Plan & Permit Manager

M/I Homes has been building new homes of outstanding quality and superior design for more than 40 years. Founded in 1976 by Irving and Melvin Schottenstein and guided by Irving’s drive to always “treat the customer right,” we have fulfilled the dreams of over 140,000 homeowners and grown to become one of the nation’s leading homebuilders. M/I Homes started as a family business and grew into a national leader in a single generation with divisions in 17 markets, including Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Ft. Myers/Naples, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Nashville, Orlando, Raleigh, San Antonio, Sarasota, and Tampa.

Job Summary

Manages Plan Department staff in developing and producing master working construction documents for assigned divisions from conceptual drawings for single-family and multi-family residential homes. Incorporates principles, methods and materials of construction into documents that follow and maximize current construction techniques and codes, provides the most cost effective method of production, and communicate fully and thoroughly the information to construct quality homes. Manages the permitting and starts process for production plans through city and county municipalities to assure timing receipt of permits.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages and reviews staff’s production of master construction documents to comply with department drafting and computer system standards and guidelines, building code and structural requirements, current construction techniques and specifications, and thoroughness of documentation.

• Manages and revises completed working construction documents to comply with code changes, specification changes, construction techniques and design enhancements.

• Develop and produce master working construction documents from conceptual drawings through the use of CAD system.

• Confers with department manager, area architects and divisional personnel including Area and Division Presidents, V.P. of Sales, V.P. of Production, and Production Coordinator to establish schedules and priorities of plans to be completed and revised, pricing assistance, plan customizations, and plan documentation requirements.

• Confers with department manager and CAD manager on developing, implementing, and maintaining operating system and software, file maintenance, and training of new users and current users on upgrades, and administers system utilization by users to departments standards and guidelines.

• Administers production plan staff compliance with company and department employment policies.

Minimum Education Experience:

Professional License in Architecture or Engineering desired. 10 years experience in the residential drafting or construction industry. Thorough knowledge of the home building industry relative to building code requirements and construction techniques.

Skills and Abilities:

Creativity and ability to visually communicate ideas relative to construction and specifications; visual orientation and ability to conceptualize and understand spatial relationships. Artistic and graphic abilities to organize and communicate plan drafting documentations. Thoroughness to insure quality of documentation. Ability to read blueprints and thoroughness of plan reviews. Ability to perform and review structural engineering calculations. Computer literacy and working knowledge of computer-aided design programs. Excellent organizational skills to coordinate a variety of tasks and individuals to meet deadlines and time constraints with little direction from others. Good verbal and written communication skills for interaction with a variety of people inside and outside the organization.

Work Conditions:

Office environment.

M/I Homes offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off and paid holidays, paid parental leave, traditional and Roth 401(k) options, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchase plan, employee home purchase plan and more.

We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talent that reflects the customers we serve and the communities where we live and work.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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