Construction Manager - Alliance for Community Empowerment
Los Angeles, CA 91303
About the Job
As the Construction Manager at Alliance for Community Empowerment (ACE), you’ll lead comprehensive training programs that teach essential commercial and residential construction skills, ensuring safety and technical proficiency. You’ll provide both classroom instruction and hands-on experience, guiding trainees toward valuable certifications. Additionally, you’ll oversee ACE’s construction programming and a dedicated team, helping to shape the future of aspiring construction professionals.
RUTH YouthBuild is a transformative program for ages 16-24, offering a WASC-accredited diploma, paid vocational training, and post-secondary readiness. Grounded in the values of Resilience, Unity, Transformation, and Hope, it empowers participants with a social justice-focused curriculum, life skills electives, and holistic support to drive positive change in their lives and communities.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Demonstrates sensitivity to the community, culture, and personal dignity of program participants, effectively engaging, assessing, and planning services for the target population.
- Maintains appropriate boundaries with participants and their families, adhering to professional standards and practices.
- Understands standard procedures for accurate record-keeping, including timely charting, proper notation formats, and confidentiality practices.
- Knowledgeable about programs, regulations, and procedures related to human services, social services, justice, and workforce development.
- Collaborates with the leadership team to establish a unified vision and set goals for the program, leading regular, well-structured team meetings that address program needs.
- Trains and supervises program staff, interns, and partners to ensure high-quality services are delivered efficiently to participants and provides ongoing guidance and support.
- Prepares and conducts performance evaluations, develops individualized training and supervision plans for staff and volunteers, and completes all required training.
- Organizes and participates in family and service meetings, and team meetings, and coordinates wrap-around services with other providers, ensuring participants receive comprehensive support, including transportation when necessary to achieve program goals.
- Oversees, schedules, and monitors the quality and progress of all construction-related curriculum and activities, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and teaching safety procedures consistently.
- Utilizes the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) to prepare participants for certification and entry into Building Trades' registered apprenticeship programs, implementing strategies to meet pre-apprenticeship program objectives.
- Prepares participants for OSHA-10 certification in workplace safety and ensures successful transportation to job sites with appropriate supervision.
- Tracks participant progress, training hours, and certifications, and submits grades on time while maintaining accurate data in participant databases and assisting with periodic program reporting.
- Participates in recruitment, selection and onboarding of program staff.
- Other duties as assigned
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Has knowledge and experience of the position’s duties and department’s roles; meets expectations for schedule, attendance, time management, productivity, and work quality.
- Operates as a reliable, flexible team player with minimal supervision; demonstrates initiative, creativity, accountability, and adaptability; is open to learning and feedback.
- Proficient in necessary technical and software skills (Google Suite/Microsoft Office).
- Exhibits strong interpersonal skills, fostering a safe, inclusive work environment; communicates effectively both orally and in writing.
- Demonstrates cultural competence and humility in community relations and service delivery.
- Demonstrates sensitivity to the community, culture, and personal dignity of program participants, effectively engaging, assessing, and planning services for the target population.
- Maintains appropriate boundaries with participants and their families, adhering to professional standards and practices.
- Understands standard procedures for accurate record-keeping, including timely charting, proper notation formats, and confidentiality practices.
- Knowledgeable about programs, regulations, and procedures related to human services, social services, justice, and workforce development.
- Ability to educate, motivate, and inspire trainees to excel in their construction careers
- Expertise in current green construction techniques, incorporating sustainable practices into all lesson plans and training programs
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must have physical strength, balance, hand-eye coordination, and stamina necessary to complete jobs in various areas.
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 80 pounds and push and/or pull 50-pound loads at a time.
- Must be able to work in all weather conditions.
- Must be able to stand and walk up to eight hours per day and climb multiple sets of stairs while carrying materials weighing between 40 and 60 pounds.
- Must be able to work some Saturdays and at night, when needed.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High school diploma required
- State-licensed career technical education instructor for construction required
- OSHA 30 credential required
- Approved NCEER and MC3 Trainer required
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in the construction industry (framing, drywall installation, window and door installation, flooring, finish carpentry, basic plumbing, electrical and roofing)
- Minimum of 2 years working in a training environment
- 2+ years of Union experience preferred
- Spanish language skills, verbal and written preferred
- Possess a current California Driver’s License, clean DMV record & adequate auto insurance.
- Must submit to a Department of Justice Criminal background check
- Initial TB employment clearance required
The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in California is $80,000 - $90,000 annually. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc.
Alliance for Community Empowerment provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Source : Alliance for Community Empowerment
