Trade Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee discipline-specific crews across multiple active jobsites.
• Allocate manpower based on project priorities, schedules, and production needs.
• Support Foremen with technical guidance, sequencing, and execution planning.
• Ensure work is performed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with plans and specifications.
• Identify and resolve field constraints impacting productivity or safety.
• Track and analyze crew productivity (earned hours vs. actual hours).
• Monitor crew utilization and recommend staffing adjustments.
• Identify rework, inefficiencies, or training gaps and implement corrective actions.
• Partner with Operations and Project Management to align field execution with budgets and schedules.
• Reinforce Burns Dirt safety standards and stop-work authority.
• Ensure consistent execution of weekly safety toolbox talks.
• Identify safety trends and participate in corrective planning.
• Support quality control by reducing rework and ensuring scope compliance.
• Train and develop operators, laborers, and foremen.
• Mentor Foremen and emerging leaders within the trades.
• Contribute to workforce planning and trade-specific capability building.
• Participate in weekly resource planning and operations meetings.
• Provide field-level insight during backlog planning and strategic reviews.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across projects and trades.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Strong background in prime contract management and general contracting operations.
• Proficiency in grading, excavation, utilities, concrete, and infrastructure construction.
• Proven ability to manage large-scale projects ($20M+ preferred).
• Experience with construction management software (e.g., HCSS, ProjectSight).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• OSHA 30 certification preferred.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel as needed within a 150-mile radius of Columbus, MS.

Meeting Cadence & Operating Rhythm

• Weekly Safety Toolbox Talks (Monday): Ensure consistent safety engagement across crews.
• Weekly Operations & Resource Planning (Wednesday): Crew allocation, productivity review, and manpower planning with Operations.
• Quarterly Strategic Operations Reviews: Backlog forecasting, financial and safety trend analysis, workforce planning.
• Annual Closeout & Lessons Learned Summit: Year-end performance review and goal setting.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Crew Utilization Rate (%).
• Productivity: Earned Hours vs. Actual Hours.
• Rework Hours as % of Total Hours.
• Training & Certifications Completed.