Key Responsibilities:

• Full site P&L, including forecasting, budgeting, and execution of financial plans.
• Drive operational performance across all functions, ensuring alignment to customer expectations, internal KPIs, and business goals.
• Lead and develop the site leadership team, creating accountability, strong communication, and a performance-driven culture.
• Improve organizational effectiveness through process optimization, team development, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ensure consistent delivery of quality, throughput, and service levels across all programs.
• Identify and implement process improvements that increase efficiency, reduce cost, and support scalability.
• Partner directly with customers, participating in operational reviews, QBRs, and commercial discussions as needed.
• Support business growth through strong customer relationships and identification of expansion opportunities.
• Maintain compliance with company policies, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage day-to-day site operations, including goal setting, performance tracking, and execution of priorities.
• Resolve employee and operational challenges in a timely, professional manner.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  
• Proven success leading large, complex operations with full P&L responsibility.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence, motivate, and hold teams accountable.
• Demonstrated ability to drive results across production, supply chain, engineering, and quality.
• Experience in contract manufacturing, EMS, reverse logistics, or technical service environments.
• Ability to manage multiple programs, customers, and competing priorities.
• Strong financial acumen, including forecasting, budgeting, and cost management.
• Experience leading change and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Effective communicator with the ability to engage at all levels, including executive leadership and customers.
• Proven ability to build and develop high-performing teams.
  

Our client is disrupting the Device Lifecycle Management industry with their innovative, engineered approach. They are an industry leader in providing reverse logistics solutions to wireless and electronics customers worldwide, offering high-tech repair, remanufacturing, and reclamation capabilities through its global network of facilities. Through their innovative approach, thousands of tons of electronic waste avoid landfills, and components with decades of embedded carbon often find their 2nd, 3rd and 4th lives rather than requiring replacement.

Why this opportunity?

Our client is principle-guided organization and a truly innovative company that is making a global impact. As GM of their Memphis operation, you have an opportunity to take ownership in developing a high-performing team, solving strategic and tactical problems, leading improvement initiatives, scaling operations, and setting new standards of excellence in recovery facility performance and customer success.

The Memphis team is poised for growth, and they need a high-ownership, high-accountability, influential, agile, disciplined, engaging, results-driven, servant-leader who will drive change, develop a winning team and foster a culture of teamwork.

Provide overall management direction for two or more projects and develop new business opportunities relative to a particular Client, group of Clients or geographical area.

Typical Duties:

• Plan, Organize and staff key field positions through regional department heads or subordinate project / construction managers.
• Establish project objectives, policies, procedures and performance standards within boundaries of corporate policy.
• Initiate and maintain liaison with prime client and A/E contacts, to facilitate construction activities.
• Monitor/control construction through administrative direction of on-site Superintendent to ensure project is built on schedule and within budget; investigate potentially serious situations and implement corrective measures.
• Represent company in project meetings, assist in labor negotiations/strategy meetings, etc.
• Manage financial aspects of contracts (fee payment, rental equipment, income/expenses, etc.) to protect company's interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with Client.

Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:

• The ideal candidates must be proficient in Microsoft Office and be able to read and interpret construction drawing.
• Familiarity with scheduling software, ie P6, but not required.
• A professional frame of mind and excellent communication, organizational, and time management skills are necessary.

Travel Requirements

Frequent travel between office and jobsites, local jurisdictions, meeting locations. L.F. Jennings pays mileage costs to employees for work-related travel.

Location: Richmond, VA and Raleigh, NC

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Initial Vetting of Opportunities
• Controls Layouts for Bid (Bluebeam)
• Review of Manufacturer Controls Layouts
• Written Specification/Documentation/SOO
• Templates & Devices Libraries (Bluebeam & CAD)
• Cut Sheets/Wiring Details
• Pre-programming of lighting control databases
• Work hybrid work schedule (3 days in the office, 2 at home)
• Stay aligned to company's culture and values:
  • ? Be passionate
  • ? Be flexible and adaptable to changing markets
  • ? Be an innovative thinker
  • ? Be customer focused
  • ? Be ethical

Must-Have Skills, Education, & Experience:

• Looking for Lighting Controls Engineers or closely related experienced candidates.
• Strong computer/programming skills are required.
• Decent Computer Networking skills and experience is a big plus
• Highly organized and accustomed to a fast-paced work schedule
• Polished communications skills are a must!