Minimum of 10–15 years of project management experience in high-end residential home building or landscape construction in Southern California.
Knowledge of landscape construction, including grading, drainage, irrigation, hardscapes, planting, and lighting.
Ability to read and interpret plans and details.
Ability to drive to assigned job sites.
Responsibilities
Lead initial discussions with clients to frame opportunities for designers.
Develop an understanding of project design and the customer's vision for the property.
Develop an overview of the schedule, key contractors, and critical path to meet deadlines.
Stay current with evolving client vision and obstacles to achieving it.
Establish trust-based relationships with clients and their representatives.
Coordinate effectively with designers and production leadership to ensure timely communication.
Develop relationships with other trades critical to project success.
Monitor projects onsite on a daily-to-weekly basis depending on size, scope, and complexity.
Review project quality against specifications and ensure changes are made promptly.
Observe the status of key trades and understand project interfaces with them.
Track project progress and costs, including reviewing receipts.
Ensure timely invoicing and collections.
Document project activity.
Keep clients and other parties informed, understand changing customer needs, and maintain strong client relationships.
Prepare, communicate, and negotiate change orders; obtain approval; communicate details to production and accounting; and maintain complete, current records.
Ensure production and design personnel are informed about relevant project details.
Motivate interested parties to take needed actions promptly.
Schedule subcontractors, consultants, and vendors along the critical path to ensure timely completion.
Order materials.
Coordinate plant sourcing with the client, designer, and internal plant purchaser.
Coordinate inspections with local jurisdictions.
Identify subcontractor non-compliance with safety, health, and environmental quality standards, and ensure deficiencies identified by the project team are corrected.
Identify conflicts in construction progress and communicate them for resolution.
Perform quality-control duties regularly enough to monitor work progress.
Ensure projects meet high industry standards for excellence.
Promote precision and craftsmanship.
Salary Range: 77000 to 100000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)
For decades, SHL has been a trusted partner to estate residential clients, designers, and general contractors—creating exceptional outdoor environments through craftsmanship, precision, and reliability. As we continue to grow our business, we have an increased need for Project Management skills to meet the needs of our clients.
Overview
We are currently searching for a Residential Landscape Construction Project Engineer to support our customer facing operations and ensuring that we deliver a distinctive product that meets our customer’s needs in a timely and seamless fashion. This relationship intensive position serves as a link between our customers, designers, production team and general contractors to ensure that the evolving needs of the project get met in a timely, high-quality fashion.
In a nutshell, we need a leader with great communication skills to understand what the customer wants, how the project should proceed, can evaluate on site where the project is against the plan and initiate the actions and communications necessary to ensure a totally satisfied customer and a great looking project.
Responsibilities
Project Design Knowledge:
Can lead upfront discussions with clients to frame the opportunity for our designers
Develop a full understanding of the project design and the customer’s vision for their property
Develop a clear view of all the overall schedule, key contractors and the critical path to meet the deadline
Stay current with evolving client vision for their project and the obstacles to achieving that vision
Relationship Leadership
Establishes a trust-based relationship with the client and the client representatives
Works effectively with SHL’s Designers and Production Leadership (superintendent or project foreman) to ensure seamless and timely communication
Develops strong, bi-lateral relationships with other trades who are critical to a successful project
Project Oversight & Leadership
Proactivity, proactivity, proactivity
Monitor projects onsite on a daily to weekly basis depending on project size, scope and complexity
Review project quality to ensure SHL work is meeting the specification and make sure changes get made promptly
Observe the status of all key trades and have a full understanding of our interfaces with them
Tracks project progress and costs, including reviewing receipts
Ensure proper and timely invoicing
Ensure collections are made in a timely manner
Document Everything
Customer and Vendor Communications
Relentless communicator with a passion for keeping all parties fully informed
Strong client relationships built on a deep understanding of the landscape needs and an ability to connect with them more broadly
Ensure enough contact with the customer and their representatives to know what they are thinking and how it is changing
Prepare, communicate and negotiate change orders, get proper approval, get info to production and accounting and ensure that these records are complete and up to date
Ensure all relevant production and design personnel are fully up to speed
Can motivate interested parties to take needed actions with a sense of urgency
Support Project Superintendent in key areas when needed
Schedule subcontractors, consultants, and vendors in critical path to ensure timely completion
Order materials
Coordinate plant sourcing with client/designer and our internal plant purchaser
Coordinate inspections with local jurisdictions
Identify subcontractor non-compliance with safety, health, and environmental quality standards.
Ensure subcontractors have corrected all deficiencies identified by project team
Identify conflicts in construction progress and communicate for resolution
Quality Control
Perform quality control duties and responsibilities regarding the work being performed with enough regularity to stay on top of the job
Ensure that projects are meeting highest industry standards for excellence
Instill a culture that celebrates a high level of precision and craftsmanship
Qualifications
Minimum of 10-15 years of project management experience in high-end residential home building or landscape construction industry in Southern California
Knowledge of landscape construction including grading, drainage, irrigation, hardscapes, planting, and lighting
Ability to read and interpret plans and details
A legacy of highly satisfied customers
Strong verbal communications across a range of communication styles
Portray a positive, “will do whatever it takes” attitude
Communicate effectively with staff, clients, subcontractors, and visitors
Excellent written communication skills
Strong Character
Energetic, self-motivated, strong organizational skills, proactive planner, with strong work ethic
Poised/confident individual with an ability to respond effectively under pressure while being dedicated/committed to meeting deadlines and achieving results
Demonstrate initiative with an ability to effectively work within a team environment in a field services business
Excellent Work Habits
Punctual, reliable, and intelligent individual with the ability to take direction as well as guide others
Effective multi-tasker who is timely in completing tasks with accuracy
Must be able to drive to assigned job sites
We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome all perspectives and are committed to ensuring an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage veterans and their spouses to apply.