$85K to $140K a year as published by the employer
Applications are completed on the employer's own site.
A field-based project manager responsible for running residential construction jobs from start to finish, managing subcontractors, and maintaining client relationships.
We are looking for one Project Manager to run jobs across Austin, San Antonio, and the Texas Hill Country. Real work, real support, and a founder who picks up the phone.
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Role**Project Manager**
Where**Austin, San Antonio & the Hill Country**
Type**Field-based, 1099**
Pay**Commission, fuel card provided**
Why This Is Here
## We are growing faster than we can staff.
That is the honest reason this page exists. Space Cowboy builds backyard pickleball and multi-use courts, pools, outdoor kitchens, decks, pergolas, and whole-home renovations across Central Texas. We are based in Wimberley, we are rated 5.0 on Google, and right now we have more signed work than we have people to run it.
That is a good problem, but it is still a problem, and it is one we would rather solve with the right person than with a fast hire. So this is not a wall of requirements. It is a straight description of the work, what we pay, what we bring, and what it is actually like here. Read it and decide for yourself.
If it fits, we would like to hear from you.
Dominic Watler ✶ Founder
The Opening
## One role. One hire.
We are not building a bench. We are looking for one Project Manager who can carry their own jobs from the first walk to the final walkthrough.
Now Accepting Applications
## Project Manager, Residential Construction
Watler & Co LLC dba Space Cowboy
Location : Austin, TXField-based across Austin, San Antonio, and the Texas Hill Country
Engagement : 1099 ContractorNo set schedule, no micromanaging
Pay : 10% of hard costCommission on the jobs you run, earned as your job draws
Realistic Range : $85,000 to $140,000Per year, carrying a normal load of concurrent jobs
Provided : Fuel cardWindshield time is on us
Reports To : Dominic WatlerFounder, and your direct line
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### The Work You Would Be Running
### ✶The Honest Version
Finding work is not our problem. Getting it built is.
We have more signed work than we have people to run it, and that is the whole reason this posting exists. The ceiling on this role is set by how much you can carry, not by a pay band somebody wrote down.
If you are the kind of PM who has been capped by a company that could not feed you enough work, this is the opposite problem.
### ✶What You Would Actually Do
Run your jobs start to finish. Walk your sites. Line up subs, hold them to the scope, and hold them to the schedule. Keep the client informed before they have to ask you for an update. Document the work in CompanyCam as it happens. Catch the problem at framing instead of at the walkthrough.
The client relationship is the job.
Our reviews say we answer the phone and we over-deliver. That reputation lives or dies with whoever is running the job, and that would be you.
### ✶What We Bring
Dominic Watler, our founder, is your direct line. He is not a manager checking your hours. He is a builder with the field knowledge to help you solve the thing at seven in the morning and the standing to clear a roadblock the same day. His job is making you successful. That is not a line on a job post, it is how this company runs.
A fuel card. Windshield time is on us.
Systems built for the field, not for an office. We run CompanyCam and JobTread, and we are constantly rebuilding both so the paperwork gets out of your way instead of piling on top of your day. You will mostly live in CompanyCam.
No set schedule. No micromanaging. Nobody bird-dogging you. Do the work, keep your jobs and your clients in good shape, and how you run your week is yours.
### ✶The Pay
$85,000 to $140,000
Realistic annual range ✶ 10% of hard cost
This is a 1099 independent contractor position, paid on commission at 10% of hard cost on the jobs you run. Fees are earned as your job draws, so you get paid alongside the work instead of waiting on a closeout months out.
Realistic range for a PM carrying a normal load of concurrent jobs is $85,000 to $140,000 a year. Take on more work and that number moves. No base salary, no hourly, and no benefits. This is contractor work, and it is the right fit for somebody who would rather be paid on output than on hours.
### ✶Who We Are Looking For
**Real construction knowledge**
You have been on jobsites long enough to know when a sub is telling you what you want to hear. Residential remodel, outdoor living, concrete, or general contracting backgrounds all fit.
**Experience managing subcontractors**
Scheduling them, holding them to scope, catching bad work before the client does, and keeping a trade partner relationship healthy while you do it.
**Strong with clients**
Clear communication, quick responses, and the judgment to know what a homeowner needs to hear and when.
**Comfortable with technology**
Phone-based apps, photo documentation, digital scopes and schedules. You do not need to be technical. You do need to be willing.
**Grit**
This is a job for somebody who wants to build something, not somebody looking for a seat. There is real room here to grow as the company grows.
**The basics**
Valid driver license, reliable truck or vehicle, and the ability to be on jobsites across Central Texas.
Watler & Co LLC dba Space Cowboy is an equal opportunity company. We evaluate every applicant on their work and their character.
#### In This Posting
1. The Honest Version 2. What You Would Do 3. What We Bring 4. The Pay 5. Who We Want
How to Apply
The Space Cowboy Way
## What it is like to work here.
The same six things we promise a client are the six things we hold ourselves to internally. This is what they mean from the inside.
### Craftsmanship
Every cut, connection, and transition gets thought through before anything goes up. You will never be asked to rush something out the door that you would not put your name on.
### Vision, Built
Our favorite projects start as a picture in somebody's head. You get to be the person who turns that into a real thing standing in somebody's backyard. You dream it, we build it.
### No Corners Cut
No cutting corners and no guessing games, and that runs both directions. You get transparent scopes and honest numbers to work from, not a budget somebody hid the truth in.
### We Answer the Phone
Ask around: most contractors never pick up. We do, and that includes picking up when you call us. Dominic is one call away, not three layers up.
### Better Than Last Time
Our culture is to do it better each time than we did the last. The last project sets the bar and the next one clears it. Nobody here is coasting.
### The Crew
We have the best crews and it shows. Designers, trades, and partners get their names on the win, because nothing great gets built alone. That includes you.
5.0 on Google ✶ 43 five-star reviews ✶ Austin, San Antonio & the Hill Country ✶ Founded 2021
How to Apply
## Send us an email. That is the whole process.
No portal, no fifteen-field form, no account to create. Write to us like a person and tell us about your work.
Your resume, or just a short rundown of your construction background. Either one is fine.
Two or three projects you ran, what the scope was, and what went sideways on one of them.
Your general availability, so we know what we are working with.
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No phone calls, please. We read every one that comes in and we will reach out to set up a conversation.
Buildspacecowboy (Watler & Co LLC) builds backyard pickleball courts, pools, outdoor kitchens, decks, and whole-home renovations in Central Texas.