Regional Director of Operations - Southeast

About this role

B&S Site Development is a fast‑growing leader in large‑parcel, mission‑critical site development, delivering complex, time‑sensitive civil construction projects for some of the world’s most demanding clients. Since 2003, we’ve built a reputation for precision, speed, and accountability—transforming large tracts of land into fully prepared e‑infrastructure sites through heavy civil expertise, disciplined project management, and a culture of ownership at every level. Our multi‑regional operations are supported by offices in Columbus, Ohio; Manassas, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; South Hill, Virginia; and Atlanta, Georgia, enabling us to scale rapidly while maintaining exceptional execution standards.

At B&S, we believe in developing talent from within, fostering a culture where driven individuals can build long‑term careers. Whether in the field or the office, our teams are united by a shared commitment to innovation, safety, and delivering exceptional results for our clients.

Position Overview

The Regional Director of Operations – Southeast is the senior field-operations leader responsible for the execution, productivity, resource management, and operational performance of all projects across B&S’s Southeast region. Reporting to the VP/GM, Southeast Division, this leader owns B&S’s self-perform field organization while serving as a visible, client-facing representative of the company with general contractors, developers, and owners.

This role combines operational leadership, workforce strategy, and business partnership. The Regional Director works closely with Estimating, Project Management, Safety, and Executive Leadership to ensure projects are staffed appropriately, executed efficiently, and delivered safely, on schedule, and at or above target margins. Beyond driving day-to-day field performance, this leader helps shape regional operating plans, workforce strategies, equipment utilization, and scalable field standards that support continued growth.

The Southeast region supports multiple concurrent heavy-civil and mission-critical site development projects and is expected to continue growing significantly over the coming years. This role will play a critical part in building the operational infrastructure, leadership capability, and workforce required to support that growth.

Acting as a force multiplier for project teams, the Regional Director challenges inefficiencies, optimizes labor and equipment deployment, establishes and enforces defensible production standards, and develops the field leadership and craft workforce needed to sustain exceptional project execution across the region. The role is directly accountable for regional safety, productivity, quality, schedule performance, equipment utilization, and margin attainment, as well as the strength and depth of the field organization that delivers those results.

Key Responsibilities

Client-Facing Leadership & Pursuit Support

• Serve as a recognized operational leader for B&S in the Southeast, building and maintaining relationships with general contractors, developers, and owners.

• Partner with the VP/GM, Business Development, and Estimating teams on pursuits, providing constructability reviews, means and methods evaluations, crew and equipment planning, and phasing recommendations.

• Participate in intake and pre-bid reviews, validating productivity assumptions, staffing plans, sequencing, and operational feasibility before bids are submitted.

• Support preconstruction efforts by bringing field-based credibility and operational insight that helps win projects and reduce execution risk.

• Represent B&S during client meetings, site walks, and project planning discussions.

Field Operations Leadership

• Own field execution across all active Southeast projects, including safety, quality, production, scheduling, and overall operational performance.

• Establish and enforce realistic, defensible production rates by activity, depth, and site conditions, while ensuring actual field performance is captured and utilized for future planning and estimating.

• Direct labor, equipment, and resource allocation across projects to maximize productivity and utilization.

• Partner with superintendents and project teams on constructability, logistics, sequencing, and execution strategies before projects reach the field.

• Review weekly and three-week look-ahead schedules to ensure readiness of labor, equipment, materials, permits, and subcontractors.

• Lead recovery planning and corrective action efforts when project performance falls below expectations.

• Champion a safety-first culture in partnership with the Safety organization.

Field Organization Leadership & Talent Development

• Recruit, hire, develop, and retain B&S’s self-perform workforce throughout the Southeast, including operators, pipe crews, laborers, foremen, and superintendents.

• Build a strong local workforce in the Atlanta market and across the Southeast to support sustainable project staffing and reduce dependence on traveling labor.

• Mentor and develop superintendents and foremen while building organizational bench strength for future growth.

• Partner with Human Resources on workforce planning, recruiting strategies, onboarding,…