Landscaping Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

Project Management & Technical Expertise

• Lead and manage commercial landscape construction projects from preconstruction through closeout, ensuring projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and to company and customer expectations.
• Oversee advanced technical aspects of landscape construction, including commercial irrigation systems, drainage, grading, horticulture, and related site work.
• Maintain project schedules and monitor field progress, targeting 90% on-time project completion and 95% of projects completed within budget.
• Conduct daily job site visits to evaluate progress, productivity, schedule adherence, quality, and safety compliance.
• Attend preconstruction meetings, weekly progress meetings, and operations meetings.
• Resolve complex technical issues and respond to construction manager and customer inquiries with effective, cost-conscious solutions.
• Generate and submit Requests for Information (RFIs) to designers and coordinate required municipal inspections.
• Review purchase order requests and submit them to the project coordinator for processing.
• Ensure all additional work is documented and change orders are submitted, approved, and collected before project closeout.
• Use STACK Build and Operate to create field reports, task lists, and project documentation.
• Manage preconstruction, quality control, project closeout, and turnover to the post-construction maintenance team, targeting 100% maintenance-team acceptance of completed projects.

Construction Manager & Team Leadership

• Direct, support, and hold assigned construction managers accountable for productivity, project schedules, quality, safety, and performance.
• Conduct daily 6:00 a.m. meetings with construction managers to review schedules, job status, staffing, and priorities.
• Coordinate crew sizes, labor hours, and equipment allocation to meet project budgets, targeting labor-hour variance of no more than 5% against budgeted hours.
• Lead daily and weekly project management team meetings.
• Manage assigned project support staff and ensure individual key performance indicators (KPIs) are met.
• Bring a proven track record of trusted relationships with customers, employees, and operational leadership through technical expertise, effective communication, and consistent project execution, targeting customer satisfaction scores of 90% or higher.
• Promote and enforce safe work practices, striving for zero safety incidents across assigned projects.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by operations leadership.

Physical Requirements:

• The ability to visit and inspect job sites, which may involve walking, climbing, and standing for extended periods.
• Capability to lift and carry materials and equipment up to 50 pounds.
• Dexterity to operate construction tools and equipment as needed.

Mental Requirements:

• Strong problem-solving skills to address and resolve project issues.
• Excellent communication skills for interfacing customers, construction managers, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks effectively.
• High level of attention to detail to ensure project accuracy and compliance.
• Capacity to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

Requirements

• 5+ years of Commercial landscape construction project management
• 5+ years of Client renewals/client relationship management
• MS Office, G-Suite, ERPs
• Proven track record of successfully managing budgets and change orders
• Follows rules and established processes, values accuracy and preparation
• Strong organizational discipline
• Excellent with people and logic
• Methodical, organized, and structured (Analyzer/Logical behavioral type)
• 1+ years of Vendor/material logistics coordination
• Construction field experience interacting with labor and visiting job sites.

Nice to Have

• Commercial landscape irrigation systems training
• Experience issuing material POs and coordinating deliveries
• Experience in parks, civic, or multi-trade settings
• Bilingual English/Spanish

About Us

We are a full-service commercial landscape and concrete construction contractor serving the Sacramento Valley and Northern California. We blend technical skill with hands-on knowledge to deliver quality landscape and concrete construction services to a broad range of clients throughout northern California.

Pay: $120,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to commute or relocate to Cameron Park, CA?
• How many years of commercial landscaping project management do you have? (hard requirement)

Work Location: In person