Director of Operations - Electrical

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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.

Operations Manager. 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.

• 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 under billing 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…