Site Manager Jobs in California
Site Manager jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in construction, commercial real estate development, utilities, and large-scale infrastructure across every experience level from assistant site manager through senior project lead. The highest volume of openings is in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, where major employers such as Turner Construction, DPR Construction, and Webcor have lasting California presences and steady hiring pipelines. The most in-demand specialties are ground-up commercial construction, data center buildouts, and public infrastructure projects tied to California's ongoing transit and housing initiatives. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About The Team
DashMart is a local-fulfillment center owned and operated by DoorDash, offering customers household essentials and other items to their doorsteps with speed, reliability, and quality.
About The Role
In this role, you’ll manage a 5-15k sq ft distribution center, the local warehouse operating team, and be responsible for ensuring we maintain high quality for our customers. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Lead: Recruit, lead, coach & retain a high-performing team of Shift Leads (3+) and Operations Associates (6+). Set your team up for success to work safely and productively. As a leader, you will be responsible for building a strong, positive culture and will be accountable for driving strong employee satisfaction scores. You’ll partner with your Shift Leads to effectively delegate daily tasks and ensure high performance from your team.
- Own: You will own the day-to-day operations of one of our DashMart warehouses, and in some locations, includes preparing food in a light-prep kitchen, ensuring the site processes run smoothly, efficiently and safely. You’ll own scheduling and be responsible for managing a labor budget. You will be responsible for ensuring your warehouse meets site-level metric goals.
- Delight customers: Lead your team in providing our customers with the best possible experience on each and every order. You will be responsible for maintaining key quality metrics including order accuracy and fulfillment speed. Work cross-functionally with central teams including our inventory and training teams to provide your team with the tools and resources to achieve this goal.
- Strategize: Use data to identify pain-points or areas of inefficiency within our warehouse and current processes. Design, build and execute process improvement projects to improve our warehouse operations, quality metrics, and the employee experience.
We’re Excited About You Because…
- You have 3+ years’ of team leadership experience in high volume operations (retail, grocery, hospitality, fulfilment, logistics or operations) with a track record of developing people and delivering results.
- You’re a proven leader. You have managed high-performance teams of 10+ employees.
- You act like an owner. You do what it takes to support a 24/7 business across multiple shifts. You’re excited to have ownership over a new and rapidly growing business.
- You solve problems from first principles. You’re excited to solve problems in innovative ways, and you resist “this is how it’s always been done” thinking.
- You’re unafraid of ambiguity. Rapid change and learning are exciting to you, and you thrive in ambiguous, startup environments.
- You’re analytical. You let data win arguments. You are a data-first problem solver, and you have experience using Excel or Google Sheets to analyze data, including using basic formulas and creating pivot tables.
- You have a college degree, or relevant professional work experience.
- You have flexibility in your schedule. As the leader of the site, you will need to ensure your team and the site is fully supported, requiring some late-night and weekend availability.
Compensation
Actual compensation within the pay range listed below will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location. DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others. To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
See Below For Paid Time Off Details
- For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
- For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 1.3 hours/month if working 40 hours/week).
Base Pay
$64,800—$95,300 USD
About DoorDash
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods. DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.
Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
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Where California roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Site Manager Job Market in California
A snapshot from current California openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Amazon12

- Apple6

- DoorDash4

- Yu Ming Charter School3

- Colliers Engineering & Design2

Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software20
- Electronics & Hardware6
- Consulting & Professional Services5
- Education4
- Manufacturing4
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in site manager jobs across California.
- Active California Contractor's License (B General Building or relevant specialty) preferred or required
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or a related technical field
- Five or more years of field supervision or project management experience on comparable projects
- Proficiency with construction management software such as Procore, Bluebeam, or Autodesk Build
- Demonstrated ability to manage subcontractor coordination, scheduling, and budget oversight on-site
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification and familiarity with California Division of Occupational Safety and Health standards
Site Manager Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a site manager in California?
Most site managers in California come up through field roles such as superintendent, project engineer, or assistant project manager before stepping into full site oversight. A bachelor's degree in construction management or civil engineering is the most common educational path, and many California employers expect familiarity with Cal/OSHA regulations from day one. While California does not require a specific site manager license, holding or working toward a California Contractor's State License Board credential strengthens your candidacy considerably.
Which companies hire site managers in California?
Employers hiring site managers in California right now include Amazon, Apple, and DoorDash, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. California's construction volume, driven by housing mandates, infrastructure bond programs, and commercial development in the major metros, keeps a wide range of general contractors, specialty subcontractors, and owner-developer firms hiring throughout the year.
Which California cities have the most site manager jobs?
The cities with the most site manager openings in California are Sacramento, Cupertino, and San Francisco. Los Angeles dominates due to its sheer volume of commercial, multifamily, and public infrastructure projects, while San Francisco and San Diego anchor large general contractors and tech-campus developers that run continuous construction programs, pulling significant hiring into those metro areas year-round.
Are there remote site manager jobs in California?
Yes, but they're rare. Site management is fundamentally an on-site role, so the large majority of positions require a physical presence at the job site. About 3% of site manager openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, and those postings typically cover pre-construction planning, estimating coordination, or program management functions rather than active field supervision.
How can I get hired as a site manager in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is securing a project engineer or field engineer role at a large California general contractor such as DPR Construction, Swinerton, or Skanska, all of which run structured associate or new-graduate development programs in the state. From there, lateral moves into assistant superintendent or owner's representative roles are common stepping stones. Completing an OSHA 30-Hour Construction course and earning an internship through a California State University construction management program gives candidates a measurable edge over applicants with no field exposure.
Where can I find and apply to site manager jobs in California?
You can find and apply to site manager jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings across construction, infrastructure, and development sectors. Find the roles that fit your experience and location and apply directly.
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