Chief Operating Officer

J Benton Construction•Jenks, OK

26d

About The Position

J. Benton Construction, LLC is a construction company committed to delivering exceptional project experiences and giving back to the Virgin Islands community. Since 2019, J. Benton has partnered with Consigli Construction Co., Inc., leveraging shared expertise and national resources to deliver high-quality projects in the Caribbean. The company focuses on customer service, quality, safety, and continuous improvement, offering employees meaningful careers with growth opportunities. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is responsible for leading day-to-day business and construction operations, focusing on operational execution, leadership accountability, safety, quality, financial performance, and project delivery. This role acts as a strategic partner to the President, collaborating with senior leadership across various departments to ensure consistent execution of company strategy. The COO is expected to be a visible, hands-on executive leader who balances strategic decision-making with operational support, creating structure, removing barriers, supporting growth, and ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and to J. Benton Construction’s quality standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
15+ years of progressive leadership experience in construction or related industry
Proven success managing large-scale, complex projects, or multiple business units.
Demonstrated success in a senior executive role with full operational and financial accountability.
Proven ability to lead teams through growth, change, and operational scaling.
Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence at all levels.
Deep understanding of construction operations, project delivery methods, and market dynamics

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
Prior senior executive operations leadership in a role such as COO, EVP, VP of Operations, Regional Executive, or similar.
Proven success scaling a growing construction company across teams, systems, regions, or markets.
Background overseeing multiple operating units, districts, branches, or geographic regions.
Involvement in major pursuits, client relationship management, and strategic business growth initiatives.
Leadership experience in remote, island, logistically complex, or geographically dispersed construction environments.
Familiarity with construction technology platforms such as Procore, Bluebeam, Primavera P6, or similar systems.

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day construction operations across project management, field operations, district/regional leadership, and other operational business units.
Serve as a strategic partner to the President on operational priorities, business performance, organizational structure, and long-term growth.
Execute company strategy by translating business goals into clear operational priorities, measurable outcomes, and consistent field execution.
Manage operational performance with a focus on safety, quality, schedule, cost control, client satisfaction, and overall project delivery.
Monitor key project and operational metrics to identify trends, risks, barriers, and areas requiring executive support or intervention.
Ensure operational systems, processes, standards, and best practices are consistently implemented across teams, projects, and regions.
Support business growth by partnering with preconstruction, business development, and operations teams on major pursuits, client strategy, and market opportunities.
Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, developers, partners, trade partners, consultants, and industry stakeholders.
Lead, mentor, and develop operational leaders while strengthening accountability, communication, decision-making, and succession planning.
Coordinate with Human Resources to support recruitment, retention, engagement, and development of high-performing operational talent.
Manage operational financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, margin improvement, cost controls, productivity, and P&L accountability.
Identify and mitigate operational, financial, contractual, safety, quality, and reputational risks across the business.
Ensure adherence to company policies, safety expectations, regulatory requirements, contract obligations, and quality standards.
Partner with safety, legal, finance, and risk leadership on complex project issues, claims, disputes, and organizational risk matters.
Maintain a visible, hands-on field presence to support project teams, reinforce expectations, remove barriers, and stay connected to project-level realities.