Operations Manager

Trueline; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle for local travel

Job summary

Trueline Talent is seeking an Operations Manager to drive operational excellence and scale the business in a hands-on environment. This role is ideal for someone with substantial experience in landscape, construction, or site development who can enhance processes from sales through fulfillment while leading and coaching a project management team.

You will lead end-to-end operations—from estimating and budgeting to scheduling and project delivery—while building workflows, setting standards, and

Qualifications

• Experience in landscape, site development, or related construction services.
• Strong estimating, job costing and budgeting practices.
• Ability to organize and build operational frameworks and workflows.
• Big picture thinker who structures fast-moving teams.
• Excellent communicator and collaborative leader who elevates others.

Responsibilities

• Lead and improve end-to-end operational process including estimating, budgeting, scheduling, and project delivery.
• Coach and guide project managers to elevate performance and consistency across teams.
• Develop and implement workflows, standards, and tools to support growth.
• Refine sales-to-execution process for clear profitability and job costing.
• Bring structure to planning, forecasting, and budgeting for strategic decisions.
• Evaluate technologies and systems that support scaling and efficiency.

Skills

Operational leadership

Budgeting

Project management

Process improvement

Communication

Job description

Trueline Talent is seeking an Operations Manager to drive operational excellence and scale the business in a hands-on environment. This role is ideal for someone with substantial experience in landscape, construction, or site development who can enhance processes from sales through fulfillment while leading and coaching a project management team.

What You Will Do:

• 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.

Must-Haves:

• Experience 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.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Background in landscape design/build and plant/softscape knowledge.
• Experience with 2D/3D design or rendering workflows.
• Prior experience scaling a business or leading acquisitions.

This Role Offers:

• Base salary between $120,000-$135,000 depending on experience.
• Company vehicle for local travel requirements.
• Opportunity to shape the operational backbone of a growing company.
• Close-knit team environment where contributions are visible and valued.