CAREERS WITH US

Pratt Home Builders is always looking for motivated, hard-working, career-minded individuals who have a passion for home building to join our team! If you are committed to quality, have a passion for home building and care about people, and are detail-oriented with the desire to work with Chattanooga’s Leading Builder and our #1 Team then we want you to submit your resume today.

We value our employees and their commitment to our organization and we continue to strive to offer competitive salaries and benefits packages throughout our company. Send your resume and portfolio if applicable as an attachment via email.

Pratt Home Builders is an equal opportunity employer.

Available Positions

 

Customer Service Field Representative

This position will be responsible for ensuring that each homeowner’s experience, during their warranty period, meets or exceeds an industry-leading experience. The service manager will efficiently and effectively review, schedule, complete, manage, and resolve warranty and courtesy services. The Service Manager also will act as an advocate for our homeowners and will represent Pratt Home Builders with the highest level of integrity, character, professionalism, courtesy, and ethics.

Responsibilities:

• Have a passion for home building.
• Takes ownership of the customer experience, communication, and expectations from closing through the warranty period.
• Establishes the proper expectations with every customer by communicating throughout the process.
• Manages the scheduling and timely completion of warranty requests for every customer and strives to complete all work in one day.
• Documents and tracks all customer services through completion
• Schedules, monitors, and manages vendors for responsiveness, professionalism, and quality of work performed.
• Ensures that quality standards are being met on all warranty repairs.
• Ensures that the root causes of issues are being identified and reported.
• Practices financial responsibility at all times when dealing with Trade Partners and warranty repairs.
• Performs other duties as needed or required
• Ability to perform minor repairs when necessary (drywall/paint/trim/doors, etc…)

Qualifications:

• Associates degree in Construction Management or related field or applicable work experience preferred
• 2-4 years of residential construction experience
• Attention to detail
• Strong organization skills
• Basic computer skills required
• Valid drivers license and reliable transportation
• Ability to work some nights and weekends by phone.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

**THIS IS NOT AN OFFICE JOB, 95% OF YOUR TIME WILL BE SPENT IN THE FIELD**

Pratt Homes offers a highly competitive salary in addition to health insurance, 401k, and paid holidays and vacation.

Job Type: Full-time

Required experience: residential construction: 2 years

 

Experienced Equipment Operator

Callio Earthworks, a division of Pratt Home Builders, is seeking skilled heavy equipment operators experienced in site development and grade work.

Qualified candidates must have 5+ years of experience operating dozers, excavators, motor graders, off-road dump trucks, etc. Experience constructing/grading new roads, building pads, and stormwater is a must. Experience laying sewer and utilities is a plus.

Employment is year-round, long-term, stable, and local with 50+ hour weeks being the norm.

Qualified candidates must:

• Be proficient operating dozers, excavators, motor graders, etc.
• Be able to construct/grade new roads, building pads, and water retention ponds to within +/- 0.2’ of specified grade using traditional controls
• Understand and interpret site plans and design/set grades to accomplish task off of staking and benchmarks
• Operate equipment efficiently to maintain production goals and with attention to surroundings
• Be goal-oriented and accountable with personnel management skills and attention to detail
• Be drug-free and remain drug-free during the duration of employment. Must E-verify with two valid forms of ID. Must pass a background check. (No Felonies)
• Tolerate working in dust, dirt, loud noise, rain, and hot or cold climates
• Be able to properly lift 50lbs. Must be able to sit/stand for long periods of time.
• Be willing to work 50+ hours per week including overtime and weekends.
• Keep all work areas clean and orderly, informing management promptly of any safety concerns. Must comply to all company policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Report directly to the supervisor or foreman in a timely manner and to worksite or meetings as directed
• Have a clean driving record with a valid state driver’s license (3-year MVR)
• Have a High school diploma/GED and/or Trade.

We offer competitive wages, benefits, and advancement opportunities. If interested, please send a resume and a cover letter to customercare@prattliving.com

 

Construction Laborer / Equipment Operator

Callio Earthworks, a division of Pratt Home Builders, is seeking laborers/operators experienced in site development and grade work. Candidates should be experienced in basic heavy equipment.  Experience laying storm, sewer, and utilities is a plus.

Employment is year-round, long-term, stable, and local with 50+ hour weeks being the norm.

Qualified candidates must:

• Be proficient in operating compactor, skid steer, loader, off-road dump truck, basic hand tools, and measuring tape
• Be able to construct/grade new roads, build pads and water retention ponds to a proper slope and grade specifications
• Operate equipment efficiently to maintain production goals and with attention to surroundings
• Tolerate working in dust, dirt, loud noise, rain, and hot or cold climates
• Be able to properly lift 50lbs. Must be able to sit/stand for long periods of time.
• Be willing to work 50+ hours per week including overtime and weekends.
• Keep all work areas clean and orderly, informing management promptly of any safety concerns. Must comply with all company policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Report directly to the supervisor or foreman in a timely manner and to worksite or meetings as directed
• Be drug-free and remain drug-free during the duration of employment. Must E-verify with two valid forms of ID. Must pass a background check (No Felonies)
• Have a clean driving record with a valid state driver’s license (3-year MVR)
• Have a High school diploma/GED and/or Trade.

We offer competitive wages, benefits, and advancement opportunities. Please send your resume to customercare@prattliving.com.

 

Civil 3D Designer/Planner/Drafter

Pratt Home Builders is seeking a Civil 3D Designer/Planner/Drafter with 2+ years of civil design experience. This position offers the opportunity to be involved in many types of projects, supporting our team in a wide variety of engineering design and drafting tasks. Candidates must be proactive, have excellent communication skills, and a professional attitude. Candidates should be prepared to work on multiple projects through all phases of documentation. Candidates must have solid math skills as well as the ability to work quickly and efficiently, maintain a positive attitude, learn and grow in the position, and lead others. Qualified applicants MUST have experience in land development engineering – residential and commercial site planning – including water, wastewater, streets, and drainage.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Coordinate with review agencies, sub-consultants, and clients.
• Prepare and manage engineering plans and project documents.
• Design and drafting of engineering plans to include alignments, profiles, cross-sections, utilities, and general detail drawings.
• Produce topographical profiles, cross-sections, surface TINs, earthwork calculations, and grading plans with assistance from the Project Manager or Engineer.
• Create, edit, label, and manage Civil 3D alignments, parcels, corridors, and surfaces.
• Perform roadway design, including creating corridors, subassemblies, road FG, contour grading, and surface cleanup/manipulation through Tin/points.
• Use Civil 3D to design plan and profiles of utilities, including using and creating pipe networks, editing and changing parts and styles, catch basin sizing/spacing and minimum cover, manhole sizing/spacing and minimum cover, hydrant spacing, and creating waterlines in profile with deflection and exaggeration, per jurisdictional requirements.
• Perform routine drafting assignments that require judgment in resolving issues or making recommendations.
• Evaluate engineering alternatives and resolve technical issues.
• Prepare quantity take-offs from conceptual drawings and final construction plans in excel
• Work under the guidance of engineers or other designers to complete assigned work within budgeted timeframes.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute work in a safe, timely, cost-effective, and compliant manner.

Qualifications

• General CAD and Civil 3D experience required with at least 2 years experience in land development engineering.
• Ability to visualize 3-dimensionally when given a 2-dimensional sketch.
• Thorough understanding of land development industry and the role of Civil Engineering in it.
• Previous experience with utility, subdivision, and earthwork grading design and drafting.

Education and/or Experience

• Associate degree (AS) or equivalent combination of the below education and experience.
• Certification in CAD software, specifically AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Strong experience with AutoCAD and Civil 3D (2+ years’ experience preferred).
• General Excel and Blue Beam experience preferred
• GIS experience is preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,000.00 – $65,000.00 per year

 

Residential Field Construction Superintendent

Pratt Home Builders has an immediate opening for an assistant and experienced Residential Construction Field Superintendent for the Chattanooga or Cleveland area. Superintendent will be in charge of all aspects of the home building process. Duties include but not limited to: scheduling material and sub-contractors, maintaining high quality workmanship, keeping homes on budget and progressing towards completion, as well as working with the homeowner to provide the best customer service possible. New College Grads are welcome to apply. Salary plus health insurance, 401K, vehicle, and paid vacation. Please do not apply unless you currently live within 45 minutes of Chattanooga or Cleveland, TN area. Please send cover letter and resume. Check out our website at prattliving.com

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,000.00 – $85,000.00 per year