Operations Director - Contents Restoration

Blue Kangaroo Packoutz; Blaine (MN); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Advancement opportunities

Paid time off

Training & development

Vision insurance

Job summary

Blue Kangaroo Packoutz in Blaine, MN is seeking an experienced Director of Operations to lead day-to-day activities across scheduling, staffing, safety and process. This role blends strategic oversight with hands-on project coordination to keep every job running smoothly and to the company’s white-glove standard.

Reporting to the owner, you will hire and develop field staff, manage subcontractors, monitor on-time and on-budget performance, and continually improve safety and quality controls as

Qualifications

• 5+ years in operations management, ideally in restoration, construction, field services, or a related project-based industry.
• Proven track record managing both people (scheduling, hiring, team leadership) and projects (multi-party coordination, vendor/subcontractor management).
• Strong safety and process orientation — comfortable building and enforcing standards.
• Excellent communicator, able to represent the company well with customers and outside contractors.
• Thrives in a fast-moving, variable environment with competing priorities.
• Experience in restoration, insurance claims, or contents/property management industries a plus.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-Day Operations: Manage resource scheduling across all active jobs, balancing core staff with temporary surge labor during high-volume periods.
• Own hiring, onboarding, and performance management for field staff.
• Drive front-line accountability for on-time, on-budget job execution.
• Quality with Efficiency: Define and uphold what 'white-glove' service looks like in execution.
• Balance speed and cost against our customer experience standard.
• Implement quality-control checkpoints (spot checks, customer feedback loops, job close-out reviews).
• Process, Safety & Execution Standards: Maintain and enforce SOPs for packout, cleaning, storage, and transport.
• Own safety compliance — proper handling procedures, training records, documentation.
• Serve as the process owner who keeps execution consistent as the company grows.
• Facility Safety & Cleanliness: Oversee warehouse/facility standards in close coordination with the Warehouse Coordinator.
• Ensure facility conditions meet safety and operational requirements.
• Job Coordination — Managing the Moving Parts: Vet and select the right subcontractors for jobs requiring outside labor or specialty services.
• Serve as the communication hub between our team, mitigation/reconstruction contractors, and customers.
• Prevent delays and miscommunication that could compromise the customer experience.

Skills

Operations leadership

People management

Project coordination

Safety and compliance

Strong communicator

Adaptability

Job description

Benefits:

• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance

About Us

At Blue Kangaroo Packoutz, We Care for What We Carry. We specialize in providing high-touch, white-glove contents management and restoration services — packouts, cleaning, and storage of household goods. This is what we do and we strive to do it better than everyone else. We're known for giving our customers a sense of calm and confidence during a stressful time: our team's approach is "we've got this."

Position Summary

We're seeking an experienced, hands-on Director of Operations to lead the day-to-day operations of our contents restoration business. This role combines operational leadership (scheduling, staffing, safety, process) with hands-on project coordination (job execution, subcontractor management, cross-team communication) into a single seat. You'll be the operational backbone of the company — the person who ensures every job runs smoothly, safely, and to the standard our customers expect, while managing the team that delivers it.

This is a high-visibility, high-ownership role reporting directly to the owner, with real opportunity to grow into a more senior operating role as the company scales.

Key Responsibilities

Day-to-Day Operations:

• Manage resource scheduling across all active jobs, balancing core staff with temporary surge labor during high-volume periods
• Own hiring, onboarding, and performance management for field staff
• Drive front-line accountability for on-time, on-budget job execution

Quality with Efficiency:

• Define and uphold what "white-glove" service looks like in execution. It's not just what we say, it's what we do.
• Balance speed and cost against our customer experience standard
• Implement quality-control checkpoints (spot checks, customer feedback loops, job close-out reviews)

Process, Safety & Execution Standards:

• Maintain and enforce SOPs for packout, cleaning, storage, and transport
• Own safety compliance — proper handling procedures, training records, documentation
• Serve as the process owner who keeps execution consistent as the company grows

Facility Safety & Cleanliness:

• Oversee warehouse/facility standards in close coordination with the Warehouse Coordinator
• Ensure facility conditions meet safety and operational requirements

Job Coordination — Managing the Moving Parts:

• Vet and select the right subcontractors for jobs requiring outside labor or specialty services
• Serve as the communication hub between our team, mitigation/reconstruction contractors, and customers
• Prevent delays and miscommunication that could compromise the customer experience

What Success Looks Like

• Jobs run on schedule, on budget, and to our quality standard
• Resource utilization stays at or above current benchmarks
• Safety incidents and process deviations trend down
• Customers consistently report a calm, well-managed experience
• Operational capacity grows to support increased monthly volume

Qualifications

• 5+ years in operations management, ideally in restoration, construction, field services, or a related project-based industry
• Proven track record managing both people (scheduling, hiring, team leadership) and projects (multi-party coordination, vendor/subcontractor management)
• Strong safety and process orientation — comfortable building and enforcing standards
• Excellent communicator, able to represent the company well with customers and outside contractors
• Thrives in a fast-moving, variable environment with competing priorities
• Experience in restoration, insurance claims, or contents/property management industries a plus

Compensation

$85,000–$95,000 base salary, commensurate with experience. Performance based bonus plan.