Manager, Connectivity
Position Summary
Leads strategy and execution across multiple projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, standards, and performance expectations. Oversees teams and partners while driving quality, compliance, operational effectiveness, and continuous improvement.
Position Details
- Owes and executes the connectivity strategy across multiple projects, ensuring alignment with quality, schedule, and compliance requirements
- Develops and maintains standard operating procedures, installation standards, and quality criteria
- Selects technologies, systems, and vendor solutions to support project needs
- Manages and develops internal teams, providing leadership, mentorship, and performance oversight
- Serves as escalation point for complex technical issues, quality concerns, and scope decisions
- Selects, onboards, and manages contractors, ensuring adherence to scope, standards, and contractual requirements
- Establishes and monitors performance expectations and key metrics for vendor partners
- Monitors subcontractor performance, including issue resolution, compliance, and change management
- Covers material planning and logistics across multiple projects to ensure timely delivery
- Reports project status, risks, and milestones to leadership and stakeholders
- Communicates schedule impacts, scope gaps, and quality risks, providing recommended mitigation strategies
- Supports forecasting and budget management for connectivity-related scope
- Conducts quality assurance activities, including inspections, testing, and validation of results
- Reviews and approves documentation, including test results, as-built drawings, and closeout packages
- Identifies systemic quality issues and drives corrective actions to improve processes and outcomes
- Participates in design reviews and provides input on system design, constructability, and standards compliance
- Reviews and approves design documents, specifications, and project requirements prior to execution
- Manages the Request for Information (RFI) process, including tracking, resolution, and coordination with design teams
- Promotes and enforces safety standards across all activities and teams
- Drives continuous improvement initiatives through lessons learned and best practice development
Qualifications
As a 100% employee-owned company, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family:
- 401(k) plan with 50% company match (no cap) and immediate 100% vesting
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% paid for employee)
- Anual bonus program based upon performance, achievement, and company profitability
- Term life, AD&D insurance, and voluntary life insurance
- Disability income protection insurance
- Pre-tax flexible spending plans (health and dependent care)
- Paid parental leave
- Paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
- Training/professional development opportunities and company-paid memberships for professional associations and licenses
- Wellness benefits
About Southland Industries
As one of the nation’s largest MEP companies, Southland Industries is built on the foundation of great people. Since 1949, we have put our people first, enabling growth, professional achievement, and innovation. If you want to join a fast-paced environment where you’re engaged, challenged, and valued, apply now to join our dynamic team. To learn more about careers at Southland, explore our career opportunities, follow us on social media, and check out our website.
Benefits
As a 100% employee-owned company, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family:
- 401(k) plan with 50% company match (no cap) and immediate 100% vesting
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% paid for employee)
- Anual bonus program based upon performance, achievement, and company profitability
- Term life, AD&D insurance, and voluntary life insurance
- Disability income protection insurance
- Pre-tax flexible spending plans (health and dependent care)
- Paid parental leave
- Paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
- Training/professional development opportunities and company-paid memberships for professional associations and licenses
- Wellness benefits
About Southland Industries
As one of the nation’s largest MEP companies, Southland Industries is built on the foundation of great people. Since 1949, we have put our people first, enabling growth, professional achievement, and innovation. If you want to join a fast-paced environment where you’re engaged, challenged, and valued, apply now to join our dynamic team. To learn more about careers at Southland, explore our career opportunities, follow us on social media, and check out our website.
Pay
Final pay is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. For (Colorado/New York City/California/Washington/Maryland) this ranges from $150,000.00 - $160,000.00 plus annual incentive, benefits, and retirement, program as outlined above.
Contingent Employment
All employment offers are contingent upon successful drug tests, background checks, and professional reference checks. Roles that include driving as an essential job duty will be required to have a successful Motor Vehicle Record check (MVR). We are not able to offer sponsorship of employment at this time.
External Agency Announcement
Its Southland Industries' policy not to accept candidate submissions from recruiting agencies without an active and authorized work order. Candidate ownership can only be established after a bona fide work order is issued by a member of the Southland Industries Talent Acquisition team and the candidate is appropriately submitted through our Applicant Tracking System (ATS).