General Manager, Excavation

Sunstall Inc.; Acton (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Onyx is seeking an experienced General Manager, Excavation, to lead our Excavation Division. You will own safety, operations, people, customer relationships, financial performance, and overall divisional results.

You will steer the division’s business plan, budget, staffing, and performance goals; oversee bidding strategies, project execution, and compliance while building strong teams and partnerships across customers and vendors.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in excavation, heavy civil, site development, underground utility, or related construction work.
• Senior leadership experience managing a significant project portfolio, business unit, or large construction team.
• Strong financial management experience, including P&L ownership, forecasting, WIP review, job costs, budgets, change management, and profitability.
• Strong understanding of excavation operations, estimating, project management, scheduling, production planning, construction safety, and compliance.
• Proven ability to lead through others, build strong teams, manage customer relationships, solve problems, and make sound business decisions.
• Fluent in Microsoft Office Suite, HCSS or similar construction management software, and ERP systems such as Sage, Viewpoint Vista.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Excavation Division's business plan, budget, staffing, operating priorities, and performance goals.
• Managedivisionalfinancialperformance, including revenue, margins, overhead, forecasting, backlog, and profit-and-loss results.
• Partner with estimating and executive leadership on bid strategy, customer relationships, contract terms, and pursuit priorities.
• Oversee excavation projects from estimating through completion, ensuring proper staffing, scheduling, equipment planning, safety, quality, and contract compliance.
• Develop and support project management, field operations, estimating, and supervisory teams while fostering accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Championsafety, compliance, and operational excellence across all excavation work.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, subcontractors, vendors, partners, and internal departments.

Skills

Leadership

Financial management

Estimating

Project management

Safety & compliance

Sage/Viewpoint Vista

MS Office

Tools

Sage

Viewpoint Vista

HCSS

Job description

PositionSummary

OnyxisseekinganexperiencedGeneralManager,ExcavationtoleadourExcavationDivision. Thisseniorleadershiproleisresponsibleforsafety,operations,people,customerrelationships,financialperformance,andoveralldivisionalresults.

KeyResponsibilities

• LeadtheExcavationDivision'sbusinessplan,budget,staffing,operatingpriorities,andperformancegoals.


• Managedivisionalfinancialperformance,includingrevenue,margins,overhead,forecasting,backlog,andprofit-and-lossresults.


• Partnerwithestimatingandexecutiveleadershiponbidstrategy,customerrelationships,contractterms,andpursuitpriorities.


• Overseeexcavationprojectsfromestimatingthroughcompletion,ensuringproperstaffing,scheduling,equipmentplanning,safety,quality,andcontractcompliance.


• Developandsupportprojectmanagement,fieldoperations,estimating,andsupervisoryteamswhilefosteringaccountability,teamwork,andcontinuousimprovement.


• Championsafety,compliance,andoperationalexcellenceacrossallexcavationwork.


• Buildandmaintainstrongrelationshipswithcustomers,subcontractors,vendors,partners,andinternaldepartments.

Qualifications

• 15+yearsofprogressiveexperienceinexcavation,heavycivil,sitedevelopment,undergroundutility,orrelatedconstructionwork.


• Seniorleadershipexperiencemanagingasignificantprojectportfolio,businessunit,orlargeconstructionteam.


• Strongfinancialmanagementexperience,includingP&Lownership,forecasting,WIPreview,jobcosts,budgets,changemanagement,andprofitability.


• Strongunderstandingofexcavationoperations,estimating,projectmanagement,scheduling,productionplanning,constructionsafety,andcompliance.


• Provenabilitytoleadthroughothers,buildstrongteams,managecustomerrelationships,solveproblems,andmakesoundbusinessdecisions.


• FluentinMicrosoftOfficeSuite,HCSSorsimilarconstructionmanagementsoftware,andERPsystemssuchasSage,ViewpointVista.

WorkEnvironment

• Frequenttraveltoconstructionsites,customermeetings,andcompanylocations.


• Workinbothofficeandoutdoorconstructionenvironments,includingactivejobsitesanduneventerrain.


• Flexibilitytomeetprojectandoperationaldemands.

WhyJoinOnyx

Thisisanopportunitytoleadakeyoperatingdivision,workalongsideexperiencedconstructionprofessionals,andhelpdrivecontinuedgrowth,safety,andoperationalexcellenceatOnyx.