Construction Office Manager

J.Carr & Associates

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Oakland, CA, us on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted March 27, 2025
Job description

As the East Bay's leader in high end residential development and concrete company, the J.Carr & Associates team has been building and selling high end homes for over four years. As a partner to some of the areas most influential and recognized architects and engineers, the J.Carr team continues to deliver some of the most innovative, efficient, and beautiful bay area homes to hit the market in the last five years.

We are seeking an Office Manager to join our well-established and successful construction & real estate development firm.  This individual should have experience in the construction field and ambitions to grow with increased responsibility and management. This position requires a high level of attention to detail, a positive attitude, flexibility, enthusiasm, dependability and trustworthiness.

This job offers a great opportunity for involvement with all aspects of running a small construction company. The office manager will wear many hats as this position also includes some HR and Executive Assistant functions including payroll, contract support, answering & screen calls, serve as the go-to person for all office needs. 

The successful candidate will have the following:

  • Construction experience
  • Experience with Quickbooks
  • Experience running complex payroll on a bi-weekly basis
  • Must be fluent in Spanish
  • Ability to engage with all levels of internal staff as well as external contractors
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills 
  • Excellent sense of organization and attention to detail
  • Excellent phone and customer service skills
  • Resourceful and competent-- ability to accomplish tasks without assistance and sees tasks through to completion
  • Dependable, reliable and punctual
  • Track new jobs and project status
  • Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and verbal instructions.
  • Ability to meet attendance schedule with dependability and consistency
  • Advanced knowledge of attachments (pictures, scanning etc,)
  • Computer savvy with proficiency in MS Office applications (Outlook, Excel and Word)
  • Accurate Data-Entry; Typist

Job Type: Full-time, Monday through Friday

Required education: High school or equivalent

Required Experience: 3 years Office Management & Construction Project Management: 1 year

Required language: Spanish

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

About this role

Summary

Manage office operations, HR, payroll, project tracking, and client communication in construction.

Job title

Construction Office Manager

Experience level

3+ years

Industry

construction

Location requirements

Oakland, CA, on-site; remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

construction experiencequickbookspayrollspanishcommunicationorganizationms officedata entry

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

constructionoffice managementHRpayrollproject tracking
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Oakland, CA, USA

On-site City