JOB SUMMARY
The Industrial Services Operations Manager plans, directs, and oversees all strategic industrial project operations, ensuring safety, quality, and schedule; controlling costs; maintaining compliance with industry standards and regulations; and driving efficiency and profitability.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Leadership
- Supervise multiple field and project management teams to ensure work is completed in a timely, efficient manner and within the project budget.
- Allocate resources, manage budgets, control operational costs, and identify opportunities for process optimization and cost reduction.
- Provide project support with change orders and client interfacing, while exercising discretion with confidential information.
- Partner with sales, estimating, and legal teams to review bids, calculate custom proposals, and negotiate cost-effective contracts for the company.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with clients, partners, and key stakeholders.
- Identify growth opportunities within project scopes, analyze market trends, and support expansion initiatives.
- Operational Oversight
- Manage project planning, budgeting, resource allocation, quality control, and performance oversight, including change orders and labor metrics (manpower vs. man-hours) to optimize profitability while providing project team leadership.
- Manage multiple project lifecycles, including procurement, scheduling, risk mitigation, client interfacing, and closeout.
- Actively participate in and lead intra-company meetings, including Safety Leadership, Bid Review, and Beyond Zero Management Meeting, and actively participate in Company community volunteer initiatives.
- Quality, Safety & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with OSHA and applicable internal safety and quality standards, client specifications, and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct risk assessments and implement measures to mitigate operational hazards
- Ensure compliance with all safety procedures and policies while promoting the Company’s safety culture.
- Maintain a professional level of communication with staff throughout the organization, while exercising discretion with confidential information.
- Perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management or related field is preferred.
- 6+ years in heavy industrial services, with at least 3 years in a supervisory role.
- Proven success as a supervisor in industrial services and experience as a general contractor.
- Proficient knowledge of OSHA standards and industry ERP systems. Scheduling software and project management systems.
- Experience with contract and vendor negotiations, including review and editing of contracts.
SKILLS / KEY COMPETENCIES
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with customers and employees at all levels.
- Excellent time-management skills, self-motivated, organized, able to complete work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Deadline driven and efficient with time management.
- Working knowledge of applicable construction codes, policies, standards, and best practices.
- Ability to conceptualize long-term business goals and develop orderly processes to accomplish those goals.
- Strong analytical skills required to understand and interpret data; including ability to read, understand and interpret contract documents such as scopes of work, technical drawings, blueprints, fabrication specification, engineering documentation, etc.
- Strong math skills and be proficient in use of US customary unit’s ft., in., lbs., psi, etc.
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations, workplace safety standards, and industry-specific fabrication safety practices.
- Proficiency in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and Project Management software used for planning, resource allocation, and operational reporting.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
- Exercise discretion and independent judgement when handling day-to-day information.
- Ability to work cooperatively across all levels, delivering on commitments – results-oriented.
- Must be able to work non-routine hours, when necessary
- Must possess a valid, unexpired driver’s license, maintain personal auto insurance, and successfully pass a standard pre-employment background check.
- Ability and willingness to travel as required for out-of-town travel assignments
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Will work in an office primarily, with the ability to visit job site settings (indoors/outdoors)
- Must be able to tolerate being outdoors, exposed to heat and humidity, cold and rain, and around heavy traffic areas for short periods of time.
- Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one office to another
- Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment
- Ability to operate a vehicle
- Constantly perform repeating motions that may include feet, leg, wrists, hands and/or fingers
- Frequently communicate with other members of the team. Must be able to exchange accurate information in a clear manner
- Work that includes moving and/or lifting objects up to 25 pounds
Bay Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity Employer