Basement waterproofing production manager job description
A basement waterproofing production manager turns signed contracts into an install calendar the crews can meet, weeks ahead. They plan bulk and special-order materials, track rework by crew and cause, and keep each job's cost close to what was sold.
By the HireBus team · Updated · Pay data: BLS, May 2025
Median pay, building finishing contractors · BLS, May 2025
Annual pay: 10th percentile $59,250, middle half $77,580 to $127,620, 90th percentile $165,770. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Reports to
Operations Manager
Department
Operations
Schedule
Weekdays, 8 to 5, office and field · Monday to Friday, 8 to 5, split between the office and job sites, with some evenings or weekends when the backlog grows
Also called
Director of production · Install manager · Installation director · Production superintendent
Basement waterproofing production manager job description template
This is our Role Blueprint, word for word. Replace the highlighted fields and adjust the example targets and pay to fit your company.
The Production Manager will play a pivotal role in our basement waterproofing services. They will oversee on-site waterproofing tasks, ensuring code compliance and safety, and contribute significantly to the overall success and customer satisfaction of the company.
2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Oversee all aspects of our basement waterproofing projects.
Ensure compliance with local and national building codes.
Implement and monitor safety protocols on all job sites.
Coordinate and supervise team members and subcontractors.
Manage project timelines and budgets.
3. Key Tasks / Daily Activities
Conduct regular site inspections.
Communicate with customers and address any concerns or questions.
Liaise with suppliers and ensure timely delivery of materials.
Maintain daily records of site activities and project progress.
4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Project Completion Rate: >95%.
Safety Compliance: 100%.
Customer Satisfaction: >4.5 stars.
Budget Adherence: within a 10% margin of the approved budget.
5. Required Qualifications and Skills
High School Diploma or equivalent.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in waterproofing or related field.
Strong knowledge of building codes and safety regulations.
Excellent leadership and communication skills.
6. Preferred Experience
Experience in a management role in the home services industry.
Certification or training in construction safety.
7. Physical Requirements
Able to lift up to 50 lbs.
Willing to work in varying weather conditions.
Comfortable working in confined spaces.
8. Work Environment and Schedule
Typical work hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm.
Occasional weekend or evening work may be required.
Travel to various job sites is expected.
9. Compensation and Benefits
Salary range: $50,000 - $70,000 annually.
Performance-based bonuses.
Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as a 401k plan.
10. Company Culture and Overview
At [Company Name], we strive to foster a culture of growth and achievement. We believe in the potential of our team members and provide opportunities for professional development. Our commitment to customer satisfaction drives our success, and we seek individuals who share this passion.
11. How to Apply
If you meet the above criteria and want to be part of a growth-oriented company focused on customer satisfaction, please send your resume to [INSERT EMAIL HERE] or apply online at [INSERT WEBSITE LINK HERE].
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Sales can sign a month of drains in one wet week. The production manager decides how fast the company can install them, and keeps materials and quality in step.
The backlog, counted in crew weeks
Add up the crew days on every signed job not yet installed, split by system: drains, bracing, crawl spaces. Divide each pile by the crews trained for it. That's the backlog in weeks. When it climbs past what homeowners will wait, the production manager brings choices to the operations manager: overtime, Saturday jobs, another crew, or easing off one lead source.
Next month's calendar, not today's board
The dispatcher keeps today's board. The production manager lines up the weeks after it: drain jobs to the crews that do them best, crawl space jobs into dry stretches, and home sale jobs ahead of their closing dates. When a homeowner cancels, the gap goes to someone on a short list of homeowners hoping to start sooner.
Bulk orders follow the calendar
Each week of booked jobs sets how much stone, concrete mix and pipe the yard needs, and when. The production manager turns the next few weeks into bulk orders with the warehouse manager, timed so a flatbed of mix doesn't arrive the morning the yard is full of trailers. A job that needs special-order parts doesn't get a firm start date until those parts have shipped.
Rework, sorted by cause
A callback after the first heavy rain can come from the install, such as a flat run of pipe or an unsealed joint; from the scope, such as a wall the proposal left out; or from a part that failed early. The production manager codes each one to a crew, a rep or a product, and sends it to the person who can fix the pattern: the field supervisor, the sales manager or the COO.
Local rules shape the discharge line
Towns decide where sump water may go, and crews need those rules in their install specs. Tyler, Minnesota, is one example. Its city code bars sump water from the sanitary sewer. It defines a permanent discharge line as a rigid pipe to the outside or to the storm sewer, with no valves or quick connections to change its path, and a check valve where it joins the storm sewer. The production manager keeps each town's rules on file and checks finished jobs against them. Source: City of Tyler, Minnesota: City Code chapter 4A, sanitary sewer inflow and infiltration (example).
How much basement waterproofing production managers make
The closest BLS group for basement waterproofing production managers is construction managers. Construction managers who work for building finishing contractors earned a median of $97,880 a year ($47.06 an hour) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s below the $114,990 median for construction managers in all industries. About 13,990 of the 380,360 construction managers in that survey work for building finishing contractors.
The template pays salary and performance bonuses. BLS counts this role as a construction manager; at building finishing contractors that median runs far past the template's range. Compare with install and production managers at local home improvement companies.
Building finishing contractors
$97,880$97,880 median Middle half $77,580–$127,620 10th–90th $59,250–$165,770
All industries
$114,990$114,990 median Middle half $88,550–$151,640 10th–90th $69,690–$189,440
$25k$50k$75k$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k$225k
10th–90th percentileMiddle halfMedianAnnual pay, May 2025. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Annual pay by percentile
Group
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
Building finishing contractors
$59,250
$77,580
$97,880
$127,620
$165,770
All industries
$69,690
$88,550
$114,990
$151,640
$189,440
BLS doesn’t publish pay for waterproofing contractors on their own. These figures cover building finishing contractors, which include them. Post a real range for your market in the ad.
The pay line in the template above is an example from our Role Blueprint. Set yours from these figures and what local companies pay.
Skills to hire for, and what you can teach
Hire for these
Has set start dates and crew loads for a home improvement installer, ideally in foundation or drainage work
Turns signed jobs into a backlog in weeks and an honest start date
Finds in a job cost report where a drain job lost money
Sorts callbacks by cause before blaming a crew
Reads a local drainage or building rule and turns it into an install spec
Teach these on the job
Your CRM's install calendar and job cost screens
How your reps measure and draw a job, so scope misses show up early
Your suppliers' lead times for beams, pits and bulk stone
Your callback codes and warranty terms
Which of your crews are strongest on which systems
The calendar and backlog live in the CRM's install screens, beside job cost reports from the accounting system and the callback log. A spreadsheet of crew capacity by system type works until software tracks it.
Basement waterproofing production manager interview questions
Two of the 6 questions we'd ask, and what a strong answer sounds like. Ask every candidate the same questions, and rate each answer on your own before you compare notes.
Situational · Managing a rain backlog
After a week of heavy rain, your backlog jumps to [6] weeks and customers with active water call daily. What do you do?
A strong answer: Sorts jobs by severity, offers quick interim fixes like pump installs, tells customers honest dates, adds capacity carefully, and talks to sales about pacing.
Behavioral · Enforcing safety rules
Tell me how you got crews to follow a safety rule they resisted, such as wet cutting, respirators or trench boxes.
A strong answer: Explained why, made compliance practical, enforced it the same for everyone, and followed up.
Review these monthly with the operations manager, and set targets once a wet and a dry season are both on record.
Project Completion Rate
Jobs done by their quoted finish date, out of the month's jobs due. Tag each late one as a calendar slip, caused in the office, or a site slip, caused on the job.
Safety Compliance
Findings from site audits of your crews and any subs, each kept open until it's fixed, plus the injury log. The same finding on several crews points to a training gap, not one bad day.
Customer Satisfaction
Ratings at job close by system type and crew. Add a short check-in after the first heavy rain, when homeowners learn whether the system works.
Budget Adherence
Actual labor, materials and disposal against the job's cost plan, job by job. Look at overruns by system type and crew, and at extra crew days above all.
Career path
Lead installerLearns what a sold job really takes to build.
Field supervisorSees each crew's work up close before it's covered.
Production managerPlans the install calendar, crew capacity, materials and rework tracking.
Operations managerRuns the daily crew board, trucks and storm calls on top.
How is a waterproofing production manager different from the operations manager?
The operations manager runs today and this week: the crew board, trucks, service and storm calls. The production manager looks further out: how many weeks of signed work are waiting, which crews can take it, what materials it needs, and why finished jobs come back. In a smaller office one person may do both, so decide which half you're hiring for.
How much does a basement waterproofing production manager make?
Construction managers who work for building finishing contractors earned a median of $97,880 a year ($47.06 an hour) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The middle half earned between $77,580 and $127,620 a year. Pay also depends on your local market, experience and bonus terms.
What should a production manager tell sales when the backlog grows?
A start date in weeks for each system type, updated every Monday, so reps stop promising next week. If one system has a short wait, such as crawl spaces, sales can lean on it. Honest start dates also protect the sale, since a homeowner who waits longer than promised may start calling other companies.
Does a waterproofing production manager use subcontractors?
Mostly for work outside the crews' own trade: an electrician for a pump circuit or a dehumidifier outlet, an excavator for a deep outside dig, an engineer's letter for a moving wall. Get proof of insurance, and a license where the state requires one, on file before any sub starts. Hold subs to the same dust, cleanup and safety rules as your crews.
What should a production manager candidate do in the interview?
Lay out a few callbacks from your last wet season, with photos and notes, and ask how they'd code each one and who should fix what. Then ask about a time the wait for installs ran longer than sales was quoting, and what they changed first.
