Vice President of Operations (56883)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead operational performance across multiple California entities within industrial refrigeration and IMP businesses.
• Provide executive oversight for construction, manufacturing, installation, and service operations.
• Partner effectively within a matrix organization to align local execution with enterprise priorities and standards.
• Serve as the senior operational leader for California, with accountability for performance, risk management, and compliance.
• Influence shared resources and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, accountability, and execution.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve standardized operating procedures across California operations.
• Establish governance frameworks, accountability measures, and performance review cadences.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including OSHA, IIAR, ASHRAE, labor laws, environmental requirements, licensing, and permitting.
• Partner with legal, HR, finance, safety, and risk management to ensure policies are current, enforced, and consistently applied.
• Oversee compliance monitoring, audit readiness, reporting, and corrective action planning to reduce operational and legal risk.
• Ensure contracts, insurance requirements, and risk mitigation practices are properly executed at the operational level.
• Provide executive oversight of major industrial refrigeration projects, IMP installation operations, and service delivery.
• Ensure project controls, quality standards, documentation, and production planning are applied consistently.
• Act as the executive escalation point for complex operational, client, technical, or compliance-related issues.
• Promote strong collaboration between refrigeration and IMP teams to deliver integrated, high-quality solutions.
• Partner with executive leadership and finance to develop budgets, forecasts, and performance targets for California operations.
• Drive results through cost control, productivity improvement, operational discipline, and resource optimization.
• Monitor financial performance and address variances, risks, and corrective actions proactively.
• Support margin improvement through standardization, efficiency, and execution excellence.
• Collaborate with business leaders to identify and execute growth opportunities across California, including expansion, cross-selling, and new market development.
• Provide operational input into pricing, delivery strategies, capital planning, and investment decisions.
• Support acquisition integration, operational due diligence, and post-acquisition improvement efforts.
• Partner with sales, estimating, and business leaders to support strategic pursuits and major client relationships.
• Represent California operations in executive client meetings, negotiations, and industry forums.
• Champion a safety-first, compliance-driven culture across all operations.
• Promote accountability, leadership development, documentation discipline, and continuous improvement.
• Support succession planning and talent development in partnership with HR and company leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field required.
• 7+ years of senior operational leadership experience in industrial refrigeration, mechanical construction, manufacturing, or related industrial services.
• Proven success implementing enterprise-level processes, procedures, and governance frameworks.
• Strong experience with regulatory compliance, operational risk management, and California business operations.
• Demonstrated success operating within a matrix organization and influencing across functions.
• Technical understanding of industrial refrigeration systems and/or insulated metal panel manufacturing and installation.
• Strong financial, operational, and strategic business acumen.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Core Competencies

• Executive operational leadership
• Financial performance and growth execution
• Process improvement and operational governance
• Matrix leadership and cross-functional influence
• Regulatory compliance and risk management
• Safety, quality, and operational excellence