Construction, Warranty & Purchasing Intern

About KB Home

KB Home is one of America's largest and most trusted homebuilders, with nearly 700,000 quality-homes built over our more than 65-year history. Operating across 21 divisions in 9 states, we don’t just build houses we create places where families can make a lifetime of memories. At KB Home, our foundation is our people. We foster genuine relationships with our customers throughout their homebuying journey, while our employees bring passion and purpose to work every day. Our shared culture of customer obsession drives our mission to make homeownership attainable for all.

The Opportunity

As a Construction, Customer Service and Purchasing Intern, you will be part of a world class homebuilding experience and will see first-hand how a home is built and checked for quality and safety standards. This internship requires you to be out in the field alongside experienced construction professionals observing homes in various stages of construction, interfacing with third-party trades, and checking the quality of their work. You will be responsible for collaborating with the Division CS team to track all warranty claims while conferring with field representatives to ensure 100% customer satisfaction with completion of all warranty work.   You will work with the Purchasing Team to assist in bid evaluation, negotiation between vendors, contractor selection, and contract documentation.

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Key Responsibilities

Assist Superintendent in performing their duties and responsibilities, including, but not limited to:

• Attend scheduled field operations and construction meetings
• Review start packs; For assigned communities, review plans and options, and develop understanding of red line process for contractors
• Develop understanding of opening and daily start processes for the community
• Develop understanding of scheduling process, cycle time management goals, challenges, and opportunities
• Observe and attend quality control and subcontractor signoff walks
• Observe and understand management and scheduling of 3rd party inspection processes
• Learn how to perform a Buyer pre-construction orientation and Pre-Drywall orientation
• Understand final homeowner orientation and final sign-off processes
• Learn and understand construction functions of enterprise system

Assist Customer Service Department in performing their duties and responsibilities, including, but not limited to: 

• Learn process for ticketing homeowner repair issues
• Attend assigned meetings and calls with applicable homeowners with assigned CS Rep
• Understand subcontractor assignment process and vendor management
• Develop understanding of quality control for repairs and subcontractor work
• Understand homeowner and CS Rep interactions that ensure positive outcome from issues

Assist the Purchasing team in performing their duties and responsibilities, including, but not limited to:

• Develop understanding of systems for vendor and supply chain management
• Observe the bidding, negotiations, selection, and scheduling processes
• Support new community launches and ongoing operations including status reporting
• Support successful management of POS, payment processing, and vendor/supply systems
• Assist with reporting (status reports, cost accruals, margins, variances, etc.)
• Maintain and distribute current site plans, scopes of work, and red line revisions

As an intern with us, you will have the chance to: 

• Work closely with our expert team – learning the end-to-end homebuilding process 
• Understand how our proven business model – KBEdge supports our goal of being the most customer-obsessed builder in the country 
• Observe how our community (Construction, Customer Service & Sales) teams work together to deliver homes 100% Complete and On Time to every customer 
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative team environment. 

What You Bring

• Are currently pursuing a degree in Construction Management or a related field. 
• Embrace a customer-obsessed mindset with a passion for delivering exceptional service. 
• Thrive in a team-oriented environment and value collaboration. 
• Can work an 8-hour day and are able to travel and work in both a professional office environment as well as in the field at construction sites. #LI-Onsite

Requirements

• Conduct business in a professional and ethical manner to potential buyers, trade partners, external officials, and coworkers to reinforce goodwill and profitability for the company
• The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation. 
• Ability to stand or sit for extended periods.
• Ability to move about work location.
• Valid driver's license required: Local travel via automobile required within designated region to KB Home communities.
• Ability to walk up and down stairs.
• Ability to observe details at close range and communicate information so others will understand.
• Ability to transport and move up to 20 lbs and move as needed (for roles in Construction/Customer Service/IT/Land/Marketing/Sales/Studio).   
• Periodically works in outdoor weather conditions (for roles in Construction/Customer Service/Land/Sales).

Compensation Details and Benefits

Base Pay Rate

The KB Home Difference

Join us and become part of a team where innovation, sustainability, and an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction drive everything we do — and where people truly matter.

As a KB Home team member, you’ll experience:

• A culture defined by customer obsession and collaboration.• The satisfaction of helping families achieve their dream of homeownership.• Opportunities for growth and development within a nationally recognized company.

Visit our career site to learn more about working at KB Home and joining our team.

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KB Home and its affiliates do not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. 

KB Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer