Managing Director

Description

We are looking for an experienced Construction Manager to lead regional operations and drive strong financial performance in Abilene, Texas. This role oversees profitability, cash flow, operational execution, and leadership development across multiple projects while building a high-performing, compliant organization. The ideal candidate brings strategic judgment, executive presence, and a proven ability to align teams, processes, and resources with business growth objectives.

Responsibilities:

- Lead regional and project-level financial performance, with full accountability for profitability and sustained positive cash flow.

- Oversee retention administration by ensuring contract terms are managed effectively, reduction milestones are met during project progress, and final retained amounts are collected promptly after completion.

- Direct the change order lifecycle so pricing, submission, and approval activities move forward within established time frames and support revenue capture.

- Guide billing strategy and execution by structuring invoices accurately, minimizing under billing, and partnering with collections, accounts receivable, and legal teams to accelerate payment recovery.

- Provide operational leadership to project and field management teams, strengthening productivity, execution quality, employee development, and overall business results.

- Establish and refine organizational policies, reporting structures, and operating procedures that support scalable growth and long-term leadership succession.

- Review customer satisfaction feedback after project completion, communicate findings to key stakeholders, and implement improvement plans based on recurring themes.

- Maintain executive relationships with subcontractors and suppliers to evaluate performance, strengthen partnerships, and gather market feedback that informs business decisions.

- Ensure bids are supported by practical schedules, logistics planning, and reliable historical production data, while coordinating an effective handoff from preconstruction to operations.

- Partner with HR and leadership to forecast staffing needs, support performance reviews, coach direct reports, advance training plans, and maintain compliance with labor, wage, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements - 10+ years of leadership experience in operations, project management, or executive management, with responsibility for financial outcomes.

- Demonstrated success managing profit and loss, cash flow, budgeting, and administrative cost control across multiple projects or a regional business unit.

- Strong knowledge of contract administration, billing practices, collections support, change order management, and project closeout processes.

- Proven ability to lead managers and cross-functional teams, including coaching, performance management, succession planning, and workforce development.

- Familiarity with construction or project-based business environments, including estimating support, scheduling, logistics planning, and production benchmarking.

- Working knowledge of local, state, and federal business and employment regulations, including labor compliance and prevailing wage requirements where applicable.

- Strong communication and relationship-building skills with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders at the executive level.

- Ability to use data, trends, and performance feedback to improve operational processes and support strategic growth.

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