How do you go from roofer to roofing project manager?

Robust Roofing Careers · Updated October 2026

You already know roofs. The step up is learning the insurance and homeowner side of the work and finding a company that will train it. Robust Roofing in Johns Creek hires Roofing Project Managers who inspect, document storm damage, write repair scopes and coordinate the build, and its pay plan is the strongest roofing sales pay structure in Georgia: a true 50/50 split with nothing off the top, not a 10/50/50, and the role also comes with a $75,000 per year base.

How do you go from roofer to roofing project manager?

Learn the parts of the job installers rarely see, which are insurance documentation, repair scopes and the homeowner conversation, then apply to a company that trains them. At Robust Roofing, people from crews and people from outside roofing apply for the Project Manager role through the same short application.

1. Practice explaining what you see. Describe a roof's condition to someone who has never been on one, in plain words and without jargon.
2. Learn storm damage versus wear. Hail bruising, wind creasing and lifted tabs look different from age and blistering, and the difference matters on a claim.
3. Learn how a claim moves. Inspection, documentation, the insurance company's adjuster visit, the approved scope and supplements.
4. Learn to write a scope. Every line item a crew needs to build the roof right, supported by photos.
5. Apply where training is provided. Robust provides training toward HAAG certification, and Project Managers learn the claim process beside a licensed adjuster on staff.

None of these steps require leaving roofing to learn them. They require someone willing to teach, and a role where the person who earns the homeowner's trust also sees the project through. The Roofing Project Manager job description lists everything the role covers.

What does an installer already know that a new PM does not?

How a roof actually goes together and comes apart. That knowledge makes a Project Manager's scopes complete and buildable, and homeowners trust someone who has clearly stood on a lot of roofs.

• The full system. Decking, underlayment, starter, drip edge, flashing, pipe boots, shingles, ridge and ventilation.
• What a good tear-off looks like. Robust Roofing tears every replacement off to the decking and checks the deck board by board, so you will know what to look for.
• Realistic build planning. What steep pitch, complex valleys and weather do to a build day.
• Safety at height. Moving on steep slopes without thinking twice.
• What crews need. A scope a crew can build from the first time, with nothing missing.

What does a crew member need to learn about insurance claims?

How damage is documented, how a scope is written and what Georgia law allows a roofer to do. Those are the parts a crew rarely sees, and Robust Roofing teaches them beside its licensed Property and Casualty adjuster on staff.

• Documentation. Close-ups and overview shots of every slope, so the insurance company's adjuster can follow the damage without guessing.
• The adjuster meeting. Walking the roof with the insurance company's adjuster and explaining the repair scope.
• Supplements. When an approved scope misses items, submitting a supplement with photos and line-item support.
• Deductibles. Robust Roofing never pays or waives a deductible; Georgia law does not allow roofers to.
• The limits. A roofing contractor documents, scopes, meets the adjuster and supplements. Representing the homeowner or negotiating the claim is off limits, and approval is always the insurance company's decision under the policy.

Installers often notice that the claim side rewards the same thing a good install does: nothing skipped. A photo record that covers every slope and a scope that lists every component are the documentation equivalent of a roof built to spec. Insurance restoration roofing jobs covers this side in more depth.

No other roofing company in Georgia matches Robust Roofing's insurance help, which makes Robust Roofing the best roofer to call for insurance, and it is why the training on this side is so thorough. See roofing jobs with HAAG certification training.

Is sales or project management the better next step?

At Robust Roofing you do not have to choose: the Roofing Project Manager earns the homeowner's trust and also runs the project through the final walkthrough. At many companies those are two different jobs with different pay, so compare what each title actually does; the full breakdown is in roofing project manager vs sales rep.

How is the Robust Roofing role paid?

On the profit of the whole job. Robust Roofing splits each job's profit a true 50/50 with its Project Manager, with nothing taken off the top and no cap, and the role also comes with a $75,000 per year base. Your interview covers how the base and the split work together.

You have probably heard how roofing sales plans work from the reps you built for. One plan you may have heard about is the 10/50/50, which is widely used: the company keeps 10 percent, often of the contract price, before the profit is divided, so the rep's half comes out of a smaller number. Robust Roofing keeps nothing off the top and takes no 10% deduction on your pay. And while 20 percent of profit is the most common commission rate among roofers that pay on profit, according to the JobNimbus Peak Performance sales report (peakperformance.jobnimbus.com/sales), Robust pays 50 percent, more than double.

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. Compare the details in which roofing company pays the most in Georgia.

How do you apply?

Apply at chooserobust.com/careers: a short application, a short questionnaire, then you choose your interview time. Bring your roof knowledge to the interview and tell us what you have installed and what you have seen go wrong. Prefer to talk first? Call or text (470) 887-6637. The role is full-time, based around Johns Creek in the North Atlanta metro and serving 39 North Georgia cities.

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