Director of Operations

Baron Contracting; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Baron Contracting in Foster City, CA seeks a dynamic Director of Operations to mentor into running day-to-day operations across a growing contracting and specialty utilities business. You'll work directly with ownership, learning field operations, project management, sales, client relationships, and eventually people management.

Ideal candidates combine strong judgment, reliability, and exceptional communication across crews, executives, and clients; prior construction experience is a plus but

Qualifications

• Experience demonstrating critical thinking, deadlines, crossfunctional communication, and high consequence decision making.
• 4-year degree and 3+ years in the workforce or 10+ years of professional experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations across two related businesses: general contracting and specialty utility operation.
• Manage and develop field teams and project managers.
• Own client and vendor relationships, including sales conversations and proposals.
• Build and refine operational systems, scheduling, and processes for scalability.
• Move into a role with real P&L accountability and decision-making authority in owner's absence.

Skills

Intelligence and quick learning

Exceptional communication skills

Reliability

Sales aptitude

Comfort with ambiguity

Interest in construction/operations

Education

Bachelor's degree

10+ years experience or 3+ years in workforce

Job description

About the Opportunity

We're looking for our future Director of Operations - someone we'll personally mentor into running day-to-day operations across a growing contracting and specialty utilities business. This isn't a conventional hire. We're not looking for someone who already has 15 years in construction operations; we're looking for someone with the raw intelligence, drive, and communication skills to be developed into one of the most important people in the company.

You'll work directly with ownership, learning the business from the ground up - field operations, project management, sales, client relationships, and eventually people management and strategic decision-making. Construction and regulatory knowledge can be taught. What can't be taught is judgment, reliability, and the ability to communicate well with everyone from a crew foreman to a commercial client.

What You'll Grow Into

• Overseeing daily operations across two related businesses: a general contracting firm handling remodels and construction projects, and a specialty utility operation serving commercial, industrial, and residential clients
• Managing and developing field teams and project managers
• Owning client and vendor relationships, including sales conversations and proposals
• Building and refining the operational systems, scheduling, and processes that let the business scale
• Eventually stepping into a role with real P&L accountability and the authority to make decisions in the owner's absence

What We're Looking For

• Intelligence and quick learning - you pick up technical and regulatory material fast, even material you've never encountered before
• Exceptional communication skills - clear, confident, and adaptable across very different audiences (field crews, executives, homeowners)
• Reliability - you show up, you follow through, and people can build plans around you
• A natural aptitude for sales and relationship-building, even without formal sales experience
• Comfort with ambiguity - this role will be defined and redefined as you grow into it
• Genuine interest in construction, operations, or business-building - prior experience is a plus, not a requirement

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in a role demonstrating critical thinking, deadlines, crossfunctional communication, and high consequence decision making
• 4-year degree and 3+ years in the workforce or 10+ years of professional experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication