True ownership of highly customized residential exterior projects — schedule control, budget discipline, and a visible leadership path within a growing, quality-driven organization.
The Role
This Project Manager opportunity offers an experienced construction professional true ownership of highly customized residential exterior projects, working alongside accomplished craftspeople and design professionals. You will receive the autonomy to manage complex projects from design handoff through closeout, with primary responsibility for schedule control, budget discipline, change management, billing and documentation, constructability, subcontractor coordination, and proactive client communication — while influencing project performance and delivering exceptional outdoor environments for discerning clients. The role calls for a strong leader who combines technical capability, independent decision-making, disciplined execution, and polished client leadership.
Key Responsibilities
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Project Ownership: Own multiple high-end residential landscape construction projects from design handoff, planning and mobilization through punch list and closeout.
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Schedule Control: Build and manage project schedules, identify critical-path constraints, coordinate multi-trade sequencing, and drive recovery plans to protect milestones.
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Financial Controls: Own project financial controls — track costs, forecast cost-to-complete, reconcile vendor/subcontractor costs, manage variances, and protect profitability.
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Change Management: Lead change orders end-to-end — identify scope changes early, price and document them, secure approvals, communicate impacts, and integrate approved changes into billing.
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Progress Billing: Prepare and support timely progress billing with complete, organized backup documentation.
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Constructability: Review drawings, specifications and grading information; resolve constructability gaps in the field while protecting design intent and finish quality.
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Multi-Trade Coordination: Coordinate internal crews, specialty subcontractors, vendors, general contractors and design professionals across complex scopes such as water features, grading, masonry/stone, concrete, carpentry, steel, tile and planting.
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Client Communication: Serve as a calm, solutions-oriented point of contact for high-touch homeowners/estate representatives and project partners; anticipate issues, communicate clearly, and resolve escalations professionally.
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Safety & Accountability: Drive safety, quality, productivity and accountability while operating with a high degree of independence and sound field judgment.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- 3–5+ years of project management experience in residential construction, landscape construction, water-feature construction, or closely related complex exterior work.
- Proven ownership of schedules, budgets/cost tracking, change orders, documentation and progress billing across multiple concurrent projects.
- Ability to read construction drawings, specifications and grading plans and translate design intent into buildable field solutions.
- Strong organization, communication, client-service and decision-making skills, with the ability to work independently with minimal oversight.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, and comfort using project technology and documentation tools.
