Operations Manager - YES, Electric LLC

Kelso Industries•Dickinson, ND

5d•Onsite

About The Position

YES, LLC and ENETK, LLC are seeking a high-performing electrical construction and automation professional to serve as Operations Manager in Dickinson, North Dakota. This position will provide operational leadership across both companies, including electrical construction, industrial automation, instrumentation, controls, programming, panel fabrication, and commissioning services. The Operations Manager will oversee project execution, manpower planning, financial performance, safety, quality, customer satisfaction, and the development of project managers and field leaders. This role is an important part of the companies’ succession-planning strategy and is intended for an individual capable of growing into a senior leadership position. The ideal candidate will have a strong electrical construction background, understand industrial projects from preconstruction through commissioning, and be able to coordinate effectively between electrical, controls, instrumentation, engineering, and field-construction teams. This role is part of our succession planning strategy and is intended for individuals ready to grow into senior leadership roles within the organization. The ideal candidate will lead projects from preconstruction through commissioning with a strong focus on cost control, schedule, and client satisfaction.

Requirements

Strong electrical construction background
Understand industrial projects from preconstruction through commissioning
Able to coordinate effectively between electrical, controls, instrumentation, engineering, and field-construction teams
Microsoft Office Suite
Work order application
QuickBooks
HRIS Software
Basic Safety Skills
Problem Solver
Multitasking
Accountability
Uphold Core Values
Demonstrated Leadership Skills
Maintain Positive Attitude in Workplace
Interpersonal Relationship Skills
Easily Approachable
Resourceful
Ambitious
Long Periods of sitting
Vision Acuity
Bending/Stooping/Kneeling

Nice To Haves

Industrial & commercial applications, utilities, med-voltage and industrial facility experience
Automation, controls, or instrumentation exposure
Previous leadership or mentoring experience

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day operational oversight for YES and ENETK projects, personnel, and resources.
Translate company goals into clear operating priorities, project expectations, and measurable results.
Establish consistent project-management and operational processes across both companies.
Coordinate the electrical, instrumentation, automation, programming, panel-fabrication, and commissioning teams.
Identify operational constraints and resolve issues affecting safety, labor productivity, schedule, quality, or customer satisfaction.
Provide leadership with accurate reporting on project performance, staffing requirements, risks, and operational priorities.
Support the President in succession planning, strategic initiatives, organizational development, and long-term growth.
Oversee projects from turnover and kickoff through construction, commissioning, closeout, and warranty.
Hold project managers and field leaders accountable for scope, budget, schedule, documentation, and customer commitments.
Conduct project kickoff meetings, regular project reviews, forecasting meetings, and closeout reviews.
Review project plans to verify that labor, materials, equipment, subcontractors, engineering, and commissioning resources are properly coordinated.
Ensure project teams understand contract scope, exclusions, deliverables, milestones, and notice requirements.
Identify project risks early and establish corrective-action plans before they affect cost, schedule, or customer relationships.
Coordinate work between YES and ENETK when projects include both electrical construction and controls or automation scopes.
Ensure projects are properly staffed and that field teams receive timely information, materials, equipment, and management support.
Oversee project closeout, including punch lists, testing records, as-built drawings, O&M manuals, training, final billing, retainage, and warranty obligations.
Review project budgets, labor performance, committed costs, cost-to-complete forecasts, and projected margins.
Ensure project managers provide accurate and timely monthly forecasts and explanations of significant cost or margin variances.
Monitor labor productivity and take corrective action when projects are exceeding estimated hours or falling behind schedule.
Partner with the Controller and Accounting team in the preparation and management of the monthly Work-in-Progress (WIP) schedule, ensuring project forecasts, costs-to-complete, percent-complete calculations, revenue recognition, billings, and projected margins are accurate and supported by current project information.
Monitor billing, cash flow, retainage, collections, and underbilling or overbilling conditions in coordination with Accounting.
Ensure change orders, T&M work, back charges, delays, and additional scope are identified, documented, priced, and submitted promptly.
Assist in developing annual operating budgets, revenue forecasts, backlog projections, and staffing plans.
Develop long-term manpower plans across YES and ENETK based on backlog, project schedules, and upcoming opportunities.
Lead recurring manpower and project-scheduling meetings with project and field leadership.
Balance resources across projects to meet customer commitments while controlling overtime, travel, and labor inefficiencies.
Identify future staffing needs and participate in recruiting, interviewing, selection, and onboarding.
Ensure employees are properly licensed, trained, qualified, and assigned work appropriate to their experience and capabilities.
Participate in bid reviews, project-selection decisions, risk assessments, and go/no-go evaluations.
Review estimates for scope completeness, labor assumptions, schedule requirements, subcontractor coverage, and operational feasibility.
Ensure effective turnover from estimating and business development to project management and field operations.
Verify that electrical, controls, instrumentation, programming, commissioning, and panel-fabrication responsibilities are clearly defined.
Support customer presentations, proposal development, scope clarification, and contract negotiations as needed.
Promote a strong safety culture and ensure operations comply with company policies, OSHA requirements, NFPA 70E, customer standards, and applicable regulations.
Hold project managers, supervisors, and field leaders accountable for safe work planning and execution.
Participate in incident reviews, corrective-action planning, field audits, safety stand-downs, and lessons-learned discussions.
Maintain strong relationships with customers, engineers, general contractors, vendors, and strategic partners.
Ensure customer issues are addressed promptly, professionally, and with clear accountability.
Review contracts and support the management of commercial terms, schedules, notices, damages, warranty obligations, and other project requirements.
Work with Business Development and Estimating to identify repeat work, cross-selling opportunities, and future customer needs.
Lead, mentor, and develop project managers, foremen, supervisors, programmers, and other operational personnel.
Identify high-potential employees and develop succession and advancement plans.
Address performance, communication, and accountability issues promptly and consistently.
Build a culture centered on safety, accountability, teamwork, quality, customer service, and continuous improvement.
Track key performance indicators, including safety, revenue, gross margin, labor productivity, backlog, forecasting accuracy, change-order recovery, billing, and customer satisfaction.
Review completed projects to document lessons learned and implement improvements.
Evaluate software, equipment, technology, and operational systems that can improve productivity and project visibility.
Recommend organizational, staffing, or process changes needed to support profitable growth.