Operations Leader: Landscape & Construction Growth

Trueline Talent; Middletown Township (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

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Job summary

Trueline Talent’s client, a growing design and landscape services firm in New Jersey, is seeking a General Manager / Operations Leader to drive operational excellence and scale the business in a hands-on environment.

You will lead end-to-end operations, coach project managers, implement workflows, and refine the sales-to-execution process to improve profitability and job costing while guiding planning, forecasting, and budgeting.

Qualifications

• Must have proven experience in operations management within landscape, site development, or related construction services.
• Strong understanding of estimating, job costing, and budgeting practices.
• Ability to organize and build operational frameworks and workflows.
• Big picture thinker who can create structure without slowing down a high-energy team.
• Excellent communicator and collaborative leader who elevates others.
• Comfortable in a family-oriented, entrepreneurial culture that requires flexibility and resourcefulness.

Responsibilities

• Lead and improve the end-to-end operational process including estimating, budgeting, scheduling, and project delivery.
• Coach, structure, and guide project managers to elevate performance and consistency across teams.
• Develop and implement workflows, operational standards, and tools to support growth.
• Partner with leadership to refine the sales-to-execution process so profitability and job costing are clear and actionable.
• Bring structure to planning, forecasting, and budgeting to support strategic decision making.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies and systems that support scaling and efficiency.

Skills

Operations management

Landscape/site development

Estimating

Job costing

Budgeting

Process improvement

Team leadership

Communication

Tools

2D/3D design workflows

Job description

Trueline Talent’s client, a growing design and landscape services firm in New Jersey, is seeking a General Manager / Operations Leader to drive operational excellence and scale the business in a hands-on environment.

You will lead end-to-end operations, coach project managers, implement workflows, and refine the sales-to-execution process to improve profitability and job costing while guiding planning, forecasting, and budgeting.