Senior Construction Project Manager

Position summary

Lead the delivery of landscape and applicable irrigation installation packages for production homebuilders, including Pulte and Lennar. Own builder relationships, multi-community execution, job financial performance, and development of the Assistant Project Manager. Establish reliable processes for readiness, scheduling, quality, documentation, and closeout.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the primary operational contact for builder construction leadership; establish clear commitments and promptly resolve escalations.
• Manage the portfolio by community, lot, scope, and required completion date; maintain a forward view of demand, capacity, and risks.
• Validate scope, plans, quantities, budgets, and installation requirements before mobilization; identify estimate or work-ticket discrepancies early.
• Confirm lot readiness, access, grading, utilities, and coordination with other trades before committing crews and materials.
• Coordinate landscape crews, irrigation teams, subcontractors, vendors, and the shared scheduler to deliver work safely and on time.
• Manage labor, material, and subcontractor costs against budgets; review job-cost trends and forecasts, investigate overruns, and implement corrective action.
• Document scope changes and obtain required approvals before additional work; provide complete information for timely, accurate billing.
• Establish quality checkpoints, builder acceptance standards, punch-list ownership, and warranty follow-through; reduce avoidable rework.
• Ensure accurate job and lot status, labor coding, material records, and completion documentation in company systems, including Aspire as applicable.
• Coach the Assistant PM, clarify field accountability, and lead regular production reviews covering safety, schedule, cost, quality, and constraints.
• Identify and address watering, establishment, and post-installation obligations in the scope, schedule, and approved pricing.
• Escalate capacity gaps, unresolved builder issues, and material financial risks with a recommended action.

Required qualifications

• Five or more years of relevant construction project management or field leadership experience, with demonstrated ownership of schedules, customer communication, and job costs.
• Experience coordinating multiple crews, subcontractors, or concurrent jobs; ability to read plans and interpret scope and quantities.
• Strong budget management, prioritization, documentation, negotiation, and follow-through skills.
• Proficiency with project or ERP systems and Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Teams; ability to learn company software.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel among local communities and job sites.

Preferred qualifications

• Production homebuilder or builder-facing subcontractor experience; landscape, irrigation, sitework, or land development background.
• Experience leading an assistant PM or field supervisors and improving underperforming operations.
• Construction Management or related education, or equivalent practical experience; OSHA 30 training.

Work environment

Combination of office and active construction-site work, with local travel as needed. Work may require early starts and seasonal schedule flexibility. Site visits involve walking on uneven terrain and exposure to weather; required personal protective equipment must be used. Essential duties may be performed with reasonable accommodation.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person

Salary : $76,192 - $108,700