Kimmel & Associates

General Manager

Kimmel & Associates
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $200,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in operations management within the construction services industry, focusing on scheduling, dispatching, and improving operational efficiency. Proven ability to lead teams, manage budgets, and foster relationships with general contractors to drive profitability and growth.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Operations ManagementField Crew ManagementCommercial Construction OperationsBudgeting And PricingRelationship Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Direct daily scheduling, dispatching, and coordination of field crews, equipment, installations, and removals across multiple active projects.
  • Oversee and develop field installers, shop personnel, the shop manager, and part-time crews.
  • Establish expectations and accountability for safety, quality, productivity, and on-time execution.
  • Improve operational processes, procedures, and systems to increase efficiency and support business growth.
  • Coordinate with inside and outside sales personnel from estimating through project completion.
  • Strengthen relationships with existing general contractor clients and pursue long-term and master service agreements.
  • Monitor job profitability, labor costs, and equipment utilization.
  • Partner with ownership on budgeting, pricing, hiring, organizational development, and strategic growth initiatives.
  • Report directly to the owners and operate with significant autonomy.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 7+ years of experience in equipment rental, specialty contracting, construction services, or a related industry.
  • 3+ years of experience managing field crews, a shop, a branch, or a comparable operation.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage daily scheduling and dispatch across multiple job sites.
  • Strong understanding of commercial construction operations and general contractor expectations.
  • Proven leadership skills, including the ability to develop employees, establish accountability, and improve operational performance.
  • Comfort working in a small, owner-operated business where flexibility, initiative, and hands-on leadership are essential.
  • Branch or operations management experience with an equipment rental, scaffolding, fencing, temporary site systems, or construction services company.
  • Established relationships with project managers and superintendents at major general contractors in the Boston market.
  • Experience negotiating or managing long-term service agreements.
  • Track record of increasing revenue, improving margins, or growing the profitability of an operation.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Target total compensation of approximately $200,000 to start, with significant upside potential.
  • Performance-based incentives tied to company profit growth.
  • Direct access to ownership and the ability to influence business strategy and operational decisions.
  • Established customer base with leading general contractors throughout New England.
  • Opportunity to build processes, strengthen the team, and help guide a growing company through its next stage.
  • High-impact leadership role with substantial autonomy and a clear connection between performance and financial reward.

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Hard Skills
SchedulingDispatchingOperational EfficiencyJob Profitability MonitoringLabor Cost ManagementEquipment UtilizationService Agreement NegotiationRevenue GrowthMargin ImprovementProject Coordination
Soft Skills
LeadershipAccountability EstablishmentFlexibilityInitiativeHands-On Leadership
Industry Keywords
Equipment RentalSpecialty ContractingConstruction ServicesGeneral Contractor ExpectationsBoston MarketBranch ManagementScaffoldingFencingTemporary Site SystemsOperational Performance