VP of Operations

Company Overview

Montana Construction Inc. is a family‑owned and operated heavy construction company specializing in sewer, water, bridge, and emergency services for municipalities, utility authorities, and private entities across New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. We pride ourselves on delivering efficient, dependable, and quality service to every client. Our fleet is a critical asset in fulfilling that promise, and we are committed to keeping it running at the highest level of performance and safety.

The Vice President of Operations develops, implements, executes, and leads the operations of the company, balancing day‑to‑day management of the construction teams executing the work while looking to the future and building processes & capabilities to enable continued growth. This role leads initiatives across Construction teams to ensure a high degree of collaboration and consistency, with clear lines of communication and clearly aligned goals.

The VP of Operations will direct operations, while collaborating with executives, finance, HR, and operations teams. They will report directly to the COO and President of the company.

• Senior leader overseeing a significant portion of the company from a process, operations, and people management perspective.
• Provide leadership in a manner which will continue to ensure a cohesive and collaborative environment consistent with culture and values.
• Sets the tone for day‑to‑day operations workings, manages expectations of internal teams and clients, and ultimately ensures a positive, productive atmosphere.

• Establish and standardize processes across all divisions and departments to ensure uniform performance and accountability.
• Developing budgets & policies.
• Scoping and Staffing - Ensuring we have the right people and the right action plan in place for success.
• Scheduling & resource management.
• Delegation (in‑house & externally).
• Cross‑team & department collaboration & communication.
• Time & Budget Management - help model and train their team to identify and elevate issues to mitigate financial risk.
• Billing, Scope Creep, Change Orders.

• Provide strategic input to the leadership team.
• Develop short and long‑term strategic plans and share ownership of performance against those plans.
• Define/refine operational KPIs that drive bottom line growth; drive accountability of performance against metrics.

• Set priorities, gather quantitative and qualitative data, and review to guide decisions.
• Drive the team’s practices in a way that ensures profitability and best‑in‑class service.
• Developing, implementing, and overseeing operational excellence across the organization.

• These require a refreshed perspective to ensure all teams understand that strong standards lead to success. We need consistency and rigor, but also the ability to think creatively about improvements.
• Implement cross‑functional standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Plan, develop, launch, and train new SOPs.
• Hold teams accountable for following SOPs.
• Provide mentorship on the governance of all work managed by the teams (i.e., ensuring compliance with company standards AND client standards).
• Set and execute all compliance and safety policies and procedures.

• Maintain clear communications with staff regarding operational practices, goals, and objectives, & performance.
• Liaison between the COO and Team Leads while maintaining a clear organizational reporting structure detailing the relationships and responsibilities of all departments and positions consistent with the strategic growth of the Company, while holding the team accountable for execution.
• Establish an effective daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual meeting rhythm to keep everyone in the loop.

• Collaborate with the operations, accounting, and business development team leads, sharing knowledge and resources.
• Ensure seamless communication and clearly defined teamwork across departments.

• Analyze a variety of operational reports to identify trends in all areas of the business to…