**This is a position with a commercial construction company in the Greater New Orleans area.**
Job Description
The Director of Field Operations is responsible for the leadership and oversight of all Field Operations activities, by successfully managing through their team. This key leadership position requires a passion for building, extensive building experience, strategic thinking, and a strong drive for continuous learning. This position ensures that all projects are performed safely and consistently according to established processes and philosophies.
Essential Job Functions
- Must place the utmost importance on safety for employees and subcontractors
- Applies and enforces OSHA standards at all times, with no exceptions.
- Establish production goals and formulate effective execution plans that deliver profitable results
- Plan and prepare construction schedules and milestones, and monitor progress against established budgets
- Plan, organize, and evaluate supervision and labor of each project according to schedules, specifications, and budget
- Oversee and monitor material and labor variances of each project for performance daily with field supervision and determine required action to maximize profitability
- Develop strategies for field operation improvements and efficiencies
- Develop and maintain positive and open communication with internal and external stakeholders (customers, site supervisors, builders, inspectors, other trades)
- Develop and implement quality control programs
- Participates in the quarterly and annual performance review process
- Consistently contributes to and promotes a positive company culture.
- Locates or proposes potential business deals by contacting potential partners.
- Builds market position by locating, developing, defining, and closing business relationships
Competencies
- Embraces the role of mentor for their team, encouraging continuous performance development for team members
- Places importance on sustaining and improving upon positive company culture
- Can create a cohesive team built on mutual trust; Creates and maintains psychological safety for those on their team and throughout the organization
- Has the ability and places importance on demonstrating empathy for others
- Encourages their team to maintain a healthy balance of work/life
- Checks in with team members proactively and regularly, helping them prioritize tasks and align their work with our corporate strategy
- Demonstrates respectful behavior toward employees at all levels of the organization
- Portrays and exhibits a professional presence in the communities we currently serve, in communities we may serve in the future, and through social media outlets.
Education/Experience
- 15+ years of general construction experience in the commercial space, with the ability to demonstrate technical building knowledge
- Proficient with MS Excel, MS Word, and project management software; familiarity with P6 and Procore is a plus
- The candidate will have a track record of proven leadership abilities (communication, relationship building, training & development, employment decisions) as well as commercial project management experience
- Must be able to pass a pre-employment criminal, driving, and drug screen successfully
- Must possess a current and valid state driver’s license and a clean driving record
