Director of Field Operations

Fessler & Bowman Inc•Holly, MI

About The Position

The Director of Field Operations leads field operations across assigned business units, ensuring safe, productive, and standardized performance aligned with gross margin targets and strategic growth objectives. The role establishes predictable field production through manpower planning, productivity standards, safety culture, equipment strategy, quality, and leadership development. It ensures execution supports safety, margin protection, schedule reliability, innovation, and effective use of owned equipment. The Director provides weekly support to Estimating on production, equipment, bid schedules, and scope review, and contributes an operational perspective to the Regional Growth Plan, including succession, scope expertise, and geographic coverage. The Director collaborates with estimating, project management, safety, business development, and company leadership. The role represents field operations in executive client discussions and works with other directors and vice presidents to resolve high-risk field issues. It also mentors field supervision teams, oversees performance reviews and development needs for direct reports, and upholds the company’s Integrity and Code of Ethics. Travel between the office and job sites is required and will be compensated when applicable. The work environment may include high or low temperatures, areas close to traffic, loud and frequent noises, confined spaces, heights, and indoor or outdoor settings.

Requirements

Minimum of 10 years of experience in the construction industry.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in a supervision role.
Demonstrated ability to execute and manage multiple large-scale projects.
Proficiency with Procore or similar construction software.
Travel is required for this position.
Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

Reinforce a safe work culture, improve field incident rates, regularly review safety performance, ensure required safety training, lead field safety initiatives, maintain policy and regulatory compliance, and reinforce stop-work authority.
Prevent quality issues, provide domain expertise, track quality issues and corrections, ensure required quality training, apply industry best practices, and share lessons learned from major quality failures.
Own manpower forecasting and labor efficiency; align project plans with staffing and financial expectations; standardize field execution and accountability; use KPIs to track productivity and address risks early; review labor performance, overtime, and margin trends.
Optimize fleet utilization and operational planning, align equipment with estimate and production needs, promote care of owned assets, and reduce idle assets and waste.
Build a culture of continuous improvement, coaching, and mentorship; develop field leaders and internal talent pipelines; support succession planning; and set leadership accountability standards.
Represent field operations in collaboration with estimating, project management, safety, and other verticals.
Provide a field operations perspective in executive client discussions.
Resolve high-risk field issues alongside other directors and vice presidents.
Validate daily logs and applicable incident reports on all jobs, and mentor field supervision teams to ensure company logging and reporting standards are followed.
Conduct performance reviews for direct reports and identify training and development needs.
Collaborate with the Director of Project Management and Business Development Teams to support initiatives and opportunities.
Uphold the company’s commitment to integrity and its Code of Ethics.
Complete other relevant tasks as assigned.
Travel from the office to various job sites as required.