Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officer

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a senior executive who provides strategic leadership and oversees the integration and growth of Veit's construction operations in line with the company's 2032 Vision to become the Midwest's most trusted infrastructure solutions provider. This role develops and implements forward-thinking strategies to ensure safe, reliable project delivery, exceptional client experiences, and innovation. The COO builds scalable teams, enhances leadership and technical skills, and adapts operations to market and client needs.

With a strong background in Heavy Civil construction, the COO turns enterprise strategy into actionable plans, leading operations across all service lines and markets. The COO drives collaboration, breaks down organizational silos, and champions multidivisional initiatives and joint projects.

Additionally, the COO supports team versatility through cross-training, rotational assignments, and robust operational training. By continuously improving standard operating procedures and sharing best practices, the COO enables responsible growth, market differentiation, and long-term value for clients and communities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership and integration of construction operations across all service lines and markets.
• Ensure consistent execution of operational standards, project delivery models, and performance expectations.
• Drive collaboration and communication across all departments and business units to support enterprise-wide goals.
• Own and enforce enterprise go/no-go criteria aligned to Veit's strategic focus, margin thresholds, and resource capacity.
• Ensure operational leaders consistently prioritize negotiated, multi-service, union-friendly projects aligned with Veit's core markets and strategic clients.
• Champion the elimination of organizational silos by encouraging and facilitating multidivisional initiatives and joint project delivery.
• Promote cross-training opportunities and rotational assignments to build versatile teams and deepen organizational expertise.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of standard operating procedures to ensure best practices are shared and adopted across all regions and service lines.
• Develop, support, and oversee comprehensive operational training programs to foster consistency, safety, and excellence throughout the organization.

• Design and lead an operational organization capable of scaling over time while maintaining consistency, accountability, and performance.
• Build and evolve leadership structures, spans of control, and role clarity to support growth across regions, service lines, and markets.
• Ensure Veit has the right people, in the right roles, with the right capabilities to support current and future work.
• Partner with People & Culture to define and implement clear skills and competency frameworks for operational leadership, project management, and field execution.
• Champion intentional development of technical, leadership, and business acumen skills at all levels of operations.
• Establish succession plans for critical operational roles to ensure continuity and long-term stability.

• Own operational readiness for Veit's client and market strategy ensuring growth is pursued only where Veit can deliver the Legendary Client Experience profitably and consistently.
• Partner with executive leadership, Business Development, and Market Leaders to identify priority clients, target markets, and strategic opportunities.
• Translate client and market insights into operational readiness: staffing plans, equipment strategy, delivery models, and leadership capacity.
• Drive differentiated market approaches by aligning Veit's services, delivery models, and operational strengths with client needs.
• Ensure operational teams are prepared to support national, regional, and strategic accounts with consistency and excellence.

• Establish operational expectations and systems that consistently deliver legendary client experiences, not just successful projects.
• Ensure project teams understand client goals, success metrics, and long-term relationship objectives.
• Embed client experience measures (predictability, communication, responsiveness, outcomes) into operational KPIs.
• Partner with Market Leads and Project Executives to proactively strengthen key client relationships and expand repeat business.
• Reinforce Veit's reputation as a trusted partner through disciplined execution and value-driven delivery.
• Accountable for Voice of Client outcomes, including predictability, communication quality, relationship depth, and repeat work.
• Ensure consistent project closeout processes that reinforce trust, learning, and future opportunity.

• Build an environment where the best people proudly do their best work, feel ownership over outcomes, and see a clear future at Veit.
• Develop strong operational leaders who can balance safety, performance, people leadership, and client stewardship.
• Reinforce leadership behaviors…