Director of Protection & Controls – Scale-Up Leader

Jobot; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot is seeking an operations leader to drive Growth in our Protection & Controls segment. You will own full P&L across multiple locations, guide senior leaders, and integrate new teams while maintaining safety and quality.

You’ll manage key accounts, shape process improvements, and build the reporting that gives leadership visibility into performance. Expect regular travel to customer sites as part of leadership across locations.

Qualifications

• Proven people leader with credibility and approachability.
• Full P&L ownership of multi-location technical/electrical services business.
• Engineering or technical background in electrical services (relay protection, controls, substation testing).
• Experience leading GM/Area Managers and coaching managers.
• Experience integrating acquired teams or scaling locations.
• Strong safety culture across distributed teams.
• Experience attracting and developing field technicians.
• Comfortable owning key accounts and proposals.
• Data-driven with KPI reporting and process-building.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-location operations with credibility and hands-on leadership.
• Own revenue, margin, utilization, backlog and forecast accuracy.
• Coach and develop General Managers / Area Managers and hold them accountable.
• Integrate new locations or teams during growth or acquisitions.
• Establish safety-first culture across field teams and sites.
• Develop recruiting and career paths for technicians to retain talent.
• Own key customer relationships and support major proposals.
• Turn KPIs into actions and build reporting for visibility and control.

Skills

People leadership

P&L ownership

Electrical services background

Leadership of leaders

Integration/scale-up experience

Safety-first mindset

Talent recruiting/retention

Customer-facing

Data-driven operations

Job description

Jobot is seeking an operations leader to drive Growth in our Protection & Controls segment. You will own full P&L across multiple locations, guide senior leaders, and integrate new teams while maintaining safety and quality.

You’ll manage key accounts, shape process improvements, and build the reporting that gives leadership visibility into performance. Expect regular travel to customer sites as part of leadership across locations.