Operations Manager
Wiregrass Construction Company

Job Info

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Summary: The Operations Manager is responsible for all operations within the area's geographical footprint involving construction jobs, asphalt plants, trucking operations, and shops. The position will manage multiple superintendents in all phases of the division's operation including: jobs/projects, plants, shops, and trucking. This position will ensure clear communication is exercised, advise and assist in decision making, and create a teamwork-oriented atmosphere within the operational area.

Duties:

Planning

- Ensure that Superintendents have the resources needed to complete the work within contract schedule.

- Optimize the use of company assets so all projects move to completion.

- Resource Schedule - maintain and distribute 3-week schedule, long range schedule, and trucking schedule.

- Schedule specialty equipment to get utilization and so projects have equipment needed.

- Review long range equipment needs and make recommendations for capital purchases.

Managing

- Coordinate operations between plant, trucking, crews, and QC. The daily operations of these areas are managed by each of the Superintendents, but the Operations Manager needs to call the play and ensure everyone works together to complete the work efficiently.

- Set scheduling goals and work with Superintendents to meet those goals.

- Review daily costing and work with Superintendents to adjust operations to bring costs into budget.

- Conduct operations meetings - review safety policies and ensure enforcement, plan for upcoming work, review work done to verify meeting budget and time, review schedule and discuss employee issues and/or needs on crews.

- Attend Safety Committee meetings to set policy and ensure enforcement.

- Incident Review Committee - review incidents and determine discipline when necessary.

- Weekly/biweekly PM meeting with estimators/PMs and Director to go over current projects, upcoming projects, and go over scheduling plans.

- Ensure Safety Leadership Team meetings occur once a month comprised of field employees to review policy, discuss incidents, how to eliminate incidents, and suggest changes to policy to be reviewed by corporate before implementation.

Employee Management

- Monitor hiring process to ensure optimum staffing.

- Develop employees and assist them in taking advantage of career growth opportunities.

- Training matrix - generate training requirements.

- Assign roles & define responsibilities of employees - ensure expectations are met.

- Manage Employee Review process.

- Lead employee discipline and coaching.

- Enforce Company standards and policies to ensure EEO standards are met.

Financial

- Prepare budgets for plants, shop indirect, equipment, quality control, training, and safety.

- Provide Q2, Q3 & Q4 forecasting updates.

- Ensure accuracy of plant inventories.

- Review and approved invoices daily.

- Backlog reports - monthly report on projects and remaining work, review report with corporate.

- Collaborate with Project Managers to calculate Cost to Complete metric.

- Contribute to monthly cost reviews with corporate on all projects, plants, and equipment. Be able to discuss over/underruns.

Reporting

- Conference call - weekly for corporate update, daily for crews, as needed for specific topics (cost review, budgets, corporate business, etc.)

- Equipment audit - review utilization reports and cost reports per piece to ensure budget is met. Communicate results to corporate.

- Heavy Job - review/approve timecards and ensure proper hours are inputted for employees and equipment, ensure quantities are correct.

Contract Management

- Know the specifications better than the Engineer and be able to negotiate issues with Owner's representative.

- Know the scope of work and ensure work stays within that scope or get paid for extra work.

- Ensure subcontractors performance meets expectations.

Estimating

- Review and provide input to Estimators during the bid process.

Competencies:

- Understand factors that specifically impact the company's P/L.

- Ability to acquire, absorb, prioritize, and manage information flow to subordinates.

- Knowledge of paving, grading, and plants.

- Proficient in different computer programs (excel, word, accounting software, etc.)

- Possess strong organizational and leadership skills.

- Ability to work in a team setting and establish collaborative peer relationship.

- Ability to detect problems, errors, omissions, miscalculations, and non-compliance against requirements.

- Ability to plan, organize, schedule work in efficient and productive manner.

- Ability to focus on key priority, juggles multiple projects, and manages time effectively.

- Ability to maintain poise and composure under heavy pressure from supervisors and/or company officers.

- Ability to adapt and adjust quickly to changing priorities or work demands without adverse impact on performance or team dynamics.

- Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal communication.

- Ability to listen, comprehend directives, inquiries and/or comments, and decipher intent and meaning.

- Must be reliable, responsible and dependable.

Working Conditions:

- Noise level is moderate to high.

- Work environment is not environmentally controlled, exposed to extreme heat and cold.

Education:

- Ideal candidate must have a high school diploma or equivalent.

Experience:

- Ideal candidate should have multiple years' experience in heavy road construction including asphalt, project management, and construction cost accounting.

- Candidate must have a minimum 3 years of leadership and people management experience in the roadbuilding/infrastructure industry

Other Requirements:

- The ability to travel throughout North Central area to different job sites and work in the Birmingham Office.

- Candidate will be required to live in Birmingham or surrounding area.

EEO: Wiregrass Construction is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will not discriminate based on creed/national origin/religion/color/sex/age/wage and status as individual with a disability or protected veteran.

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