Operations Manager - Electrical

Establishes divisional objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards in alignment with corporate strategy and governance.

Develops and executes the annual business plan, including an operational budget that supports revenue growth, margin expectations, and long-term profitability.

Ensures a positive cash-flow position for the division through disciplined project execution and financial oversight.

Interfaces closely with the Finance team on revenue recognition, claims preparation, forecasting, and job-site financial support.

Maintains real-time awareness of project status across the division, promoting transparency and accountability.

Instills and promotes a collaborative, “win-win” mindset with project teams to deliver profitable work while ensuring a positive client experience.

Coordinates efforts with the internal stakeholders to support backlog growth, strategic pursuits, and customer satisfaction.

Additional Scopes:

Purchasing: Has oversight to make financial decisions of all their respective region including scope, budgets, scheduling etc. Overall financial responsibility on the execution budget and ensuring change orders are priced properly to protect margin and contractual obligations. The Operations Manager, Electrical is responsible to ensure forecasts are prepared each month for all

Scheduling: Provides directions to management in various areas, groups and Monitors schedules of all construction projects to maintain timely completion of projects within budget.

Planning Process: Makes final decisions for overall projects; develops and utilizes process to alert key players of conditions and delays that may negatively affect deliverables and costs for each project.

Problem Solving: Leads the operations team on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of the company as well as the construction

Field Labour: Participates in corporate development of methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for projects, programs, and people.

Direction/Process: Work is carried out under broad objectives; translating corporate objectives into clear operational standards, to resolve escalations. Negotiates the terms and conditions of all agreements and completes contracts.

Direction to Others: Monitors progress of the division, including project teams to ensure compliance with schedules, budgets, contractual milestones and operating expectations, exercising delegated authority as necessary. Has final decision-making responsibility in absence of VP.

Autonomy: Member of the management team and ultimately responsible to ensure that all projects stay in line with financial metrics and are trending towards targets. Erroneous decisions will have a serious impact on the overall success of functional, division, or company

Corporate Decisions: The Operations Manager, Electrical prepares, manages and operates within budgets for the division operations; also monitors and protects company

Managing Client Relationships: Responsible for building and maintaining strategic relationships with clients, General Contractors, and internal partners to support successful project delivery, backlog growth, and long‑term customer satisfaction. Collaborates with cross function teams to deliver results.

Internal Relationships/Mentorship: Serves as the primary operational leader for the Electrical division, mentoring and developing teams, and emerging leaders while reinforcing Core Values and SMaC discipline.

Supplier and Subcontractor Coordination: Regularly visits job sites to ensure quality and safety standards are being maintained. Builds and maintains positive relationships with all external parties including trades, clients, engineers and External actions and decisions effect the organization long-term goals and objectives.

Who We Are Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada’s infrastructure — and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal. We build for life.

Our Culture & Values We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do, and our award-winning safety culture consistently performs well above industry standards.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Modern Niagara We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization where everyone has access to opportunity, feels a sense of belonging, and can thrive. We actively work to remove barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (including women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+ people, people with disabilities, and newcomers to Canada) in the construction industry. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and lived experiences and are committed to a barrier-free hiring process.

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We appreciate every applicant’s interest in joining Modern Niagara. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.