Senior Construction Project Manager – Production Homes

Hittle Landscape; Westfield, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hittle Landscape in Indiana seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead landscape and irrigation installation programs for production homebuilders, including Pulte and Lennar. You will own builder relationships, manage multi-community execution, and develop the Assistant Project Manager.

You will establish readiness, scheduling, quality, documentation, and closeout processes, while controlling budgets, schedules, and safety across sites.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of construction project management or field leadership experience.
• Experience coordinating multiple crews, subcontractors, or concurrent jobs.
• Strong budget management, prioritization, documentation, negotiation, and follow-through skills.
• Proficiency with project or ERP systems and Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel among local communities and job sites.

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.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Schedule management

Communication

Reading plans

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Teams

ERP systems

Job description

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.