Project Manager Commercial Landscape

Commercial Landscape & Site Construction Greater St. Louis Missouri Full-Time Direct Hire

Immediate Need: Large Projects Starting This Fall

Location: Greater St. Louis MO (office northwest of St. Louis; daily time on area job sites)

Target Locations: St. Louis Metro St. Charles County Lincoln County West St. Louis County Wentzville OFallon Troy

Industry: Commercial Landscape Construction Site Development & Hardscape

Salary: $80000 $110000 base depending on experience

OTE: Base team bonus individual performance bonus plus take-home company truck

Our client is one of the most established and fastest-growing landscape companies in the St. Louis region. Its family of businesses includes commercial landscape construction design/build maintenance irrigation exterior lighting and a wholesale nursery. The commercial division builds the outdoor environments behind major public and private projects: data centers hospitals city halls community centers parks school playgrounds and athletic surfaces. It has delivered single projects worth more than $15 million. With a strong backlog of large projects starting this fall the company is adding an experienced Commercial Project Manager to its team.

The Commercial Project Manager owns commercial landscape and site construction projects from contract award through closeout. Most projects run between $200000 and $1.5 million with larger multi-million-dollar data center and municipal work in the portfolio. Working hand in hand with an assigned field superintendent you run the business side of every job: scope schedule subcontractors materials change orders owner relationships monthly billing and delivery at or under budgeted man-hours.

This role is for a project manager who understands dirt grading plantings hardscape and site work. Someone who can walk a job site and see how to save the company money and who has the subcontractor and supplier relationships to solve problems fast.

• Taking over projects from the estimating and pre-construction team once they close then planning execution with the field superintendent.
• Running several concurrent commercial projects: data centers healthcare municipal buildings community centers parks and school playgrounds.
• Serving as the primary contact for owners general contractors and landscape architects through the life of each job.
• Protecting margin by managing each project to its quoted man-hours and finding smarter ways to build the work.

• Review estimates and proposals from pre-construction before bid; verify hours quantities and scope are complete and sign off.
• Build the project schedule and start date with the superintendent; sequence crews and subcontractors.
• Coordinate and hold accountable all subcontractors making sure they are on site in the right sequence and performing to standard.
• Order and manage materials so the right quality and quantity arrive when needed.
• Attend owner and GC meetings; manage communication submittals and project documentation.
• Identify unforeseen conditions scope and price extra work prepare change-order proposals and negotiate them with owners.
• Manage monthly progress billing (percent-complete pay applications) with the accounting department.
• Track labor hours and job cost against budget and report forecasts to leadership.
• Support the companys playground artificial turf and school program as projects are awarded.
• Travel occasionally for out-of-market projects (for example Columbia Kansas City or Tennessee). Most nights are spent at home.

• Projects delivered at or under quoted man-hours and budgeted margin.
• Change orders identified early documented priced and collected.
• Accurate and timely monthly billing on every active project.
• Owners GCs and architects who want to work with the company again.
• A strong working partnership with field superintendents and crews.

• 5 years of project management experience in commercial landscape construction site work hardscape or closely related commercial construction.
• A proven track record managing commercial projects in the $200000 $1.5M range several at a time.
• Working command of scope management change orders subcontractor coordination material procurement and progress billing.
• Ability to read and interpret landscape grading civil and site plans.
• Established subcontractor and supplier relationships in the St. Louis market.
• Valid drivers license and clean driving record.

• Degree in Landscape Architecture Horticulture Construction Management or a related field.
• Experience on data center healthcare municipal school or park projects.
• Experience managing to man-hour budgets and job-costing systems.
• Experience with playgrounds artificial turf water features or large-scale plantings.
• OSHA 30; familiarity with estimating software and scheduling tools.

• Base salary of $80000 $115000 depending on experience.
• Team bonus tied to collective results plus an individual performance bonus based on hours managed against budget.
• Take-home company truck.

• Company pays the majority of individual health insurance premiums.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Company-paid short-term disability and life insurance.
• Paid time off and holidays.

Office-based with daily time on active job sites across Greater St. Louis. You will work alongside a collaborative team of project managers estimators superintendents and crews in a growing owner-led company that invests in its people and rewards performance.

If you are a proven commercial project manager ready for bigger projects and a company built to reward results apply at or send your resume to . All inquiries are held in strict confidence. will contact qualified candidates to discuss the opportunity and the client in detail.