Operations Manager
Content + Source + Freshness • 16 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
The Operations Manager position presents a robust opportunity within the construction field, requiring extensive experience but offering a pathway for significant impact and leadership in large-scale projects.
Pros
- Leadership role with a chance to shape project management standards
- Important contributions to safety and quality assurance in construction
- Potential for high job stability given the scale of projects managed
Cons
- Requires significant prior experience in high-value construction environments
- Heavy workload and tight deadlines can impact work-life balance
- High responsibility for maintaining compliance and customer satisfaction
Who it is for
Senior • On-site
Good fit
- Experienced managers in heavy construction and HVAC
- Candidates eager to impact project outcomes and team effectiveness
- Professionals seeking to lead large-scale construction projects
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates without sufficient experience
- Individuals looking for remote or flexible work arrangements
- People uncomfortable in high-pressure management roles
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
• Manages Project Managers, General Superintendents and Superintendents.
• Allocating, coordinating and quality assurance of drafting resources within Business Units.
• Implementing productivity improvements, assure project compliance and quality assurance.
• Maintaining consistency in Project and Field Management processes throughout Business Unit.
• Champion of safety, discipline safety violators and provide coaching to prevent problems.
• Initiate and hold Project Review meetings with Project Managers, General Superintendents, and Superintendents, including review of deviations on status reports, billings, and cash position of each project.
• Approves all additional pricing quoted to customers, including change orders, back charges, claims, and anything that changes contract.
• Resolves cost-related issues between Installing and Engineering.
• Identifies and monitors upcoming Project Managers.
• Tracks and reports on risk management (cert, of insurance, bonds of subs, safety, theft).
• Assures customer satisfaction through project manager/superintendent team.
Requirements
- At least 8 years verifiable experience in heavy ($20M+) plumbing and HVAC commercial construction (Hotels, High Rise Office Buildings, Hospitals, etc.)
- State plumbing license or 5+ verifiable years as an Operations Manager.
- Proven leadership and supervisory skills with responsibility of managing numerous superintendents and general superintendents with projects that are ongoing simultaneously.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Detail-oriented and willing to tackle various ongoing projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Versed in the industry and the Company's competitors.
- Ability to multitask and perform duties outside of the scope of work when necessary.
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Hard Skills
- project management
- quality assurance
- risk management
- cost management
- change order management
- contract management
- plumbing
- HVAC
- construction management
- productivity improvement
Soft Skills
- leadership
- supervisory skills
- communication skills
- detail-oriented
- multitasking
- coaching
- problem-solving
- customer satisfaction
- team collaboration
- discipline
Certifications & Qualifications
- state plumbing license
