Full-Time

Operations Manager

AWP Safety

AWP Safety

1,001-5,000 employees

Provides traffic safety services and design

Compensation Overview

$65k - $75k/yr

+ 7% AIP + Company vehicle

Honolulu, HI, USA

In Person

Bachelor's, Associate's

Category
Operations & Logistics
Required Skills
Microsoft Office
Six Sigma

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Requirements
  • 5-10 years of management experience.
  • Strong leadership skills with communication and coaching abilities.
  • Intermediate computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office products and customer relationship management systems.
  • Experience managing profit and loss (P&L).
  • Experience in business development, including top-line and bottom-line growth.
  • Experience developing high-performing teams.
  • Ability to build and maintain customer relationships.
  • Ability to develop and execute business plans.
  • A current, valid driver's license and a clean driving record free of suspension or revocation.
  • Ability to adhere to and promote safe workplace practices.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement strategies to create and maintain safe work practices.
  • Manage a team of 25-50 employees.
  • Ensure compliance with company, local, state, and federal safety regulations.
  • Enforce safe work practices to protect employees, customers, and assets from losses, injuries, and accidents.
  • Foster team building through effective leadership and regular communication.
  • Use site and organizational data for workforce forecasting and staffing needs prediction.
  • Investigate accident causes and develop preventive measures.
  • Develop expertise in work zone setup and design and professional flagging.
  • Maintain traffic control, safety, and supervisor credentials.
  • Participate in recruiting and hiring strategies in collaboration with Human Resources.
  • Conduct new-hire orientation and ongoing training.
  • Facilitate safety and committee meetings.
  • Track and audit asset, employee, and project time usage.
  • Address customer service issues promptly while providing a high level of service.
  • Strengthen the company's presence in the service area and identify growth opportunities.
  • Train new and current employees to reduce turnover, improve efficiency, and reduce labor costs.
  • Manage daily employee issues, including payroll, timekeeping, benefits, time-off requests, scheduling, and customer issues.
  • Understand and adhere to a collective bargaining agreement.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
  • Preferred experience with process improvement methodologies such as Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma.
  • An associate or bachelor's degree is preferred but not required.
  • A proactive approach to brand development.

AWP Safety provides worksite traffic safety services for utility, infrastructure, and construction projects. It uses on-site technicians and equipment, along with permitting and traffic design, to create and enforce project-specific traffic plans and manage operations on site. The company differentiates itself by growing through acquisitions to standardize services and expand from cone-focused traffic control into a nationwide safety partner with a broad service footprint. Its goal is to be the leading nationwide partner for worksite safety by offering a complete, integrated solution from planning to on-site execution.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

North Canton, Ohio

Founded

1981

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • January 2025 acquisitions added Texas, Oregon, Colorado, and Nebraska capacity immediately.
  • August 2025 CIO Craig Young signals investment in automation, data transparency, and customer responsiveness.
  • Samsara's 2026 results show over 70% reductions in risky driving behaviors across AWP.

What critics are saying

  • A 2025 California wage-and-hour PAGA case targets AWP Safety's labor practices.
  • The 2026 overtime lawsuit threatens back pay, penalties, attorneys' fees, and copycat claims.
  • Integration sprawl from constant acquisitions can erode service quality and destroy the roll-up premium.

What makes AWP Safety unique

  • AWP Safety dominates fragmented traffic control through relentless roll-up acquisitions under Kohlberg.
  • It pairs on-site labor, permitting, design, equipment, and pavement marking across North America.
  • Its 2025 CIO hire and Samsara partnership show a real technology-enabled operating model.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Referral bonuses

Company News

PE Hub
Jul 31st, 2024
Kohlberg-backed AWP Safety acquires Washington Traffic Control and Western Traffic Congrol | PE Hub

AWP Safety is a provider of safety and traffic control solutions.

PR Newswire
Aug 2nd, 2023
AWP SAFETY, BACKED BY KOHLBERG & CO., ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OF RHV CAPITAL'S TRAFFIC CONTROL GROUP

/PRNewswire/ -- AWP Safety, North America's leading provider of safety and traffic control solutions, has announced its strategic acquisition of RHV Capital's...

PR Newswire
Dec 5th, 2022
AWP, Backed by Kohlberg & Co., Announces Strategic Acquisitions of MOTPlans, LLC and CrossRoads, LP

/PRNewswire/ -- Area Wide Protective ("AWP"), America's leading safety company supporting utility, broadband and infrastructure upgrades and expansion, has...