Cover designs, engineers, permits, manufactures, and builds fully custom homes and ADUs from its factory in Gardena, Los Angeles, using an all-steel panelized building system. Every home is set on site by Cover's own crews. The role requires running installation, building out processes, and scaling teams. The role reports to Vishal Mane, Head of Operations, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain.
Responsibilities
Run installs and drive schedule, quality, and efficiency improvements of panel installation in the field; Develop and implement install SOPs (sequencing, schedule, resource planning, tool management, inspection templates, deviation management, crew standards); Hire, train, schedule, and manage install technicians and grow the team as the pipeline grows; Set and enforce standards for quality, safety, attendance, and efficiency; Build a path from technician to foreman; Procure equipment and subcontracted work for install; Report field findings back to the factory; Spend about 80 percent of time at job sites in Southern California and the rest at the Gardena factory
Requirements
Built a field process that a crew actually used (playbook, checklist, training ladder); Effectively run crews: hired, trained, scheduled, and let people go when necessary; Built to exacting standards using factory-built components (panelized walls, modular units, precast, facade systems), stick-built experience alone is not enough; Proficient with drawings and able to check as-built against drawings on site; At least seven years in construction field operations and three years running crews; Fluent English; Valid California driver's license, clean driving record, and own insured vehicle for site travel
Nice to have
Military experience; Capacity planning (calculating crews needed for factory output); Experience feeding field problems back to the factory and getting them fixed upstream; OSHA 30 plus rigging, signal, and fall protection competent person (current or within 60 days of starting); Spanish; Factory-built construction, precast, facade, or steel erection experience
Benefits
Equity through stock options; Discretionary annual bonus; Health and fitness reimbursements; High-quality company-subsidized healthcare; 401(k); Generous paid time off (PTO); Company vehicle or mileage reimbursement for site travel
Stany Zjednoczone · Gardena
