Landscape Construction Project Manager - Milpitas, United States - Jensen Landscape Services

Description

Job Description

JENSEN LANDSCAPE

Monarch Landscape Companies is a family of successful landscape brands in five states across the central and western United States. We are a values-based learning organization committed to being the best place to work as a landscape professional. At Monarch Landscape Companies, your achievements determine your rewards, your abilities define your success, and your professionalism leads to autonomy.

Job Summary: The Project Manager is responsible for the successful and profitable completion of projects. The project manager is to manage and control the scope of work defined in the project contract documents, as well as the establishment and maintenance of effective professional working relationships with the owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors, vendors, Inspectors, and peers.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in construction or business or equivalent in experience

Experience

• Minimum of five years' experience in estimating or field management

Licenses or Certifications

• As required by state and federal law
• Valid driver license issued by the state were employed

Specialized Skills

• Advanced knowledge of scheduling, budgeting, document management, and cost forecasting.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• General plant, irrigation, construction, and drainage knowledge.
• General knowledge of material and labor costs.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and specifications.
• Intermediate to advanced experience using design software, including Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, and ProLandscape
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously within tight deadlines.
• Ability to prioritize job responsibilities.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

• Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand and walk
• Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, in color, peripherally, have depth perception and have the ability to adjust focus
• Frequent use of hands to manipulate, handle or feel objects, tools or controls
• Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and seldom lift and/or move up to 75 pounds

Work Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

• Frequently required to use computer-based systems
• Frequently required to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Occasionally sits for long periods of time in office environment
• Occasionally works with mechanical objects and outside in all weather conditions
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals
• Occasionally exposed to loud noise levels

Essential Duties

1. Responsible for project budgets, true-ups, analysis, and monitoring of same
2. Responsible for subcontractor and vendor financial reconciliations and negotiations
3. Troubleshoot problems on projects, both in office and jobsite, with the ability to spot potential deficiencies before they become issues
4. Manage project team (superintendent, estimator, purchasing, and outside resources) in all aspects of project development and completion
5. Work with project superintendent to manage project schedule and ensure that client expectations are met or exceeded
6. Manage monthly billing to client. Work with superintendent to submit final billing including reconciliation of subcontractor billings and forecasting and capturing expenses
7. Manage project cash flow through AR management and prebilling of deposits and expenditures
8. Work with project estimator to select vendors and subcontractors and determine cost effectiveness. Write subcontracts or letters of intent for same
9. Provide leadership to direct or indirect reports to ensure that project assignments are delivered on time to the client's satisfaction
10. Compute cost factors and prepare estimates used for management purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work, preparing change order requests
11. Manage all project communication including submittals, change orders, RFI, T&M, memorandums, meeting minutes, and revisions
12. Consult with clients, subcontractors, and vendors, resolve issues
13. Review contracts and bids to determine and sell value engineering
14. Work with Purchasing Department to ensure plant materials, site furnishing, and long lead time or specialty items are ordered and delivered in a timely manner
15. Review subcontracts and change orders produced by Contract Administration and ensure they are executed in a timely fashion
16. Meet with clients to review and explain project cost, extras, and change orders
17. Act as liaison between project superintendents, sub-contractors, and general contractors
18. Project Closeouts including but not limited to as-builts, O&M, Warranty documentation, and all reconciliations
19. Other duties as assigned.

Total Rewards

At Monarch, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage, and retain top talent. Elements of our Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

Monarch also provides eligible employees with an array of additional benefits, including:

• The opportunity to enroll in a variety of healthcare benefit programs, including medical, dental, and vision plan options; flexible spending accounts; retirement savings plans; term life/ad and a number of supplemental insurances
• Company Provided Life/AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program
• 7 Paid Holidays
• 3 Days Paid Bereavement
• 5 Days Paid Jury Duty
• Employee Equity Program
• Paid Time Off Starting at 2 weeks per year
• Sick Pay in accordance with applicable state or local ordinance
• Take Home Vehicle
• On-Demand Pay Through A Partnership with DailyPay
• Referral Bonuses Programs
• Gym Membership and Mobile Carrier Discounts
• Education Assistance
• Best-in-Class Learning Management System
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• 1% - 2% commission paid on ancillary gross margin sales.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as position, tenure, geographic location, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Please note that the salary information shown below is provided in compliance with state specific laws. Salaries are based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations, and therefore may be different in other locations or operating divisions.

Pay Range: $120,000 - $150,000

Jensen Landscape Services is an Equal Opportunity & is an E-Verify participating Employer

Jensen Landscape Services is an On Demand Daily Pay Employer