- Field
- HVAC, electrical and plumbing
- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Work model
- Onsite
- Level
- Director
- Pay
- $140k to $175k
What you would own
- Drive on-time, on-budget execution across active single-family and multi-family communities , coordinating production schedules with builder superintendents, internal field leadership, and the service group where applicable.
- Partner with the safety function to ensure jobsite compliance, training cadence, and incident response.
- Identify operational bottlenecks before they hit the schedule, labor allocation, material availability, change order processing, quality inspections, etc.
- Sales and Builder Relationships Develop new builder relationships, deepen existing ones, and bring back lost ones.
- Lead project pursuits from qualification through award: scope review, estimating partnership, pricing strategy, contract negotiation, and handoff to operations.
- Represent 20/20 at the builder table.
- Team Leadership and Development Direct supervision of field leadership (superintendents, foremen) and office leadership (project managers, coordinators, estimators) roughly 50, 75 personnel total across the division.
- Build the next foreman, the next PM, the next superintendent.
- Performance conversations are direct, fair, and frequent.
- Hire, develop, and where necessary remove.
- Hold a high standard on accountability; see it, own it, solve it, do it.
- Carry the culture of integrity.
- GM Partnership and Succession Readiness Run the division in the GM's absence.
- Be ready to step into the GM seat when the business calls for it.
- Participate in divisional strategy, annual planning, builder forecasting, and resource planning.
- Represent the San Diego office to corporate leadership, including operational reviews and strategic discussions with the COO.
What they are looking for
- 8+ years of progressive operations leadership in residential plumbing, HVAC, or combined mechanical contracting.
- Single-family and/or multi-family new construction experience is required service-only backgrounds will not fit.
- Demonstrated P&L responsibility of $20M or larger.
- Candidate must be able to speak to the specific levers used to grow revenue and protect margin.
- Demonstrated success in builder account development.
- Production builder and/or multi-family GC relationships in Southern California are a strong preference; San Diego specifically is ideal.
- Leadership of teams of 50 or more across field and office.
- Track record of building and retaining a bench, not just managing through a roster.
- Sales orientation backed by results.
- The candidate has personally sold or significantly influenced book-of-business growth not simply executed work that was handed to them.
- Comfort and credibility at the executive level both internally with the GM and COO and externally at the builder VP/President level.
- Preferred Qualifications Direct experience inside a high-volume residential mechanical contractor running concurrent communities across multiple builders.
- Estimating background or strong estimating fluency.
- Able to pressure-test a number, not just receive one.
- Experience leading through a multi-office or regional structure.
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, business, or a related field or equivalent operating experience in lieu of degree.
- Working Conditions San Diego-based, on-site at the office and across active jobsites and builder partner offices.
- Some travel within Southern California.
Everything above is the hiring company’s own words, with the company name taken out. The name, the team, and the interview steps come with the first conversation.