Operations Manager, T&D in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at Myr Group Inc.

Operations Manager, T&D

US-PA-Harrisburg

Job ID: 2026-7561
# of Openings: 1
Category: Project Management
Harrisburg, PA 17101

Overview

The Operations Manager oversees regional business operations and helps achieve the company’s goal of being a best-in-class contractor. This role aligns projects with business objectives, constructs detailed work plans, plans and allocates resources, prepares budgets, and monitors progress to achieve milestones. The Operations Manager also maintains and develops client relationships, estimates work, recruits and develops personnel for ongoing and future projects, and keeps stakeholders informed of results.

Company Overview

Established in 1940, Harlan Electric Company (Harlan Electric) – a subsidiary of MYR Group Inc. – has successfully completed hundreds of substation, transmission, distribution, live line, and clean energy projects across the upper Midwest and northeastern United States. We deliver a complete range of services, including powerline construction, telecommunications infrastructure, emergency restoration, and traffic signalization. Harlan Electric possesses extensive expertise providing services in congested urban environments.

We are proud of our outstanding safety culture, built on tenacious management commitment, employee participation, training programs, and continuous improvement. We strive for greatness by keeping our mission, vision, values, and operating principles at the center of everything we do. Our specialized expertise, skilled workforce, and innovative practices enable us to be an industry leader supporting the clean energy transformation.

Essential Functions

• Lead, manage, and ensure accountability for the region, including all regional facilities
• Develop and manage budgets
• Monitor the financial performance, production, and progress of projects using appropriate project management tools
• Ensure contractual compliance for current and future projects through a thorough knowledge of all contract documents, requirements, and obligations
• Ensure organizational safety expectations are met by all employees
• Manage and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Plan, coordinate, and direct all aspects of the estimate, proposal, and RFP response process
• Develop, strengthen, and maintain long-lasting relationships with clients, owners, managers, designers, supervisors, tradespersons, and craft workers
• Collaborate with clients, supervisory staff, contractors, and design professionals to resolve problems, including work procedures, complaints, and construction or design issues
• Represent the company at customer meetings as needed and maintain a best-in-class corporate reputation
• Pursue business growth opportunities
• Lead, direct, and audit the work of assigned staff; train, mentor, and coach all office personnel
• Coordinate employee performance reviews
• Communicate, facilitate, and enforce company policies and procedures
• Report results and escalate issues to upper management as needed
• Stay current on industry standards, regulations, and work methods
• Regular and predictable attendance
• Other duties as assigned
• Essential functions of this position are to be performed in a Company-designated office or field location
• Understand and comply with the Company's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Policy and other industry-specific professional and ethical standards

Responsibilities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in project management and/or estimating in the construction industry
• 10 years of experience as a journeyman preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or similar field; relevant experience considered in lieu of degree
• OSHA 30 and OSHA 20 T&D
• Project Management certification – FMI, PMP or similar preferred

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Strong commitment to safety and the ability to develop a solid safety culture with subordinates
• Strong leadership, team building, organizational, and analytical skills
• Excellent salesmanship, relationship-building, and verbal and written communication skills
• Thorough understanding of contracts, plans, and specifications
• Ability to apply trade concepts to real-world solutions to achieve compliance, better safety results, and efficiency
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure
• Self-starter able to work with minimal supervision
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Qualifications

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary is commensurate with experience, paid weekly. Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. MYR Group reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate.
• Comprehensive benefits package - Medical, Dental, Vision, Teledoc, Hearing, Prescriptions, Mental Health, Employee Assistance Plan (EAP), Short Term Disability, Retiree Coverage, and Life Insurance under LINECo – (Low deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums) - Fifteen Dollar weekly premium for employee or employee plus family coverage.
• ThrivePass Health & Wellness Reimbursement Program - Twelve hundred dollars annually for health and wellbeing-related purchases.
• Annual Paid Time Off starting at 15 days plus 10 paid Holidays (our Cultural Celebration Day is a floating holiday).
• Generous 401(k) Plan with 100% match up to 6%; immediate vesting, and Annual profit-sharing potential.
• Superior educational assistance program (support for educational costs, internal training, and more!).
• Company-paid short and long-term disability, life, and accidental death & dismemberment.
• Company-paid business travel accident insurance.
• Various voluntary plans available including supplemental vision, accident and critical illness, ID theft, group legal, group auto & home, and additional voluntary life insurance plans for employee and dependents.

This position will remain posted for a minimum of three days. The posting will remain active and automatically extend until the vacancy is filled.

MYR Group, Inc. and our subsidiaries are proud to be Equal Opportunity Employers. We promote diversity of thought, culture, and background, which connects our family of brands. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals and in which personnel processes are merit-based and applied without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, or other protected characteristics. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

MYR Group does not sponsor applicants for work visas. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

MYR Group, Inc. and our subsidiaries do not work with any third-party recruiters or agencies without a valid signed agreement and partnership with the Corporate Talent Acquisition Team.