Jacob Driver

Operational Leadership:

• Oversee daily operations across all departments including construction, new business development and project management

Construction Management:

• Lead the planning, execution and completion of all construction projects, ensuring the meet quality standards
• Manage construction teams, subcontractors and vendors to maintain project schedules and deliverables
• Met with homeowners during escalation or challenges regarding the project and professionally navigate the client to a calmed state of mind

New Business Development:

• Oversee the growth of the new home construction division, Stone Group Construction LLC, and identify new market opportunities
• Work with leadership to expand service offerings and drive revenue growth
• Develop strategies to enhance the company's market presence and competitive positioning

Team Development and Management:

• Lead, mentor and develop project managers and all other members of office staff pertinent to business operations
• Foster a culture of accountability , collaboration and teamwork servant leadership mindset
• Evaluate team performance, providing feedback, training, and support for continued professional growth

Strategic Planning and Finance Collaboration:

• Partner with business controller and ownership to align on financial planning, budgeting and project cost management
• Assist in developing financial strategies to optimize resources and ensure project profitability
• Work jointly on long-term planning, identifying areas for cost savings and operational efficiency
• Collaborate with ownership to set operational goals, budgets and performance targets
• Provide regular updates on key metrics, risks and opportunities for improvements

Success:

• Led the company to an all time high $8.5million in revenue
• Grew revenue 98% from 2023 ($4.3 million) to 2024 ($8.5 million)
• Tracking for another record year in 2025 with goals of $8.9 million
• Won "Charlottes Best" for two respective categories: Pool builder and Hardscape Contractor

Custom Home Builder:

• Directed day-to-day operational aspects of project and scope and monitored progress of construction activities.
• Put together estimates, specifications and other project documents.
• Verified completed projects met approved time, quality and cost estimates.
• Managed portfolio amounting near $10 Million in total dollars.
• Monitored subcontractor operations and applied effective time, resource and money management strategies to delivery under-budget project completion.
• Scheduled respective trades in organized and timely fashion, while avoiding unnecessary trip charges.
• CoConstruct software experienced
• Worked through construction related problems with contractors and ensured adequate solutions was found.
• Communicated daily with vendors to keep project fully operational.
• Surveyed sites to determine material needs and accurately manage inventories and budgets.
• Ensured jobsites were cleaned daily and each construction site was visually appealing.
• Acted as onsite liaison for new home construction when potential buyers were onsite.
• Communicated with engineers and architects when design problems on blueprints were notated.
• Issued purchase orders and solicited quotes
• Worked with homeowners through escalations and concerns
• Helped oversee takeoff process leading to each purchase order
• Servant leader for my team to help create the best possible work environment

Custom Home Builder:

• Verified completed projects met approved time, quality and cost estimates.
• Managed portfolio amounting near $12 Million in total dollars.
• Monitored subcontractor operations and applied effective time, resource and money management strategies to delivery under-budget project completion.
• Scheduled respective trades in organized and timely fashion, while avoiding unnecessary trip charges.
• Builder Trend knowledge and experience.
• Worked through construction related problems with contractors and ensured adequate solutions was found.
• Communicated daily with vendors to keep project fully operational.
• Surveyed sites to determine material needs and accurately manage inventories and budgets.
• Ensured jobsites were cleaned daily and each construction site was visually appealing.
• Acted as onsite liaison for new community construction when potential buyers were onsite.
• Communicated with engineers and architects when design problems on blueprints were notated.

Construction Management:

• Worked with project managers and scheduling team to meet deadlines and resolve customer service issues.
• On-boarded multiple sub-contractors so that we had the capacity to exceed our budgeted goals.
• Communicated with homeowners daily via email and phone calls should they need to speak with someone above their project manager.
• Worked with upset customers who left negative reviews and was able to work with them and flip their initial survey score to a 5.
• Helped lead a record breaking year where the Charlotte team generated over $11,000,000 in OI and made up 38% of the company's profit in 2021. All this while also maintaining a 4.9 out of 5 on Google with 600+ reviews.
• Proficient in time management and organization
• Worked with scheduling team to maximize trade production
• Worked hand in hand with our sales team so that the customers expectations in regards to what they were purchasing was the product they were delivered.
• Worked with our leadership and IT team to implement company wide process improvement methods and get our information in one centralized area.
• Proficient in all Microsoft functions (word, PowerPoint, excel, etc.)
• Project Manager:
• As a project manager prior to my promotion, was a Top 5 PM each year I was employed. I never ended a year with anything less than a 5.0.
• Worked on site with customers and new home builders to head off potential problems and navigate through the challenges their backyard presented.
• Verified completed projects met approved time, quality and cost estimates.
• Ensured cohesiveness between trade partners and office staff