Construction Operations Manager
Company: Whitis Contracting LLC
Location: Central Kentucky
Job Type: Full-Time
Pay: Based on character, experience, ability, and overall fit
Benefits: Company truck provided for work-related use
Schedule: Monday–Friday, with occasional after-hours needs depending on project demands
About Whitis Contracting LLC
Whitis Contracting LLC is a custom home building and general contracting company based in Central Kentucky. We build premium homes and take pride in quality, communication, organization, accountability, and doing things the right way.
We are a growing company looking for the right person to step into a key leadership role and help make sure our daily operations, projects, systems, team members, subcontractors, suppliers, and client experience are being handled to the Whitis standard.
This is not a basic office management position. This is a leadership role for someone who can help run the day-to-day operations of the company, protect the quality of our work, and make sure things are being followed through on properly.
Position Overview
The Construction Operations Manager will be responsible for helping make sure the company operates at a high level every day.
This person will work directly with ownership and management to help oversee project flow, communication, scheduling, documentation, accountability, technology systems, and follow-through across the company.
The right person must be able to think beyond simply completing tasks. We need someone who can look at the bigger picture, identify what needs attention, communicate clearly, use technology effectively, and help make sure things are handled the right way.
In many ways, this person will help take responsibilities off the owner’s plate while making sure those responsibilities are still handled with the same level of care, urgency, communication, organization, and accountability expected by Whitis Contracting LLC.
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants a long-term career, has a positive attitude, takes pride in doing things right, and wants to grow with a strong company.
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities may include:
- Helping oversee day-to-day company operations
- Making sure projects, people, and systems are operating to the Whitis standard
- Coordinating communication between clients, office staff, field staff, subcontractors, suppliers, and vendors
- Helping manage project schedules, deadlines, job progress, and internal follow-up
- Ensuring Buildertrend and other company systems stay accurate, organized, and up to date
- Using technology to track tasks, document communication, organize project information, and improve accountability
- Monitoring permits, inspections, selections, change orders, contracts, scopes of work, purchase orders, and job documentation
- Following up with team members to make sure assigned tasks are completed correctly and on time
- Helping hold employees, subcontractors, and vendors accountable to company expectations
- Identifying problems early and helping create solutions before they become bigger issues
- Helping maintain a professional, organized, and consistent client experience
- Making sure jobs are clean, organized, documented, and moving forward
- Assisting with process improvements, structure, and company systems as we continue to grow
- Protecting the quality, reputation, and standards of Whitis Contracting LLC
Technology Requirement
This position requires someone who is comfortable using technology every day.
The right person must be able to learn, use, and manage company systems without constant help. This includes project management software, email, calendars, documents, spreadsheets, task tracking, digital communication, and other tools used to keep the company organized.
Experience with Buildertrend or similar construction management software is strongly preferred. However, the most important thing is that the person is tech-capable, willing to learn, and able to stay organized inside digital systems.
We are not looking for someone who avoids technology or struggles to use basic computer systems. This role requires someone who can use technology to improve communication, organization, accountability, documentation, scheduling, and follow-through across the company.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for someone who is:
- Positive, professional, and dependable
- Highly organized
- Strong with follow-up
- Comfortable leading people
- Comfortable holding people accountable
- Professional and respectful, but not afraid to be direct
- Able to manage multiple moving parts at one time
- Able to think like a leader, not just an employee
- Detail-oriented, while still understanding the big picture
- Trustworthy, dependable, and self-motivated
- Strong with communication
- Strong with technology and comfortable learning new software
- Able to use project management systems, email, calendars, documents, spreadsheets, and digital communication tools
- Comfortable keeping information organized and accurate inside company systems
- Capable of using technology to track tasks, follow up, communicate, and hold people accountable
- Willing to learn how our company operates and help improve it
- Able to solve problems without needing constant direction
- Motivated by growth, performance, and helping the company succeed
Preferred Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience in construction, custom home building, general contracting, project management, or operations management
- Strong technology skills required
- Experience with Buildertrend or similar construction management software strongly preferred
- Leadership or management experience preferred
- Strong computer, communication, and organizational skills
- Ability to understand project schedules, scopes of work, contracts, client expectations, and job documentation
- Ability to communicate professionally with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, vendors, and internal team members
- A strong sense of accountability and follow-through
Construction experience is strongly preferred, but the right person’s character, leadership ability, technology skills, communication, judgment, positive attitude, and work ethic are just as important.
The Whitis Standard
At Whitis Contracting LLC, we care about quality, communication, accountability, organization, and doing what we say we are going to do.
This position is for someone who can help make sure the company operates to that standard every day.
We are not looking for someone who needs to be micromanaged. We are looking for someone who can take ownership of responsibility, follow through, communicate clearly, use technology effectively, hold people accountable, and help make the company better.
Compensation, Benefits & Growth Opportunity
Pay will be based on character, experience, ability, leadership skills, technology skills, and overall fit.
This position includes a company truck for work-related use.
This is a great opportunity for the right person. We are looking for someone who wants to grow with the company, take pride in their work, and become a major part of how Whitis Contracting LLC operates.
The right person must have a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and the ability to lead through communication, accountability, and follow-through.
There is also an opportunity to earn more based on performance. If this person is helping projects stay organized, meet deadlines, improve communication, and complete work ahead of schedule without sacrificing quality, there will be additional earning potential.
The better you do, the better you do. We believe in rewarding people who add real value, solve problems, and help move the company forward.
Work Environment
This role will include a mix of office work, communication, project coordination, system management, technology use, team follow-up, and job-related oversight.
This is a fast-moving environment. The right person needs to be comfortable with responsibility, pressure, problem-solving, technology, and working with different personalities.
We build custom homes, and custom construction requires strong communication, strong systems, strong organization, and strong follow-through. Details matter here.
How to Apply
Please submit your resume and a short message explaining why you believe you would be a good fit for this position.
Reach Ethan Whitis directly at 859-437-3467
We are looking for someone who understands responsibility, leadership, accountability, communication, technology, positive attitude, and high standards.
If you are organized, dependable, professional, tech-capable, positive, and capable of helping lead a growing construction company, we would like to hear from you.
Pay: $80,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company truck
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
Work Location: In person
