Field Operations Manager - Data Center Construction

The Weitz Company; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Weitz Company in Houston, TX is seeking individuals who prioritize the customer and drive value across projects. This role emphasizes advocacy, strategic decision-making, and building strong teams to deliver high-impact outcomes.

Ideal candidates are motivated by continuous improvement, innovative solutions, and a clear drive to achieve results for clients, shareholders, and employees alike. This position focuses on collaborative leadership and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Customer Advocacy: prioritize customer needs and feedback in decisions.
• Build the Business: demonstrate passion for Weitz and make high-quality decisions.
• Strategic Management: anticipate priorities and inspire others toward a shared vision.
• Build the People: lead teams, develop others, and foster motivation.
• Accelerate Change: pursue continuous improvement and drive innovation.
• Drive for Results: take initiative and push for outcomes.

Job description

Job Description:

What You’ll Do Every Day:

• Customer Advocacy
  • Views the customer and customer needs as the driving concern behind decisions and priorities. Understands who the customers are, what their needs are, and what features/products/services are required by customers. Builds formal systems for the organization that ensure employees understand and incorporate customer feedback.
• Build the Business
  • Passion for Our Business:Feels very strongly about the Weitz Company and demonstrates this in all interactions.Has an intense desire to do the right thing for Weitz customers, shareholders, and employees.
  • Decision-Making:Makes high-quality decisions in a timely manner. Understands when to make a decision and when and how to involve others.Corrects bad decisions.Assesses the risks of decisions and the positive and negative consequences of these risks.Develops decision‑making systems for the organization.
  • Strategic Management:Anticipates and develops business priorities for future action.While managing the "here-and-now" focus for delivering current plan results, also takes a broad and long‑term view of the full range of variables that could impact the organization. Creates a shared purpose, vision, or direction and inspires others to work toward it.
• Build the People
  • Team Leadership:Understands how to best use teams and organizational systems to achieve business goals. Builds teams by drawing all team members into active participation, by designing an effective infrastructure, by developing and communicating a shared vision, and by setting and clearly communicating expectations.Sets high, but achievable goals.Develops others.Builds high morale and team commitment.
  • Develop Others:Develops and maintains positive and effective working relationships with others.
  • Build Self:Open to self‑change by actively seeking to understand and integrate ideas from feedback and other learning opportunities.
• Accelerate Change
  • Continuous Improvement:Continuous improvement is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes.These efforts can seek "incremental" improvement over time or "breakthrough" improvement all at once.
  • Innovation:Having a system of innovation in place allows businesses to plan a balanced organic growth strategy and execute projects that produce innovative and successful products, services, and business models.
  • Drive for Results: Pushes to achieve outcomes and is focused toward action. Exhibits initiative and is oriented toward accomplishment.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position at this time.

The Weitz Company, LLC (and its U.S.-based subsidiaries and affiliates) recognizes the value of and is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and follow applicable affirmative action guidelines and policies. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment (including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected categories in accordance with applicable state and federal laws). The Company is a drug and alcohol‑free workplace and background checks are required if applicable. Click here to review our Privacy Notice.