Operations Manager

Career Opportunities with Fujitec America A great place to work. Careers At Fujitec America Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available. ESSENTIAL DUTIES Administer company safety program, including performing safety audits when necessary and stressing the importance of safety to all employees. Plan, direct, and prioritize elevator installations and modernizations, service/repairs, and labor needs; utilize project management software and other scheduling tools. Manage staff, schedules, and review and approve payroll. Monitor use and assignment of vehicles. Use accounting reports and programs to review job status to identify risk and opportunity, including properly reporting fade issues prior to revenue. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with contractors, elevator consultants, construction firms, and architects. Survey, review, and sign off on all bids, including attending pre-bid meetings with construction sales representatives and providing technical input to calculate labor and material costs. Review and sign off on change orders, purchase orders, elevator turnover authorizations, accounts receivable, write-offs, credits, and other necessary approvals. Maintain strong familiarity of company standard operating procedures and products by attending company training classes, viewing factory equipment updates and supplier goods; interface with corporate departments, including the factory, coordination, and labor, and consult with the management. Mediate and resolve complaints and problems of external and internal customers, including meeting with local business agents to resolve issues involving union employees. Determine what materials need to be ordered for job completion, coordinate, order, and arrange for sub-contracting portions of installations and service/repairs. Manage budget and spending. Perform necessary requirements, such as: applying for and obtaining permits and scheduling permit inspections at job completion. Regularly communicate with field staff and make weekly crew visits and day one visits to manage safety, site activities and progress of employees and customer, document findings. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and the employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties. DIRECT REPORTS 30 - Mechanics JOB QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS Education: High School Diploma or equivalent Experience: Minimum 5 years in industry Requires a valid driver's license, a satisfactory Motor Vehicle Report, and forklift certification. Local Travel Expectations: 15% SKILLS/CORE COMPETENCIES Technical Professional Knowledge Teamwork and Cooperation Communication Conceptual Thinking Decision Making WORK ENVIRONMENT AND EXPECTATIONS Job duties are performed within an established office environment under normal lighting and climate-controlled tolerances. The noise level in the work environment is typically low to moderate. When the employee has cause to visit a work site, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places and outdoor weather conditions. The noise in the work environment is often loud. Requires prompt, reliable, regular, and in-person attendance at the office to oversee shared services functions and/or employees, normally achieved by working standard business hours. Certain positions will require a flexibility of working hours to meet the demands of the job and the direction of the manager. The work environments are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Prolonged periods of standing and walking. Frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching. Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds at times. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment. This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or work conditions associated with the job. Furthermore, the employer may revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. Fujitec America is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable statutorily protected group status under local, state, and federal law. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are currently unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa. #J-18808-Ljbffr