Field Manager

Position Summary:

As a Field Manager, you will provide guidance and support to your technicians while keeping your technicians on track to meet regular production goals. You will be responsible for overseeing operational expenses and meeting monthly budget goals by enacting cost-effective production action plans. While this role is remote, you will be required to reside in one of the following states to be considered: PA, DC, MD, DE, NJ, RI, CT, NY, MA, NH, ME.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Proactively communicate with technicians and members of the Operations team to successfully achieve monthly, quarterly, and yearly goals.
• Manage and monitor monthly field production, workflow, and deadlines.
• Identify potential production issues and enact cost effective action plans to meet production deadlines as necessary.
• Prepare weekly production reports for review by supervisor.
• Monitor daily production of individuals spanning multiple states and adjust their workloads as necessary.
• Utilize a proprietary website to manage the successful completion of thousands of work orders each month.
• Aid in routing and scheduling of work for your technicians and review for cost effectiveness and manpower feasibility
• Cultivate and track technicians’ work progress
• Manage special projects within the region and the manpower that is assigned them.
• Act as liaison between your team and headquarters to create effective resolutions to field issues
• Provide guidance and support to your team and coordinate with technicians to resolve any problems that arise in the field (scheduling, work orders, expenses, routes, inventory, etc)
• Oversee the development and training of your team
• Coordinate with Recruiting, HR, Training, Parts, etc to successfully hire and onboard new technicians
• Maintain an understanding of all varieties of work currently undertaken by Cennox
• Prepare monthly regional profit and loss statement reviews detailing reasons for monthly expenditures, revenue shortfalls, gross margin percentages and budget variances
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills and Requirements:

• Must be a team leader and able to work in a demanding managerial position
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to remotely manage a team of technicians and effectively track their individual progress
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate goals and enact action plans
• Proven ability to multi-task and manage timelines and deadlines
• Strong attention to detail, problem solving skills, and customer service skills
• Computer skills including the Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Excel in particular
• Profit and loss statement experience
• Regional budgeting experience
• Ability to learn specialized software programs and navigate company databases
• Have mechanical/technological/electrical aptitude

Experience and Education:

• Previous experience in field service industry, highly preferred
• 2 years' experience in a managerial position, required
• Bachelor’s degree in related field or 4 years equivalent relevant work experience
• High school diploma or equivalent

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit and stay focused for long periods of time
• Vision correctable to 20/20
• Finger dexterity for keyboarding and computer usage
• Requires 20 to 30% travel with overnight stays