General Manager Commercial Painting

General Manager - Commercial Painting OperationsBobby Taylor PaintingLocation: Acworth, GeorgiaStarting Base Salary: $85,000 per yearCompensation Review: After 90 days, successful performance may result in a base salary adjustment to $90,000-$95,000 per year.Lead the Operation. Strengthen Accountability. Drive Profitable Growth.Position OverviewBobby Taylor Painting is seeking an experienced Commercial Painting General Manager to lead our Acworth, Georgia operation.This is a hands-on senior leadership position responsible for the operational and financial performance of our commercial painting and wallcovering business.We are specifically seeking a proven leader with significant commercial painting experience who understands the business from project award through final closeout.This is not simply a Project Manager position. The General Manager will take ownership of daily operations, lead Project Managers and field personnel, strengthen processes, protect gross margin, and help drive profitable growth.Compensation and BenefitsThe starting base salary is $85,000 per year.A performance and compensation review will be conducted after 90 days.Successful performance may result in an annual base salary adjustment to $90,000-$95,000.The position includes a performance-based bonus opportunity.The position includes a $300 monthly automobile allowance.The position includes a $250 monthly medical stipend.Paid time off is provided.The role offers significant opportunities for continued compensation and career growth based on performance.Primary ResponsibilitiesProvide daily leadership and accountability for commercial painting and wallcovering operations.Lead Project Managers, field leadership, superintendents, foremen, subcontractors, and supporting operational personnel.Oversee the complete project lifecycle from turnover and award through execution, billing, completion, and closeout.Review contracts, drawings, specifications, scopes, budgets, and project requirements before execution.Establish project schedules, manpower plans, subcontractor requirements, material procurement plans, and work sequencing.Maintain current visibility into each active project's contract value, completion percentage, billing position, cost to complete, projected gross profit, change orders, manpower requirements, and operational risks.Hold Project Managers accountable for forecasting, job costing, documentation, scheduling, billing readiness, and project profitability.Monitor labor productivity, subcontractor performance, production rates, job costs, and gross-margin performance.Identify margin erosion and project risks early and implement corrective action.Oversee subcontractor recruiting, vetting, insurance compliance, contracts, project scopes, schedules of values, performance, and closeout.Ensure that Master Subcontract Agreements, project-specific work orders, certificates of insurance, and supporting documentation are properly maintained.Drive consistent use of Knowify for project tracking, job costing, field documentation, scheduling, reporting, and accountability.Manage change orders, requests for information, scope clarifications, extra-work documentation, and contractual exposure.Lead project kickoff meetings, weekly operational meetings, project reviews, and jobsite meetings.Maintain strong relationships with general contractors, owners, vendors, manufacturers, and other business partners.Partner with estimating and preconstruction to support project handoffs, constructability reviews, production planning, and value engineering.Support senior leadership with forecasting, budgeting, staffing, revenue planning, gross-margin improvement, and strategic initiatives.Build a culture centered on accountability, communication, execution, safety, customer service, and profitable growth.Required ExperienceCandidates must have at least seven years of commercial painting experience, including meaningful project-management or operational leadership responsibility.Commercial painting contractor experience is required.Candidates must have experience managing multiple commercial painting projects and teams simultaneously.Proven experience leading Project Managers, field personnel, superintendents, foremen, and subcontractors is required.Candidates must understand commercial coatings, painting systems, wallcovering, surface preparation, labor production, and field execution.Strong knowledge of construction contracts, drawings, specifications, schedules of values, subcontract agreements, change orders, billing, and project closeout is required.Candidates must be able to manage job costing, budgets, cost-to-complete forecasting, labor productivity, and gross-margin performance.Experience with construction and project-management technology is required.Experience with Knowify, Procore, Bluebeam, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Excel is highly desirable.Strong communication, negotiation, organizational, problem-solving, and leadership skills are required.OSHA 30 certification is preferred.90-Day ExpectationsDuring the first 90 days, the General Manager will be expected to gain command of BTP's active project portfolio and establish accountability across the project-management and field teams.The performance review will consider the General Manager's ability to establish reliable reporting and forecasting, enforce company procedures, manage subcontractors and field resources, improve project accountability, support billing readiness, protect profitability, and strengthen customer relationships.Successful performance may result in an annual base salary adjustment to $90,000-$95,000.Ideal CandidateThe ideal candidate is currently a Commercial Painting General Manager, Operations Manager, Senior Project Manager, Project Executive, or experienced commercial painting leader who is ready to take ownership of an entire operation.The right leader understands gross margin, labor productivity, forecasting, billing, collections, subcontractor controls, scheduling, customer relationships, and team accountability.This individual should be highly visible in both the office and field, comfortable holding people accountable, willing to assist wherever necessary, and capable of developing the people, processes, and operational discipline required to grow Bobby Taylor Painting profitably.Apply TodayIf you are an experienced commercial painting leader looking for an opportunity to take ownership of an established operation and help lead its next stage of growth, we encourage you to apply.