Project Manager for Swift Painting LLC
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Location: Baton Rouge / Livingston Parish / Surrounding Areas
Company: Swift Painting LLC
Job Type: Full-Time
Compensation: $40k-$45k starting pay, Company Gas Card provided and available bonus programs equaling $5k-$10k in additional income.
Industry: Residential & Commercial Painting / Home Improvement / Construction Management
Project Manager Opportunity
Build Your Career With Swift Painting
Swift Painting is looking for a Project Manager who is ready to take the bull by the horns and help lead our production department with excellence, ownership, and pride.
This is not just another job.
This is an opportunity to carve out a real path for our clients, our team, and yourself. We serve homeowners and businesses throughout Baton Rouge and the surrounding areas, and we are looking for someone who wants to build a long-term career with a company that is growing fast and committed to doing things the right way.
At Swift Painting, our mindset is simple:
Build. Don’t Break.
We are looking for someone who builds people up, builds systems, builds trust with clients, and helps build a production department that runs with clarity, professionalism, and excellence.
Who We Are Looking For
We want a Project Manager who is:
Hardworking, dependable, and willing to go above and beyond.
Professional, organized, and able to lead crews, communicate with clients, and keep jobs moving.
Knowledgeable, but still humble enough to learn.
Interested in growing their trade knowledge, painting industry knowledge, leadership skills, and business understanding.
Someone who wants to be part of a small business with huge growth potential.
Someone who wants more than a paycheck. Someone who wants ownership, responsibility, and a future.
What This Role Offers
This role will give you real-world experience in leadership, client communication, operations, scheduling, quality control, problem-solving, and business management.
You will be directly involved in the success of every project we produce. You will help make sure our clients have a great experience, our crews are set up to win, and our standards are upheld from start to finish.
For the right person, this position has unbelievable potential. The skills you develop here can translate into countless industries and leadership opportunities for years to come.
What You’ll Be Doing
You will help manage painting projects from the moment they enter production through final walkthrough and closeout.
You will communicate with clients, coordinate crews, review job details, solve problems, check quality, keep projects on schedule, and make sure each job reflects the Swift Painting standard.
You will be a key part of our production department and a major part of our company’s growth.
This Is A Competitive Position
We are expecting a lot of interest in this role.
Dozens of people WILL apply, but only one person will come out on top.
The question is:
Will that be you?
If you are ready to work hard, grow, lead, learn, and become the next Project Manager for Swift Painting for years to come, we want to hear from you.
Click the link below, complete the assessment, and fill out all required information.
Good luck on the test. We hope you pass with flying colors. Only 15% of applicants pass the test. Do you have what it takes?
Apply today and take the first step toward becoming the next Project Manager at Swift Painting. Become the next key piece to Swift Painting becoming & remaining the largest painting company in Louisiana.
Be a part of a winning, fun, and kind culture that gives back!
About Swift Painting
Swift Painting is a growing residential and commercial repaint company built on Ownership, Progress, Integrity, Excellence & Connection.
We are not just looking for someone to “manage jobs.” We are looking for someone who can take ownership of the production experience from the moment a project is sold until the job is fully completed, paid, documented, and closed out.
Our clients trust us with their homes, their investment, and their peace of mind. This role is responsible for making sure that trust is protected through strong communication, clean organization, field accountability, and proactive problem solving.
We are looking for a Project Manager who is organized, calm under pressure, relationally strong, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple moving pieces at once.
Position Summary
The Project Manager is responsible for managing painting projects from sales handoff through final closeout. This person serves as the main bridge between the client, sales team, crews, office/admin team, vendors, and leadership.
This role owns the production side of the client journey, including job onboarding, scheduling, crew coordination, client updates, job site visits, quality control, paint/material ordering, change orders, job costing, closeout documentation, and final walkthroughs.
The right person for this role does not wait to be told what to do. They see what needs to happen, communicate clearly, solve problems early, and make sure projects move smoothly from start to finish.
What You’ll Be Responsible ForProject Onboarding & Production Setup
Once a project is sold, you will be responsible for making sure it is properly transitioned into production.
This includes:
- Reviewing newly sold jobs and understanding the full scope of work
- Conducting client onboarding calls
- Confirming project details, colors, timelines, access notes, and expectations
- Entering and organizing job details in the proper systems
- Updating the production pipeline
- Scheduling projects and assigning start dates
- Sending start date texts and emails to clients
- Preparing work orders, checklists, and production paperwork
- Making sure nothing gets lost between the sale and production
Client Communication & Customer Experience
You will serve as one of the main points of contact for clients during the production process.
This includes:
- Keeping clients updated before, during, and after their project
- Communicating clearly about schedules, start dates, weather delays, colors, scope changes, and job progress
- Answering client questions professionally and promptly
- Managing expectations before problems become frustrations
- Handling concerns with calmness, ownership, and solutions
- Scheduling and coordinating final walkthroughs
- Making sure every client feels informed, cared for, and respected
Scheduling, Crew Coordination & Field Execution
You will be responsible for helping keep production moving efficiently in the field.
This includes:
- Building and maintaining the production schedule
- Assigning jobs to the right crews based on scope, availability, and fit
- Communicating project expectations clearly to crews
- Creating and sending work orders
- Coordinating crew start dates and job details
- Handling day-to-day crew communication
- Addressing job site issues as they come up
- Coordinating crew payments/check pickup when needed
- Keeping jobs moving without unnecessary delays or confusion
Job Site Management & Quality Control
This is not a desk-only role. You will be expected to visit job sites, inspect progress, communicate with crews, and protect quality.
This includes:
- Conducting job site check-ins during active projects
- Reviewing quality, progress, cleanliness, and client satisfaction
- Catching issues early before they become bigger problems
- Making sure crews are following the approved scope of work
- Confirming prep work, paint application, touch-ups, and final details
- Scheduling and performing final walkthroughs
- Ensuring punch list items are completed properly
- Helping projects close out cleanly and professionally
Paint Orders, Materials & Change Orders
You will help ensure crews have the materials, paint, and information needed to complete the job correctly.
This includes:
- Creating and sending paint orders
- Coordinating paint and material pickups when needed
- Making sure paint orders match the job scope, colors, sheens, and schedule
- Confirming color selections and placements with clients
- Handling client-requested changes during production
- Creating and documenting change orders
- Communicating pricing or scope adjustments internally and externally
- Making sure all approved changes are reflected in job notes, work orders, and crew instructions
CRM, Systems & Administrative Accuracy
A major part of this role is keeping the company’s systems clean, current, and accurate.
This includes:
- Updating the CRM and production pipeline consistently
- Keeping job notes, statuses, documents, photos, and records organized
- Uploading required forms, checklists, photos, and closeout documentation
- Maintaining accurate project records
- Notifying the team when key updates or uploads are completed
- Making sure leadership has visibility into where each job stands
Financial Tracking & Job Costing
You will help protect job profitability by tracking production-related financial details.
This includes:
- Completing weekly job costing administration
- Tracking labor, materials, change orders, and production costs
- Monitoring job budgets and financial performance
- Helping track accounts receivable, pending balances, and closeout payments
- Submitting weekly production and cash flow updates
- Alerting leadership when a job is at risk of losing profitability
- Helping the company understand what money is coming in, going out, and pending
Marketing & Job Closeout Support
Finished jobs are a major opportunity for reviews, referrals, photos, videos, and future marketing. You will help make sure completed work is captured and documented.
This includes:
- Capturing or coordinating final job photos and videos
- Helping secure reviews and testimonials when appropriate
- Supporting Brand Ambassador closeout items
- Making sure completed jobs are properly documented
- Uploading final project photos and closeout materials
- Ensuring jobs are fully closed out from both a production and marketing standpoint
What Success Looks Like
A successful Project Manager at Swift Painting makes sure:
- Clients feel updated and taken care of
- Crews know exactly what they are doing
- Jobs start on time and stay organized
- Work orders, paint orders, and job notes are accurate
- Problems are communicated early, not late
- Change orders are documented properly
- Final walkthroughs are completed thoroughly
- Job costing and financial updates are submitted consistently
- CRM and production systems stay updated
- Jobs close out cleanly, professionally, and completely
This role protects client experience, production flow, company organization, and profitability.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is:
- Highly organized
- Detail-oriented
- Proactive
- A strong communicator
- Calm under pressure
- Comfortable managing multiple projects at once
- Relational, but firm when needed
- Good with clients, crews, vendors, and internal team members
- Comfortable using technology, CRM systems, spreadsheets, and production trackers
- Able to solve problems quickly and professionally
- Financially aware enough to understand budgets, job costing, and profitability
- Comfortable working both in the office and in the field
- Accountable, resourceful, and ownership-minded
Required Skills & Experience
Preferred qualifications include:
- Experience in project management, construction, painting, remodeling, home services, or a similar field
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to manage schedules, crews, clients, and job details
- Comfortable using CRM software, spreadsheets, and digital communication tools
- Ability to read scopes of work and translate them into clear crew instructions
- Strong attention to detail with paperwork, job notes, colors, materials, and scheduling
- Ability to handle difficult conversations with professionalism
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
- Willingness to visit job sites throughout the week
Painting or construction experience is strongly preferred, but the most important qualities are ownership, organization, communication, and follow-through.
Non-Negotiables
This role requires a high standard of ownership. The right person must be willing to:
- Keep clients updated consistently
- Keep CRM and production systems current
- Communicate issues early
- Follow through on details
- Visit job sites and inspect progress
- Submit job costing and production updates on time
- Maintain professional communication with clients and crews
- Protect the company’s reputation and client experience
- Take responsibility for projects from handoff to closeout
We are not looking for someone who only reacts when problems happen. We are looking for someone who sees the whole board, manages proactively, and helps create order.
Why Join Swift Painting?
At Swift Painting, you will be part of a growing company that values professionalism, strong communication, accountability, and doing things the right way. This is an opportunity to step into a key leadership role where your work directly impacts client satisfaction, crew performance, company growth, and profitability.
You will not be treated like just another employee checking boxes. This role matters. The person in this seat will have a major impact on how smoothly the company operates and how well our clients are served.
Simple Role Outcome
Your job is to make sure every project after the sale is executed with excellence.
That means:
- The client feels informed and taken care of
- The crew knows what to do
- The schedule stays organized
- The paperwork and systems stay updated
- The finances are tracked
- Problems are handled quickly
- The job closes out cleanly and professionally
How to Apply
All qualified and interested applicants must click this link to complete the placement test to be considered for the role:
Once the test has been completed and passed you will be directed to submit your resume, cover letter, and 3 professional references of previous employers directly here on Indeed. Please submit your resume & 3 professional references directly on indeed.
Additionally, we are especially interested in hearing about your experience with project management, client communication, crew coordination, construction, painting, or home service operations.
Pay: $40,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Fuel card
- Opportunities for advancement
- Professional development assistance
Work Location: In person
