The VP of Operations will oversee field delivery for an industrial electrical services platform executing heavy industrial, mission-critical, and data center projects. This position is responsible for maintaining operational consistency across a demanding project portfolio, with particular emphasis on workforce capacity, project cash flow, schedule performance, and field safety.
The role carries accountability for multi-project P&L performance, field workforce development, and safety execution across complex, large-scale electrical contracts. The successful candidate will bring deep construction operations experience, a disciplined approach to project-level margin management, and a track record of developing apprenticeship-to-journeyman talent pipelines while meeting schedule, safety, and profitability objectives.
KEY LEADERSHIP MANDATES
Multi-Project P&L Ownership: Own revenue, job-cost margin, and EBITDA across a portfolio of concurrent industrial and commercial electrical projects.
Workforce Pipeline Development: Build and manage an apprentice-to-journeyman-to-foreman workforce development pipeline that produces field leadership from within and reduces dependency on outside labor markets.
Project Cash-Flow Management: Drive billing, collections, and cost-to-complete discipline across all active projects to maintain cash flow and prevent margin erosion on long-duration contracts.
Safety Culture Ownership: Institutionalize an OSHA and NFPA-aligned safety culture that protects the workforce, limits liability, and meets the stringent safety requirements of industrial and data center clients.
Field Execution Leadership: Own project delivery from mobilization through commissioning — enforcing schedule adherence, quality standards, and cost controls on complex, multi-phase electrical builds.
Estimating & Bid Strategy: Partner with the estimating function to ensure bid accuracy, labor productivity assumptions, and project risk pricing that protect margin at the point of award.
Client & GC Relationship Management: Build and maintain relationships with industrial owners, general contractors, and project owners to drive repeat work and preferred contractor status.
Field Leadership Development: Recruit, develop, and hold accountable foremen, superintendents, and project managers capable of running complex projects independently.
IDEAL EXECUTIVE PROFILE
The successful candidate is a seasoned electrical contracting operations leader with a track record of managing heavy industrial, commercial, or data center electrical portfolios. You have owned multi-project P&Ls, built workforce development programs, managed project cash flow on large contracts, and led safety-first field cultures. You are a metrics-driven operator who builds field accountability systems and manages margin with discipline on complex, long-duration projects.
WHAT MAKES THIS OPPORTUNITY DISTINCT
This role offers operational command of an established industrial electrical contracting platform with a strong project pipeline, workforce infrastructure, and client relationships in place. You will have the authority to build the field leadership team, strengthen the workforce pipeline, and drive EBITDA performance across a growing portfolio of high-complexity industrial projects. It is a high-accountability, high-reward seat for an electrical contracting leader ready to own operations.
Skills Required
- Deep construction operations experience in industrial, commercial, or data center electrical projects
- Multi-project P&L ownership and accountability for revenue, job-cost margin, and EBITDA
- Experience building and managing apprentice-to-journeyman workforce development pipelines
- Project cash-flow management including billing, collections, and cost-to-complete discipline
- Proven safety leadership and ability to institutionalize OSHA and NFPA-aligned safety culture
- Field execution leadership from mobilization through commissioning on complex, multi-phase electrical builds
- Ability to partner with estimating to ensure bid accuracy, labor productivity assumptions, and risk pricing
- Client and general contractor relationship management to drive repeat work and preferred status
- Recruitment, development, and accountability of foremen, superintendents, and project managers
- Disciplined approach to project-level margin management on long-duration contracts
What We Do
The J Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City is a community-centered organization serving the greater Kansas City area. It provides fitness and sports facilities, indoor and outdoor pools, childcare, classes, and theater performances, along with other programs and activities. The organization also offers employee memberships to local companies, supporting wellness, recreation, family services, and community engagement through inclusive, accessible programming for all ages.
