General Manager - Geotechnical/Environmental Drilling

Overview

Lead and grow Pitcher Services' geotech/environmental drilling unit in California.

Key Responsibilities

• cost coding
• financial monitoring
• safety management
• equipment management
• workflow oversight
• resource planning

Tasks

-Walking on uneven or slippery surfaces as necessary to support field operations. -Together with the Accounting team and the Project Manager, ensure accurate activity forecasts are updated monthly. -Oversee cost coding accuracy and job accounting practices to ensure proper tracking of labor, equipment, and materials against budgets. -Together with the Operations Team, ensure the highest level of safety culture is embedded in everyone’s actions. -Some lifting of files, opening cabinets. -Monitor financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, and job cost reports, ensuring profitability and cost control goals are achieved. -Mentor, coach and develop Pitcher personnel, both in the field and in the office -Provide technical thought leadership that will guide the development and execution of business execution and growth strategy. -Oversee recruiting, hiring, training, and retaining staff within the business unit. -Provide constructive and timely performance evaluations. -Maintain current union signatory agreements and foster positive relationships with labor representatives. -Together with the Project Manager, ensure cost estimates and proposals are reviewed thoroughly. -Handle discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy. -Prepare and meet revenue/profit expectations in accordance with budget goals. -Together with the Operations Team, help oversee and manage yard and equipment. -Direct and oversee the workflow of the business unit. -Ensure Pitcher has the right amount and quality of resources (people/equipment) to meet its goals. -Manage the day-to-day operations at Pitcher Services, both on site and in the office

Requirements

• c57 license
• geotech drilling
• 5+ years
• bachelor's
• ms office
• union management

What You Bring

-Ability to build trust through straightforward, honest, and authentic leadership. Strong supervisory and leadership skills. -Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity as the business grows into a new area. -Ability to procure a C57 contractor's license in the State of California within 90 days of hire date. -Inquisitive mindset with the intellectual horsepower to analyze and solve difficult problems. -Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. -Knowledge in geotechnical and environmental site investigation, including mud rotary, hollow-stem auger, cone penetration testing and direct-push methods. -Employee must be able to wear the personal protective equipment (PPE) required of various construction work environments (hard hats, personal floatation devices, safety glasses, gloves, safety-toed shoes, etc.). The employee is required to stand, walk, use stairs, ladders, and step stools and reach with hands and arms. Must be able to navigate stairs, ladders and gangways; board, work on and disembark floating vessels and structures. -Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment. -Strong and fluent communicator, able to synthesize complex technical information into understandable content. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. -Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate. -An ability to give and receive feedback in an honest, constructive way. -While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, use hands to finger, handle objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; bending or crouching; talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. -Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. -A calm and consistent approach in difficult moments or situations. -Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent experience -Proven experience managing a unionized workforce, including maintaining signatory agreements and effective communication with union representatives, is strongly preferred. -5+ years of progressive project experience in Geotechnical and Environmental Drilling, Project Management experience required. -Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines. -Work will require frequent visits to project sites and will include exposure to ongoing drilling activities and various weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment may range from moderate to loud. -High emotional intelligence: a belief in the power of the team and the skills to nurture collaboration to facilitate the success of others. -Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

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