Field Operations Manager — Lead 100+ Crews, Travel

Summit City Steel Erection, LLC.; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and PTO

Take-home company truck and fuel,phone

Job summary

Summit City Steel Erection, LLC. is seeking a Field Operations Manager to run field operations across Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. You will oversee superintendents, foremen, crews, and equipment, ensuring production, safety, quality, and timely inspections.

This is a hands-on leadership role with 50–60 hour weeks, mostly day trips, and some overnights. You will schedule manpower, deploy resources, and develop the next generation of leaders while learning our steel erection processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading 100+ people in industrial/plant/construction operations.
• Strong on production and holding people accountable.
• Direct but respectful, positive, and driven.
• Takes direction well and uses resources to be the best at the job.
• Valid driver’s license; live within 2 hours of Fort Wayne.
• Nice to have: construction experience, OSHA 10 or 30, Procore.

Responsibilities

• Run the weekly manpower schedule and keep crews and equipment where the work is.
• Lead our superintendents and, through them, our foremen and crews.
• Hold people to our processes: production, safety, quality, paperwork and inspections.
• Make fast decisions and work through problems the same day.
• Put people in the seat where they fit best and build the next round of leaders.
• Learn our tools: Procore, ControlBoard scheduling, drone and site layout, crane and equipment sizing.

Skills

Leadership

Decision making

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

Procore

ControlBoard scheduling

Drone & site layout

Crane/equipment sizing

Job description

Summit City Steel Erection, LLC. is seeking a Field Operations Manager to run field operations across Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. You will oversee superintendents, foremen, crews, and equipment, ensuring production, safety, quality, and timely inspections.

This is a hands-on leadership role with 50–60 hour weeks, mostly day trips, and some overnights. You will schedule manpower, deploy resources, and develop the next generation of leaders while learning our steel erection processes.