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Harris

National mechanical contractor: design, build, service

General Manager 1 - Construction

Business & StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeShreveport, LA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Responsibilities

  • Establish team and/or subsidiary objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards consistent with organizational strategy.
  • Conduct market research to identify potential projects and maintain a business development program that secures new work routinely.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with customers at multiple levels.
  • Monitor the overall quality and timeliness of team deliverables.
  • Ensure team alignment with Harris programs, policies, standards, and procedures.
  • Collaborate with and contribute to the success of Harris.
  • Manage and resolve issues that arise.
  • Participate in the strategic planning process.
  • Plan, staff, and supervise division activities, including personnel administration, performance reviews, and defining functions and responsibilities.
  • Collaborate with Human Capital to recruit, interview, hire, train, career-path, and mentor team members.
  • Foster the desired Harris culture within the division.
  • Emphasize a strong safety culture.
  • Provide growth and development opportunities for the team through training and continuing education.
  • Collaborate and partner with other leaders in the Salt Lake City office to ensure effective interdepartmental relations.
  • Review monthly financial reports to proactively manage the business unit.
  • Manage receivables, productivity, change orders, and other impacts to project performance.
  • Prepare the team for monthly project reviews with leadership.
  • Achieve annual business unit plan metrics.
  • Achieve yearly growth objectives through new customer acquisitions and consistent customer satisfaction.
  • Establish sales messages and expectations with account executive leadership.
  • Develop and submit the yearly financial plan.
  • Forecast expected business results on an ongoing basis and document accordingly, including researching, understanding, and explaining or justifying forecast assumptions.
  • Ensure predictability of business results based on forecasts, assumptions, sales, backlog, and related factors.
  • Oversee and manage an accurate Work in Progress (WIP), discuss it in detail during Project Management and Business Unit Review meetings, and work with direct reports to understand WIP status.
  • Manage the organization's relationships with local unions, including communicating with union officials weekly.
  • Act as the division designee with the Senior Vice President in union labor negotiations.
  • Represent the organization in disputes with local unions.
  • Coordinate and oversee implementation of the unions' Reasonable Suspicion Program.
  • Meet with union, company, government, or other interested parties to discuss labor relations matters, including contract negotiations and grievances.
  • Investigate and evaluate union complaints or arguments to determine viability.
  • Monitor company and workforce adherence to labor agreements.
  • Prepare evidence for disciplinary hearings, including preparing witnesses to testify.
  • Advise management on contract administration, employee discipline, and grievance procedures.
  • Prepare and submit required governmental reports or forms related to labor relations, such as equal employment opportunity forms, new-hire forms, or minority compensation reports.
  • Plan, coordinate, and direct activities related to building upkeep, maintenance, and repairs.

About the Company

Harris

National mechanical contractor: design, build, service

Harris is a national mechanical contractor offering end-to-end building systems. It handles design and engineering, construction, controls, service, manufacturing, and conveyors for projects ranging from stadiums and power plants to hospitals and classrooms. Its work starts with designing and engineering the mechanical systems, then installing and integrating building controls, followed by ongoing service and maintenance. Harris differentiates itself through its national reach (21 locations across the U.S.), large workforce (over 3,000 employees), extensive experience (more than 70 years), and capability to manage projects end-to-end—from design and fabrication to installation and long-term service—across diverse sectors. The company’s goal is to deliver comprehensive, reliable mechanical systems across the country by combining local expertise with broad national capacity for projects of any size.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Las Vegas, NV
Founded
1948

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