Landscaping Foreman

Rand Employment Solutions; California; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rand Employment Solutions is seeking a Foreman for landscape construction to oversee field crews, ensure work quality, and drive profitability across assigned jobs in California. The role requires coordinating with Superintendents, managing scope and budgets, and maintaining schedules to meet client needs.

You will lead on-site meetings, monitor staff performance, and communicate equipment and hiring needs to leadership as projects progress. A proactive, organized attitude is essential.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of landscape construction operations.
• Ability to write and speak clearly with customers, vendors and employees.
• Active listening to understand customer needs.
• Communicate customer needs to staff.
• Maintain a positive attitude when faced with challenges.
• Work in an organized and proactive manner.

Responsibilities

• Work with Superintendents to ensure quality and profitability of all assigned projects.
• Understand scope of work in signed contracts and manage budgets to meet gross profit goals.
• Maintain project schedules to meet customer needs if not provided.
• Assist Superintendents in preparing scope of work within budgets and schedules.
• Monitor quality of work performed by all staff.
• Communicate hiring needs and tool/equipment requirements to Superintendent.
• After a job is awarded, ensure staff performance on site.
• Conduct pre-construction meetings and regular progress meetings as required.
• Facilitate all meetings requested by customers.

Skills

Landscape construction knowledge

Customer/vendor/employee communication

Listening skills

Team coordination

Proactive/organized work style

Positive attitude under pressure

Job description

Job Description

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 1. Has general knowledge of landscape construction operations.
• 2. Able to deliver professionally written and verbal correspondences with customers, vendors and employees.
• 3. Effective listening skills to understand what our customers are looking for as a contractor and/or a subcontractor.
• 4. The ability to communicate the needs of our customers to our employees.
• 5. Have a positive attitude when faced with challenges.
• 6. Work in an organized and proactive manner.

Core Areas of Responsibility:

• 1. Responsible to work with Superintendents to ensure the quality and profitability of all assigned jobs.
• o Understand the scope of work detailed in each signed contract.
• o Maintain project completion within the budget that meets our minimum Gross Profit goals.
• o Maintain project completion within a schedule that meets the needs of our customers if one is not provided.
• o Help Superintendents to prepare the scope of work detailed in all assigned jobs within our budgets and schedules.
• o Monitor the quality of work performed by all staff on assigned jobs.
• o Communicate with the Superintendent any hiring needs and jobsite tools and equipment needs.
• 2. After a job is awarded, the Foreman is responsible for our staff’s performance in the field.
• o pre-construction meeting.
• o Weekly or Bi-weekly progress meetings.
• o All other meetings needed or requested by our customers.

Company Description

Rand Employment Solutions