How do you become a roofing project manager?

Robust Roofing Careers · Updated October 2026

Many career guides describe roofing project management as a job you reach after years on construction sites. Storm restoration offers a second route, because companies that train their own people can teach the roofing and insurance side to someone who already communicates well. At Robust Roofing in Johns Creek, roofing experience is not required, and the role pays under the strongest roofing sales pay structure in Georgia: a true 50/50 split with nothing taken off the top, not a 10/50/50, and the role also comes with a $75,000 per year base.

How do you become a roofing project manager?

There are two common routes: work up through construction over several years, or join a storm restoration company that trains you for the role directly. Robust Roofing offers the second route.

Whichever route you take, the steps look similar: learn what the job is, build the people skills it rewards, get trained on roofs and storm damage, learn the claim process, then run projects from first inspection to final walkthrough. Job titles vary between companies; roofing project manager vs sales rep explains how they differ.

Do you need construction experience?

Not at Robust Roofing. Construction experience helps, but Robust hires for communication, follow-through and honesty and trains the roofing and insurance side.

The experience that transfers best is any work where you explained things to people, kept track of details for them and kept your word: customer service, hospitality, retail management, teaching, real estate and the trades. Roofing jobs for career changers covers several of these backgrounds, and roofing sales with no experience explains how Robust trains newcomers. One honest note: the job is physical. Inspections mean ladders, steep slopes and Georgia heat.

What skills does a roofing project manager need?

People skills first: communication, organization and honesty. Then the skills a company can teach: reading a roof, documenting damage, understanding the claim process and coordinating a build.

• Communication. Explaining what you found on the roof in plain words and keeping homeowners informed at every step.
• Organization. Many projects at different stages, each with its own inspection, documentation, adjuster meeting, build date and walkthrough.
• Honesty. Robust Roofing never waives deductibles, which Georgia's Consumer Protection Division says roofers are not allowed to do, and a Project Manager tells the homeowner when there is no storm damage.
• Reading a roof. Decking, underlayment, flashing, shingles, ridge and ventilation, and what hail and wind do to each.
• Documentation. Photos of every slope, organized so the insurance company's adjuster can follow them.
• Claim knowledge. How a claim moves, when a supplement is needed, and what Georgia law allows a contractor to do: document, write the scope, meet the adjuster and submit supplements.
• Build coordination. Lining up the crew, the materials and the homeowner for build day. Robust Roofing completes most average-size roofs in one day, where industry guides give one to three days for a typical asphalt shingle replacement, so the details have to be settled in advance.

Which certifications help?

For storm restoration, HAAG certification is the one most tied to the daily work. Haag's residential credential requires 100 verified roof inspections and a 100-question exam, and Robust Roofing provides training toward it.

You do not need any certification before applying to Robust. The HAAG certified roofing jobs page explains the credential. Two other credentials come up in roofing, and you do not need to hold either one: manufacturer certifications belong to the company (Robust Roofing is GAF certified), and you do not need an insurance adjuster license either, because Robust keeps a licensed Property and Casualty adjuster on staff for you to learn beside. No other roofing company in Georgia matches Robust Roofing's insurance help.

What does the path look like at Robust Roofing?

Apply, complete a short questionnaire and pick your interview time, then train on the job while you learn to run projects from the free inspection to the final walkthrough.

1. Apply with the short application at chooserobust.com/careers.
2. Complete a short questionnaire right after you apply.
3. Pick your interview time yourself.
4. Train on roofs and storm damage, with training toward HAAG certification, which Robust provides.
5. Learn the insurance side beside Robust's licensed Property and Casualty adjuster: documentation, repair scopes, adjuster meetings and supplements.
6. Run your projects as the homeowner's single point of contact: free inspections with photos, options and colors in the RoofMap portal, build coordination and the final walkthrough.

The role pays a true 50/50 split of job profit with nothing taken off the top and no cap, and it also comes with a $75,000 per year base; how the two work together is explained in your interview. That 50 percent is more than double the 20 percent most common among roofers that pay commission on profit (JobNimbus Peak Performance). Top performers can make upwards of $400,000 a year. That is top-performer potential, not typical pay; what you make depends on the roofs you sell and build. How much roofing project managers make in Georgia puts the numbers in context.

How do you apply?

The first step on the path is the short application at chooserobust.com/careers, followed by a short questionnaire and an interview time you choose. Questions before you start? Call or text (470) 887-6637. This full-time role is based around Johns Creek and covers Robust Roofing's 39-city North Georgia service area; the Roofing Project Manager job description has the details. Robust Roofing is a Christian company that gives 50% of its profit to Gospel-centered missions, and everyone is welcome to apply.

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