National Operations Manager - Fire & Life Safety

ArchKey Solutions LLC; Fenton (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan with employer 4

Paid time off and holidays

Wellness programs

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

ArchKey Solutions LLC seeks a National Operations Manager – Fire & Life Safety to lead installations across national project sites with extensive travel. You will oversee staffing, safety, budgeting, and strategic direction to deliver high-quality Fire Alarm deployments.

The ideal candidate brings 6–8 years of electrical construction project management, leadership, and deep knowledge of Fire & Life Safety systems to manage nationwide projects and drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering, project management, construction management, building construction, architecture, or related field.
• 6-8 years of electrical construction experience in project management, estimating, code requirements, and/or design & build with large commercial projects.
• 5 years managing a large-scale, national installation projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction to planning, scheduling, and engineering functions. Manage labor resources for high/low workloads and vacations.
• Monitor all project phases to ensure quality, productivity, and profitability while meeting budgets.
• Lead hiring, mentoring, coaching and performance feedback across staff at all levels.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team building

Strategic planning

Lean methodologies

Safety compliance

Budgeting

Project management

Staff development

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Accubid

Job description

Description

National Operations Manager – Fire & Life Safety

This position is a heavy travel role to national project sites within the U.S.

About ArchKey

ArchKey is one of the nation’s largest privately held specialty trade installation and integrated facility service companies. We are a leader in designing, building and maintaining electrical, technologies and specialty systems. We’re the POWER behind making the improbable possible.

We’re electrifying the nation, energizing the future and bringing communities to life like never before. What we do today shapes the vision of tomorrow. Our work impacts lives long after the building is done. This means we are committed to building in ways that are not just technologically advanced, but sustainable, scalable and equitable by all. We’re not just energizing infrastructure, we’re energizing careers, communities, and the future.

Made up of the brightest minds in the industry, our team is our greatest asset, bringing knowledge, skills, and experience to every project. This is more than a call to join us, it’s an invitation to be part of a visionary journey, to grow with us as we scale.

About the Position

The National Installation Operations Manager is responsible for managing the Fire & Life Safety division installations to ensure adequate staffing, financials, technical direction, resources, business development and safety measures are utilized for Fire Alarm installation projects. This position helps develop the strategic direction for the assigned division or function and directs the daily activities within that group, aligning with all Company policies, procedures, key objectives and regulations.This role will require extensive travel to project sites across the country.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrate strong Administrative Skills.
• Promotes the Company Mission, Vision and Values.
• Exercise Ethical Business Practice.

Day inthe Life

• Partners with senior leadership to provide operations input to key objectives and decisions affecting the business unit and functional work group. Provides ongoing quality reviews and project communication with owners, contractors, designers, subcontractors, engineers, architects, field staff and other customers or stakeholders, addressing and resolving issues when needed.
• Monitors all phases and activities of each project to achieve high quality and productivity in the work performed. This includes bidding, budgeting, monitoring projections and establishing goals and standards of performance. Ensures all jobs or contracts are fulfilled to the customer’s satisfaction and the Company earns a fair profit. Optimizes efficiency of labor, materials, supplies, equipment and tools, and ensures all plans and specifications clearly identify project scope and milestones, and are shared with the appropriate parties, and adhere to approved budgets.
• Provides strategic direction to planning, scheduling, and engineering functions. Monitors and projects required labor resources to ensure adequate staffing during high and low workloads and manage vacations and other employee absences. Coordinates and prioritizes workloads and schedules. Complies with local collective bargaining agreements and ensures competitive labor ratios are provided. Conducts communication meetings to provide subject matter expertise and discuss project forecasts, planning needs and project start-up/close-out actions.
• Ensures quality implementation and interpretation of safety programs and OSHA requirements. Monitors employee education and procedural requirements regularly.
• Builds strategic and effective relationships with clients and future clients, foremen, project teams, specialty contractors, vendors, suppliers, user groups and others that reflect and support the Company’s core values and meet or exceed the customer’s expectations.
• Provides regular and high-quality hiring, communications, mentoring, coaching, problem-solving and training to staff and other co-workers at all levels as needed. Advises and coaches employees and provides performance feedback regularly.
• Creates and manages an annual financial budget and maintains some level of responsibility for Companywide financials. Stays informed of new and changing Company procedures, policies, materials, technologies, techniques, and practices. Establishes, trains, and maintains policies and processes.
• Consistently makes decisions in an attentive and safe manner to ensure the safety and health of self and others.
• Utilizes LEAN concepts or other continuous improvement methodologies to ensure the most efficient operations, processes, and activities.
• Promotes and models the Company mission, vision and values through exercising sound and ethical business practices, championing all elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and providing high quality services and programs as they relate to clients, subcontractors, co-workers, suppliers, and the public.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in engineering, project management, construction management, building construction, architecture, or a related field.
• Minimum 6-8 years of electrical construction experience in project management, estimating, common code requirements, and/or design & build estimating and preconstruction with a concentration in large commercial construction projects. Minimum 2 years of experience directly managing people.
• Minimum 5 years managing a large-scale, national installation projects
• Must have knowledge of various Fire & Life Safety Systems – Siemens, Notifier, FCI, etc.
• Working knowledge of standard construction contract law, union agreements and compliance requirements, engineering and costing issues related to electrical contracting and job site safety and OSHA requirements.
• Experience with computerized estimating systems and software, preferably Accubid, and strong conceptual estimating skills. Skills to read, interpret and understand financial documents, electrical bids, contracts, plans, drawings, blueprints, and specifications. Extensive training, experience and skills with project management, and a thorough understanding of the project life cycle.
• Excellent communicator/collaborator, with the ability to clearly and concisely articulate ideas and concepts and the ability to build strong working teams, cultures, and relationships at all levels and with customers, subcontractors, vendors, and other community leaders. Strong business development, documentation, and report preparation skills.
• Show ability to diagnose complex problems with strategic critical thinking skills and detail orientation, and to drive appropriate solutions with self-initiative and sensitivity. Strong business analysis and mathematical skills.
• Superior written, verbal, listening, presentation, negotiation, conflict management and persuasion skills, and the ability to influence employees at all levels, including senior management.
• Strong leadership, hiring, collaboration, teamwork, and interpersonal skills. Ability to work with and facilitate highly engaged, diverse work teams. Exceptional ability to coach, mentor, motivate and develop front line management.
• Training and experience with LEAN methodologies and/or similar applications. Strong process orientation.

Benefits

At ArchKey Solutions, our benefits package includes competitive health insurance options (medical, dental, and vision), a robust 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, paid time off and holidays, and access to wellness programs. Additionally, we offer professional development opportunities, tuition reimbursement, and employee assistance programs to support your growth and well‑being. We ensure that our benefits are designed to promote the health, security, and work‑life balance of our employees. Additional information is available at Archkey.com.

Legal & Fraud Disclaimer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We are an Affi #MO1-10