The Plumbing Construction Department Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, operational
performance, and financial success of the Plumbing Construction business unit. This role leads and develops the
department team, establishes operational priorities, manages resources and backlog, drives profitability and
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continuous improvement, and ensures successful execution across the department.
The CDM has full profit and loss responsibility for the business unit and serves as a member of the
Company's Leadership Team. This position requires an experienced construction leader who can assess business
needs, develop people and processes, make sound business decisions, and build a high-performing department.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, and develop the Plumbing Construction team, including project management, field
- leadership, and administrative support.
- Establish clear responsibilities, expectations, priorities, and accountability throughout the department.
- Provide ongoing coaching, feedback, and professional development to direct reports, including recognizingstrong performance and addressing performance concerns.
- Assess department structure, staffing, and capabilities and develop plans to address current and futureneeds.
- Build bench strength and create appropriate ownership throughout the department so responsibilities areeffectively managed at the appropriate level.
- Maintain a visible and consistent leadership presence with both office and field employees.
- Recruit, select, onboard, develop, and retain high-performing employees.
- Operational & Strategic Management
- Develop and execute department operational and strategic plans to achieve revenue, profitability,workforce, and organizational objectives.
- Maintain oversight of backlog, workload, staffing, project performance, and department priorities; allocateresources based on business needs, capacity, and risk.
- Identify operational challenges, determine root causes, and implement sustainable solutions and processimprovements.
- Establish and monitor department processes, standards, KPIs, and other measures of performance to driveconsistency, efficiency, and profitability.
- Evaluate department performance and adjust priorities, resources, and plans as business conditionschange.
- Lead regular department, team, and one-on-one meetings to maintain communication, alignment, andaccountability.
Financial & Business Management
- Own and manage the overall financial performance and P&L of the Plumbing Construction business unit,
- including revenue, gross margin, profitability, overhead, and expenses.
- Maintain appropriate visibility into project financial performance, forecasts, budgets, job costs, andsignificant project risks.
Working hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Strong people leadership skills with demonstrated ability to coach, develop, hold accountable, and retain
- employees while creating ownership throughout a team.
- Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to understand and manage department-level
- financial and operational performance.
- Strong critical-thinking, analytical, and business judgment skills with the ability to evaluate complex
- situations, identify root causes, and determine appropriate action.
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or Business preferred.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, business, or related field preferred;
- equivalent combination of education and relevant industry experience considered.
- 7+ years of progressive experience within commercial construction, specialty contracting, mechanical contracting, or a related construction environment.
- Significant experience leading a construction department, business unit, operations team or comparable activity
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