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Cherry Coatings · 1 month ago

Vice President Operations - Commercial Paint (Required)

Denver, CO

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

Cherry Coatings is one of the largest commercial paint contractors in the country, focusing on high-quality service and client satisfaction. The Vice President of Operations will oversee day-to-day operations, ensuring safety, quality, and production while supporting city leaders and project managers across multiple markets.

Civil EngineeringCommercialConstructionResidential

Responsibilities

Oversee day-to-day commercial painting operations from a high level within your region

Maintaining a safety-first culture

Help in recruiting and hiring field personnel

Training and mentorship of all paint related Project Managers, FMs & Foremen

Work with the PMs and City Leaders to help move men and allocate proper manpower on projects

Meet with general contractors to ensure Cherry is delivering but also protecting sequence and solving problems

Attend project meetings for the following reasons:

Schedule concerns or sequence issues

Change order collection

Quality issues

Risk management

Safety issues

Hold accountable change order logs and extra work is accounted for on projects

Review job cost sheets to ensure profitability and control costs

Walk jobs with PM and FM and use this as a time to train/grow your team

Review scheduling of all field staff to ensure we are properly staffed with the right people in the right places

Find and onboard subs

Know and evaluate their abilities, set pay rates, hold accountable

Constantly evaluate and set the standard for safety in your market with employees and subs

Understand unique aspects of each job type and how Cherry executes it

Execute and hold teams accountable for Safety, Quality, and Production

Review operational problems or inefficiencies and make corrective actions, find lean ways to execute

Conduct Field Manager & Foremen meetings on a routine basis to identify and resolve concerns and opportunities for improvement using the EOS System

Conduct frequent job walks to ensure Safety/ Quality/ Production Standards are being met

Work with your team to implement the vision and execution of the VTO

Assists the City Leaders in developing new products, services, and subsidiaries

Innovative approach to projects, problems, and future products

Attend preconstruction meetings to ensure seamless project starts with field leadership

Help in the same way in other markets as they get developed

Assist PMs and FMs to ensure we approach the job with an innovative spirit, and with the right process

Use your expertise to collaborate on project approach

Help assist in product selection/education for difficult projects

Provide advice on how to approach situations that arise on jobsites

Look over schedules for changes for impacts to our bottom line

Assist in forecasting labor costs for projects to ensure profitability

Take part in buy out meetings or scope review for potential projects

Attend meetings to offer expertise in our field

Politic with GC’s and establish Cherry as the right choice

Leadership of the market

Constantly evaluate training needs and provide a solution for training

Attend L10 integrator meetings

Lead L10 operations meetings

Attend L10 PM meetings as needed

Problem Jobs

Walking problem jobs

Provide leadership at a high level to get us back on track

Put systems in place and set milestones to get us back on track

Meet with the general contractors to establish what Cherry needs to be successful

Hold the team accountable

Follow-up weekly or daily, as you see fit to secure the win

Qualification

Operations ManagementCommercial Painting ExperienceSafety ManagementStrategic PlanningMentoringProblem SolvingAccountabilityTime ManagementAdaptabilityDecision Making