Senior Landscape & Irrigation Project Lead

Hittle Landscaping; Westfield (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Hittle Landscaping is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead landscape and irrigation installation packages for production homebuilders. You will own builder relationships, manage multi-community execution, and drive job financial performance while developing the Assistant PM.

Responsibilities include coordinating crews and subcontractors, ensuring schedule adherence, maintaining accurate cost records, and delivering high-quality work with proper approvals and closeout documentation.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of construction PM or field leadership experience.
• Experience coordinating multiple crews/subcontractors; read plans and interpret scope and quantities.
• Strong budget management, documentation, negotiation, and follow-through skills.
• Proficiency with 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 primary operational contact for builder construction leadership; establish clear commitments and promptly resolve escalations.
• Manage 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

Construction project management

Field leadership

Budget management

Customer communication

Scheduling & coordination

Education

Construction Management education

OSHA 30 training

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Teams

Job description

Hittle Landscaping is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead landscape and irrigation installation packages for production homebuilders. You will own builder relationships, manage multi-community execution, and drive job financial performance while developing the Assistant PM.

Responsibilities include coordinating crews and subcontractors, ensuring schedule adherence, maintaining accurate cost records, and delivering high-quality work with proper approvals and closeout documentation.