Operations Manager

Gaylor Electric, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gaylor Electric, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Operations Manager to lead a location, drive profitability and long-range growth, and align with corporate objectives.

You will provide on-site leadership, build teamwork across departments, and participate in meetings with architects, engineers, and vendors who make the work happen. Responsibilities include shaping annual budgets, guiding project teams, supervising field staff, reviewing plans, ensuring safety, controlling costs, and cultivating

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Construction Management (or related degree) is required.
• Experience leading multiple projects with on-site supervision.
• Familiarity with NEC/National Electric Codes and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Own location's performance goals and shape short- and long-range objectives.
• Lead multiple projects, supervise field staff, and coordinate project activities to meet deadlines, cost, and quality.
• Review plans, direct construction activities, resolve obstacles, build client relationships, and ensure project closeouts.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Financial acumen

Client relationships

Strategic planning

Team development

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Construction Management

Tools

Estimating software

Construction management software

Job description

Posted Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Scope of Work

Some leaders manage projects. You'll shape a business. As our Electrical Operations Manager, you're the driving force behind an entire location — accountable for its profitability and long-range growth while meeting corporate objectives. This isn't a role where you wait for direction; it's where you set it. You'll provide leadership for the location, build teamwork across every department, and lead project meetings. And you'll be at the table with owners, architects, engineers, trade contractors, and vendors who make the work happen.

Responsibilities

You own your location's performance goals and shape the short- and long-range objectives behind the Company's strategic plan. You'll lead multiple projects at once, providing on-site supervision of general superintendents, field supervisors, crew leaders, journeypersons, and apprentices. You'll lay out project work and keep materials, tools, equipment, and information on schedule to meet every deadline. You'll review plans and specifications, direct construction activities, resolve obstacles, coordinate installations and closeouts, and build lasting client relationships — all within project cost, time, and quality standards.

Position Requirements

The real work is bigger than any single project. In this role, you will:

• Set the strategy — building annual operating budgets, staffing plans, marketing plans, and capital expenditures, and spotting the market opportunities that define your location's next chapter.


• Develop the people — coaching, motivating, and retaining your team through clear expectations and honest, unbiased performance appraisals, and guiding them through the obstacles that surface on complex builds.


• Oversee training across construction, safety, estimating, quality control, loss prevention, project management, and business management.


• Protect the standard — inspecting projects to verify scope, specs, company standards, and compliance with local and National Electric Codes, and documenting accurately to protect the Company.


• Own the numbers — driving timely billing, invoice approvals, and regular review of job cost, reports, and project history.


• Keep leadership informed — conferring weekly with the COO and raising significant issues before they become problems.


• Grow the business — cultivating new clients and deepening existing relationships through public relations and active involvement in professional, trade-related organizations.


• Set the example — modeling work practices others will emulate, leading through change, and capturing every "lessons learned" at project closeout.


• Utilize Company estimating programs for change orders and estimates, stay sharp through ongoing training, and maintain the confidentiality of all information.

License Requirement: Only in states where required.
Education: Bachelor's and/or Master's Degree in Construction Management (or related degree) or equivalent studies/experience.