Service Manager – Commercial Roofing

Empire Roofing, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Empire Roofing, Inc. seeks a Service Manager – Commercial Roofing (Service & Maintenance) to lead the service department, own planning, WIP, and customer commitments, and drive growth through disciplined execution.

This leadership role requires coordinating field crews and office staff, establishing service scope standards, and ensuring timely billing and closeout while maintaining safety and quality. The role reports to the Operating Unit President and oversees the Service Superintendent and

Qualifications

• Commercial roofing or similar leadership experience in service.
• Strong understanding of service execution, scheduling, and field ops.
• Proven ability to plan work, manage WIP, and enforce standards.
• Ability to prioritize and hold others accountable in a fast-paced env.
• Calm under pressure and able to supervise across field and office.

Responsibilities

• Owns service backlog and WIP; weekly planning cadence with labor, materials, access, priorities.
• Establishes and enforces service scope standards and approvals.
• Leads Service Superintendent and Coordinators; supports field crews for success.
• Manages customer experience from proposal to closeout and handles escalations.
• Owns service margin, billing, documentation, and AR visibility with accounting.
• Supports service growth by defining offerings, pricing logic, and repeatable programs.

Skills

Commercial roofing

Service execution

WIP management

Planning

Leadership

Customer management

Tools

CRM

Scheduling software

Job-cost tracking

Job description

Description

Service Manager – Commercial Roofing (Service & Maintenance)

Reports to: Operating Unit President
Status: Exempt

Salary: $100K+ Performance Bonus Eligible
Direct Reports: Service Superintendent, Service Coordinator(s); works closely with Service Estimator–Sales

Role Purpose

The Service Manager is responsible for leading and strengthening the service department operating system, with clear ownership of planning, WIP management, scope discipline, customer commitments, and day-to-day execution while supporting continued service and maintenance growth.This is a leadership and systems role, not a project-only or field-only position. The Service Manager ensures service work is planned, priced, scheduled, executed, and closed out in a disciplined, repeatable way. This role requires a self-directed leader who takes ownership, sets direction, and executes without the need for close oversight.

Core Responsibilities

1. Service Planning & WIP Ownership (Primary Accountability)

• Owns theservice backlog and WIP: what work is done this week, next week, and why.
• Establish and run a weekly planning cadence that aligns labor, materials, access, and customer priorities.
• Identify aging tickets, stalled jobs, and bottlenecks—and resolve them proactively.
• Sets realistic commitments to customers based on capacity, not pressure.
• Works closely with the Superintendent to execute and prioritize projects

2. Scope of Work & Estimating Discipline

• Establish and enforce service scope standards (inclusions, exclusions, assumptions).
• Review and approve service scopes before work is scheduled.
• Ensure scopes align with field crews scope.
• Reduce scope gaps, rework, and “non-negotiated work” conversations.

3. Execution Leadership (Field & Office Alignment)

• Lead and support the Service Superintendent and Service Coordinators.
• Ensure crews are properly planned, supported, and set up for success.
• Conduct jobsite visits as needed to reinforce quality, safety, and scope alignment.
• Address execution issues at the system level—not just job-by-job fixes.

4. Customer Management & Communication

• Own the service customer experience from proposal acceptance through closeout.
• Ensure customers receive timely updates on scheduling, delays, and completion.
• Handle escalations and recurring issues; fix root causes.
• Build trust through consistency, not heroics.

5. Financial & Closeout Responsibility

• Own service margin performance through planning, labor efficiency, and scope control.
• Ensure timely billing, clean documentation, and job closeout.
• Partner with accounting on AR visibility and issue resolution.
• Track and report key service KPIs (WIP, margin, cycle time, backlog).

6. Service Growth Enablement (Near-Term Support, Long-Term Structure)

• In the near term, support selective estimating and customer development as needed.
• Help define service offerings, pricing logic, and repeatable service programs.
• Build the operational framework that an estimator–sales role will plug into.
• Ensure selling aligns with what the department can execute reliably.

This role enables growth—it is not expected to be the long-term primary salesperson.

Required Experience & Capabilities

• Commercial roofing or comparable construction/service leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of service execution, scheduling, and field operations.
• Proven ability to plan work, manage WIP, and enforce standards.
• Comfortable making prioritization decisions and holding others accountable.
• Able to operate calmly in a high-volume, fast-response environment.

Preferred (Not Required)

• Experience leading an established service or operations team and improving performance through structure, planning, and accountability.
• Exposure to service estimating or service sales support.
• Familiarity with CRM, scheduling tools, and job-cost tracking.

Occupational Health and Safety

• Compliance with all workplace policies and procedures for risk identification, risk assessment, and risk control.
• Active participation in activities associated with the management of workplace health and safety.
• Identification and prompt reporting of health and safety risks, accidents, incidents, injuries, and property damage in the workplace and at job sites.
• Support of a safety-first culture through leadership, communication, and reinforcement of safe work practices.

Working Conditions

Physical Surroundings:
Office and field environment. Exposure to typical office equipment and conditions, as well as periodic exposure to jobsite conditions including noise, temperature variations, ladders, construction materials, and other hazards commonly associated with commercial roofing and construction environments.

Physical Effort:
Combination of sitting, standing, and walking. Repetitive keying and typing. Occasional lifting of materials or equipment, not to exceed 50 pounds.

Domestic / International Travel:
Local travel required for customer visits, jobsite reviews, and operational oversight. No international travel required.

Hours of Work:
Typical hours are 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The service department operates on a 24/7 basis; this role may require availability outside normal business hours as needed. Position is exempt and not subject to overtime.

Disclaimer & Equal Opportunity Statement

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the role.

Tecta America reserves the right to change, amend, add, delete, and otherwise assign any and all duties, responsibilities, and position titles as it deems necessary to meet the needs of the business.

Tecta America is an Equal Opportunity Employer.