📍 Las Cruces | 🕒 Full-Time
Are you a hands-on leader who thrives on building teams, managing operations, and making a visible impact across communities? Join Tresco as a Project Manager and take the lead in shaping essential custodial and grounds services across Southeastern New Mexico.
🚀 Your MissionAs Project Manager, you’ll oversee the day-to-day operations of custodial and grounds maintenance contracts across Las Cruces, Anthony, ABQ and Eastern NM. You’ll ensure services are delivered with excellence—on time, on budget, and in full compliance with contract requirements and regulatory standards.
This is more than a management role—it’s an opportunity to lead teams, build partnerships, and elevate service quality across an entire region.
🧭 What You’ll DoLeadership & Team Development
- Supervise, mentor, and evaluate staff to build high-performing, motivated teams
- Foster a culture of accountability, growth, and teamwork
- Provide ongoing coaching, training, and performance feedback
Operations & Contract Management
- Oversee custodial and grounds services including mowing, landscaping, and facility maintenance
- Manage schedules, staffing plans, and service delivery to meet contract expectations
- Monitor budgets, control costs, and track expenditures
Client & Community Engagement
- Build strong relationships with customers, subcontractors, and community partners
- Lead weekly client meetings to ensure satisfaction and address needs proactively
- Support recruitment efforts through local partnerships
Compliance & Quality Assurance
- Ensure adherence to OSHA, federal, state, and local regulations
- Maintain high standards of safety, service quality, and operational efficiency
- Step in to perform operational tasks when needed to ensure coverage
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- 3+ years managing custodial/grounds operations (including budgeting and scheduling)
- 3+ years in a supervisory or leadership role
- Equivalent combination of education and experience considered
Certifications & Requirements
- Valid Driver’s License (travel required across the region)
- Ability to pass required background checks, including:
- General background screening
- OIG/CMMS exclusions check
- Driving record (MVR)
- Federal security clearance processes
- NM Department of Health fingerprinting
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Skilled in problem-solving, conflict resolution, and critical thinking
- Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and community engagement
- Make a meaningful impact in communities across Eastern New Mexico
- Lead dynamic teams and develop future leaders
- Work in a mission-driven organization that values professionalism, safety, and growth
- Opportunity to shape operations and build lasting partnerships
You’re proactive, not reactive. You communicate clearly, lead confidently, and ensure every contract runs smoothly. Your teams respect you, your clients trust you, and your region thrives under your leadership.
📣 Ready to lead with purpose? Apply today and help Tresco deliver excellence across New Mexico.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- 3+ years managing custodial or grounds operations, including budgeting and scheduling
- 3+ years of supervisory or leadership experience
- Valid driver's license
- Ability to pass general background screening
- Ability to pass OIG/CMMS exclusions checks
- Acceptable driving record and MVR check
- Ability to complete federal security clearance processes
- Ability to complete New Mexico Department of Health fingerprinting
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
What We Do
Tresco is a non-profit company organized, governed and staffed for the sole purpose of making a positive impact in the lives of children with developmental delays, and people with disabilities in the community.
