The Opportunity: General Manager

Location: Huntsville, Alabama

Company Overview

The company is a growing construction and specialty services organization built on accountability, ownership, and performance-driven leadership. It has an established operational foundation with experienced field leadership, creating an environment where strong leaders are empowered to take full ownership of results and drive growth. Team members tend to stay because the culture rewards initiative, clear accountability, and leaders who lead from the front.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the senior leader for the assigned office or business unit.
• Take full ownership of financial performance, culture, and results.
• Lead, coach, and hold accountable managers, estimators, and operational leaders.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations across teams.
• Build a high-performance, accountability-driven culture.

Sales Growth & Financial Performance

• Drive revenue growth and profitability with full P&L responsibility.
• Own sales strategy, pipeline visibility, and revenue forecasting.
• Review and approve Work-in-Progress (WIP), billing, and collections.
• Improve margins through disciplined project selection and execution.
• Deliver strong return on investment through cost control and throughput improvement.

Operations & Execution

• Partner with field and operations leaders to ensure strong project execution.
• Ensure smooth handoff from preconstruction/sales to operations.
• Monitor project performance, staffing levels, and capacity planning.
• Champion safety, quality, and compliance across all projects.

Process & Operating Rhythm

• Implement and maintain a structured operating cadence (e.g., weekly leadership meetings, forecast reviews).
• Lead bid reviews, operational reviews, and financial check-ins.
• Maintain visibility into backlog, pipeline, staffing, and future workload.
• Drive continuous improvement across systems, tools, and workflows.

People Development & Growth

• Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing talent.
• Build leadership bench strength across operations, project management, and estimating.
• Coach emerging leaders and create clear development paths.
• Support strategic growth into new markets or service lines as appropriate.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of experience in construction leadership roles.
• Experience in general construction, fence/gate, perimeter security, or specialty construction preferred.
• Proven success leading teams and driving revenue growth.
• Strong business and financial acumen with experience managing forecasts and KPIs.
• Demonstrated ability to take full ownership and hold teams accountable.
• Military leadership experience is highly valued.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, performance-driven environments.
• Experience with CRM, project management tools, and reporting systems preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

• $130,000–$150,000 base salary, plus performance-based incentives.

Next Steps:

If you’re interested and would like to schedule an introductory call, please contact TheMilVet directly at themilvet.org/careers by emailing your resume to our recruiting at: recruiting@themilvet.org.