Project Manager - Landscape Construction

Gothic Landscape; Riverside (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Gothic Landscape is seeking a Project Manager to oversee large commercial landscaping projects. This role involves managing project budgets, coordinating between teams, and ensuring client satisfaction. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience and an associate's degree, with perks including paid holidays and a supportive company culture.

Benefits

9 paid holidays per year

Paid vacation & sick leave

Fun work environment with great work-life balance

Growth and loyalty rewards

Qualifications

• Experience managing and running construction projects.
• Ability to read and understand plans and guidelines.
• Experience with irrigation systems and plant landscape material required.

Responsibilities

• Manage project revisions, protecting budget and increasing revenue.
• Coordinate budgets, schedules, and resources specific to each project.
• Provide direction and expectations for the project management team.

Skills

Project Management

Budget Analysis

Client Communication

Efficiency Scrutinizing

Team Coordination

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Office suite

Job description

Career Opportunities with Gothic Landscape

A great place to work.

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At Gothic Landscape, we’re passionate about delivering extraordinary customer service and building authentic relationships—not only with our clients but with our teams. With ingenuity, vision, and dedication, we transform landscapes into the places where people live, work, and play.

As the largest family-owned and operated landscaping company in the nation, we never lose sight of why we do what we do—or the people who make it all possible. Together, we cultivate something special that continues to grow year after year.

Are you our next great Project Manager?

The Project Manager is responsible for managing increased revenue, management and set up of subcontracts to subcontractors on large projects, managing the process of submittal approval, and acting as an intermediary between the field operations, sales and estimating and management, on all Commercial developer clients’ projects.

Highlights of what our Project Manager will do:

• Understands requirements for each project specific to each budget and communicates expectations to the operations team and project management team. Scrutinize for efficiency and maximum performance.
• Management of the hard-to-run projects where management is not as easy.
• Manage all project revisions (e.g., plan changes, large AWA changes requested by field supervisors) to protect budget and increase revenue with higher margin. This includes managing the change order log and collecting change orders from clients.
• Assist field supervisors with their budget analysis by breaking large projects into smaller accurate job cost breakdowns, or “Micro budgets,” for introduction into month-end percent of completion.
• Coordinate with purchasing to ensure ample time to “buy right” on long lead items.
• Review, analyze, and understand workload forthcoming by interfacing with sales/estimating to provide direction on margin aggressiveness for change orders, resource dedication, and customer satisfaction.
• Support the Operations Coordinator in understanding individual job budgets, dedicating required resources daily specific to each project; communicate with clients and generate tentative schedules to align with their projections; communicate expectations to field personnel and follow up for accountability.
• Evaluate and understand project commitments, and determine if charges are warranted. Review contract scope of work thoroughly.
• Provide direction and expectations for the project management team, including managing the project lifecycle log, ensuring submittals are submitted and approved, and completing closeout documents.
• Formally generate and propose additional work; administer formal client acceptance and budget acknowledgment; adjust and forward the amended budget to field operations for action.

Education and/or Experience

• Associate's degree or equivalent from a 2-year college or technical school.
• Prior experience managing and running construction projects.
• Ability to read and understand plans, material lists, guidelines, and meet timelines.
• Experience with irrigation systems and plant landscape material is required.
• Proficient with MS Office suite (Outlook, Excel, and Word).

Perks and pluses:

• 9 paid holidays per year with paid vacation & sick leave.
• Fun and fast-paced working environment with a great work-life balance.
• Gothic’s company culture fosters growth, inspires longevity, and rewards mutual loyalty.