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Land Development Manager

4/21/2026

The Land Development Manager will oversee horizontal development projects from inception to completion, including bid management, scheduling, and value engineering. They will manage teams, equipment, and materials while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project goals and regulatory compliance are met.

Salary

120000 - 180000 USD

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

51-200 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

About The Company

Emerald provides a broad range of land management, development consulting and construction services to both public and private landowners. Emerald is a multi-disciplinary firm offering QSD & QSP consulting, Erosion Control Product Installations, Hydroseeding, Street Sweeping, Water Trucks, Landscape Construction & Maintenance, and Tract Acceptance Punch List services. As a licensed General Engineering Contractor, Emerald also performs select mitigation improvement projects and various site grading/underground projects for preferred clients. We are licensed in both California and Nevada and hold Small Business Certification through DGS.

About the Role

Description

Company Description

Edwards Family Companies, manager of Emerald Site Services, Northern California's premier stormwater, erosion, and dust control contractor, is expanding their scope of services to include construction management under the Edwards Construction Management brand.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role located in the greater Sacramento area. The Land Development Manager will have extensive land development experience from inception to completion of a proposed project. Responsibilities will include bid management and purchasing of horizontal development services, preparing and managing the construction schedule, articulating overlooked needs for site developments, value engineering horizontal construction plans, managing a team of contractors, equipment and materials, and collaborating with horizontal construction and homebuilding developer teams on all aspects, stages and needs of the development process. The role requires managing people, equipment, materials, and timelines, ensuring compliance with local regulations, and maintaining quality standards. The successful candidate will work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to meet or exceed goals and objectives.

Requirements

Qualifications – Requirements

Proficiency in Site Development and Land Development processes, particularly with infill.
Knowledge of local city and county agency standards and processes.
Strong skills in budgeting and cost management for projects.
Complete understanding of the horizontal development and homebuilding process and collaboration with construction teams for both public and private homebuilders, and other industries.
Complete understanding of regulations related to land development.
Understanding of BOLD/SCIP/CFD documentation processes a plus.
Excellent project management, organizational, and communication skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel and Bluebeam.
Minimum 5 years experience in subdivision work.
Ability to interpret civil plans.
Change order negotiation.
Provide take-offs on scopes of work.
Clean DMV and meet background check requirements.
Maintain strong relationships with customers, trade partners, inspectors and engineers.

Salary: $120,000 to $180,000

Key Skills

Land developmentSite developmentBid managementPurchasingConstruction schedulingValue engineeringProject managementBudgetingCost managementCivil plan interpretationChange order negotiationTake-offsMicrosoft ProjectBluebeamRegulatory compliance