Director of Field Construction Operations (Electrical and PLC Controls) - Irving, TX

TALNT Team LLC; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Full medical, dental and vision

401K with match

Per diem for travel

Job summary

TALNT Team LLC is seeking a senior leader to head the field construction organization for large-scale building automation and controls projects. You will own the installation, startup, commissioning and turnover of the controls scope and manage the field P&L, teams and budgets.

You will lead a national field organization of control technicians and project managers, travel heavily to project sites, read drawings and submittals, and partner with engineering to scale the business toward higher

Qualifications

• You have led crews through installation and commissioning on new construction.
• You own field P&L, labor cost, utilization and margins.
• Engineering or electrical grounding to lead technical people: a degree or electrician background.
• Working command of BMS, DDC and PLC platforms, electrical systems and turnover.
• 10+ years of relevant experience at director or senior manager level.
• Travel heavily to project sites and Irving, TX office when not traveling.

Responsibilities

• Own installation, startup and commissioning of the controls scope on new construction from mobilization through turnover.
• Standardize commissioning practice across projects and field teams.
• Plan field activity, manage schedules, drive risk mitigation and resolve problems through installation, commissioning and customer coordination.
• Work with engineering to deploy on site systems and resources to enable repeatable execution.
• Lead and develop field operations managers and technicians, hire and performance manage.

Skills

Leadership

P&L management

Electrical/Controls installation

Reading drawings & submittals

Communication with commissioning

Travel readiness

Education

Degree in engineering or electrical background

Journeyman/Master Electrician background

Tools

Allen Bradley

Ignition SCADA

Delta DDC

Job description

Our client is a national building automation and controls integrator headquartered in Dallas. They deliver integrated automation across HVAC, lighting, power monitoring and mission critical systems on Allen Bradley PLCs, Ignition SCADA and Delta DDC, and their data center construction business is scaling fast.

The role

This is the senior leader of the field construction organization. You own how the controls scope gets installed, started up, commissioned and turned over on new construction projects, and you own the financial performance of that work.

You lead a national field organization of control technicians, PLC technicians, technical project managers, field operations managers and critical systems supervisors. You carry the field P&L, set the standards those crews execute to, build the bench that lets the business take on more work, and report to the VP of Operations.

This is a builder's seat, not a caretaker's seat. The company hired roughly 350 people this year and is scaling toward $1B in delivered revenue. They need a leader who has run electrical or controls installation crews on ground up construction, can read a drawing set and a submittal, can hold a technical conversation with a commissioning agent, and can manage a number.

Field construction execution

• Own installation, startup and commissioning of the controls scope on new construction, from mobilization through turnover.
• Standardize DDC and PLC commissioning practice across projects and field teams.
• Plan field activity, manage schedules, drive risk mitigation and resolve problems through installation, commissioning and customer coordination.
• Work with engineering to deploy the on site systems, tools and resources that make execution repeatable.

P&L and financial ownership

• Own the field operations P&L: labor cost, utilization, productivity, project margin and the field operating budget.
• Forecast field labor against pipeline and backlog, and staff to it.
• Lead operational reviews on major projects and hold the organization to cost, schedule and margin commitments.
• Scale the field business alongside the Director of Operations toward $1B in revenue.

Leading technical teams

• Lead and develop field operations managers, critical systems supervisors, technical project managers and control technicians at every level.
• Hire, coach and performance manage, including managing out when it is needed.
• Build the training programs, field standards and career paths that hold up while headcount grows.
• Partner with DDC and PLC factory resources on the products and services that drive growth.

What We Need To See

• You have led crews of PLC, electrical or controls technicians, or the managers of those crews, through installation and commissioning on new construction.
• You have carried a P&L or budget for a field, branch, service or construction operation and answered for labor cost, utilization and margin, not just schedule.
• Engineering or electrical grounding deep enough to lead technical people: a degree, a journeyman or master electrician background, or equivalent hands on controls and automation experience.
• Working command of BMS, DDC and PLC platforms, electrical systems and construction turnover.
• Ten or more years of relevant experience, with a current or recent director or senior manager seat over a field organization.
• Willing to travel heavily to project sites and to work from the Irving, TX office when not traveling.

Nice to have

• Data center or mission critical construction delivery: hyperscale, colocation or enterprise.
• Allen Bradley, Ignition SCADA, Delta DDC or comparable platforms.
• BMS, EPMS or integrated systems commissioning.
• A field organization you scaled through rapid growth.

Backgrounds that fit

Controls and building automation integrators, electrical contractors, MEP contractors, electrical testing and commissioning firms, and critical power field service organizations. Titles like Director of Field Operations, Director of Construction, Operations Manager, General Manager, Electrical or MEP Construction Manager, and Senior Project Manager (Electrical or Controls) all fit.

What This Role Is Not

Running the day to day of live, already built facilities is a different profile. This seat is about delivering scope into buildings while they are being built.

Compensation And Benefits

Competitive base salary plus annual bonus, full medical, dental and vision, 401K with match, and all business travel covered with per diem.