and patriarchy.
Compensation: $47.47/hour or $98,738 annually (at 40 hours/week)
HELM is committed to pay equity, and our goal is to eliminate systemic bias and discrimination that relates to the historical undervaluation of work. We are committed to ensuring that all HELM employees are compensated equitably for performing the same or similar work, or work of equal value. HELM uses fixed-tier compensation and lists hourly rates in job descriptions as part of our anti-oppression mission. Everyone working at the same job tier—Project Manager, Business Consultant, etc.—is compensated equally. Compensation in each tier is equal regardless of geographic location, years of experience, education level, etc. Openness about wages lets us course-correct for internal biases around negotiating and ensure that equal work receives equal compensation.
Employee Benefits: As an employee of HELM, you are eligible for a number of benefits including an annual continuing education and coaching allowance ($2000), paid time off (15 days a year to start plus birthdays off), 16 hours of paid volunteer time, a Health Reimbursement Account ($450/month towards health insurance & expenses), short and long term disability insurance, life insurance and a 401k retirement plan (3% company contribution). Please refer to the Employee Handbook for more details about benefits. To be considered a full-time employee you need to work at least 36 hours a week on average.
We encourage applications from folks from equity-seeking groups, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, People of Color, Trans, Nonbinary, Queer, Disabled, and intersections of those identities.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume. This position is open until filled.
https://helm-construction-solutions.breezy.hr/