Operations Manager - Data Center Electrical Contractor

Michael Page US; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Performance-based bonus

P&L ownership and leadership

Long-term career progression

Strategic influence

Job summary

Michael Page US is seeking an Operations Manager for a regional business unit within a respected electrical construction and services organization. The role reports to senior leadership and oversees operational, financial, and strategic performance to deliver multiple projects.

The successful candidate will lead project management, field operations, safety, quality, and estimating while maintaining client relationships and driving profitability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong commercial acumen with responsibility for budgets, profitability, and operational performance.
• Experience managing multiple projects and multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of construction practices, safety standards, quality management systems, and industry regulations.
• Ability to build lasting client relationships and identify growth opportunities.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall operational and financial performance of the regional business unit, ensuring profitability and sustainable growth.
• Develop and execute annual operating plans, budgets, staffing strategies, and growth initiatives.
• Provide leadership across project management, field operations, safety, quality, and estimating functions.
• Oversee the successful delivery of multiple construction projects, ensuring cost, schedule, quality, and client expectations are achieved.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, and key stakeholders.
• Drive workforce development through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and performance management.
• Monitor project financial performance, including billing, forecasting, cost control, and margin improvement initiatives.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline

Job description

• Join a respected industry leader with clear career progression
• Lead a thriving business unit with full operational ownership

About Our Client

Our client is a well-established and rapidly growing electrical construction and services organization with a strong reputation for delivering complex commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects across multiple markets. With a commitment to operational excellence, safety, and long-term client partnerships, they have built a culture centered on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Led by an experienced executive team and supported by a skilled workforce, the business continues to invest in people, technology, and strategic growth initiatives. This is an opportunity to join an organization that combines the stability of an established industry leader with the entrepreneurial mindset of a growing business, offering leaders genuine influence over performance, culture, and future success.

Job Description

Reporting to senior executive leadership, the Operations Manager will be responsible for overseeing the operational, financial, and strategic performance of a regional business unit while ensuring the successful delivery of multiple projects.

• Lead the overall operational and financial performance of the business unit, ensuring profitability and sustainable growth.
• Develop and execute annual operating plans, budgets, staffing strategies, and growth initiatives.
• Provide leadership across project management, field operations, safety, quality, and estimating functions.
• Oversee the successful delivery of multiple construction projects, ensuring cost, schedule, quality, and client expectations are achieved.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, and key stakeholders.
• Drive workforce development through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and performance management.
• Monitor project financial performance, including billing, forecasting, cost control, and margin improvement initiatives.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

For the Operations Manager role, we are seeking:

• Proven experience in a senior operations, construction, or project leadership position within the electrical contracting or construction industry.
• Strong commercial acumen with demonstrated responsibility for budgets, profitability, and operational performance.
• Experience managing multiple projects and multidisciplinary teams simultaneously.
• Strong knowledge of construction practices, safety standards, quality management systems, and industry regulations.
• Ability to build lasting client relationships and identify opportunities for business growth.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience with estimating software, project controls, and financial reporting tools is highly desirable.

What's on Offer

• Competitive base salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Performance-based bonus potential.
• Opportunity to lead a significant operational business unit with full profit and loss responsibility.
• Long-term career progression within a growing and well-established industry leader.
• Highly visible leadership position with meaningful influence on company strategy and future growth.