Assistant Ops Manager | Rochester, NY (DOT)

About The Team

At Bermex, we put value on our customer relationships. We’re always looking for a way that we can delight our customers by going the extra mile. Bermex offers expert meter reading services and solutions to utilities and associated organizations throughout the United States, including leak detection, atmospheric corrosion, line location, software service solutions, as well as water, gas, and electric meter reading. At Bermex, we are always looking for motivated individuals who enjoy working independently and love the outdoors to become a part of our team.

About The Role

The Assistant Operations Manager reports to the Operations Manager or Sr. Operations Manager at Bermex. This position plays a key role in working with management to improve operations, sales, profit, and employee development in order to attain customer satisfaction. This position also requires a high degree of organization, attention to detail, and exceptional interpersonal communication and leadership skills.

Salary transparency: For those residing in NY, the pay for this role is at $89,000/year.

What You’ll Do

• Key Responsibilities:
• Operation Supervisor Management: Provide direction, training, support, supervision, and motivation to operation supervisors including their downline reports.
• Operation Supervisor Management: Ensure that approved policies and objectives are clearly understood and effectively applied to each operating unit.
• Operation Supervisor Management: Supervise and review the preparation of forecast numbers for each of his/her departments.
• Operation Supervisor Management: Review performance and causes of significant variances, along with corrective action plans.
• Operation Supervisor Management: Conduct performance and wage reviews for department supervision.
• Business Management: Ensure timely production reports and accurate record information to operating activities for such purposes as control, planning, accounting and required customer reports.
• Business Management: Keep track of staffing requirements and hire new talent as needed to correspond with specific duties and skill sets.
• Business Management: Ensure monthly operation reports listing any unusual events – major expenditures, legal actions, overtime payments, etc. are distributed to appropriate department(s)/personnel.
• Customer Communication: Handle or defer all customer complaints to the appropriate authorities.
• Customer Communication: Professionally represent the company to clients and their customers.
• Customer Communication: Provide general information about the meter services to customers, when applicable.
• Other duties as assigned.

About You

• Must haves:
• Education: High School Diploma or GED.
• Experience: 2 years of management experience and 3 years’ experience in locating.
• Nice to haves:
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in operations management or business administration.
• Experience: 5 years of experience in operations management. At least 1 year of experience in budget development and oversight is a plus.

Your Skills

• Excellent ability to delegate responsibilities while maintaining organizational control of operations and customer service.
• Highly trained in conflict management and business negotiation processes.
• Knowledge of operations, safety process, programs, and procedures.
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable interacting with management and customers.
• Strong analytical and financial analysis skills.
• Ability to teach, coach and train operation supervisors to drive change and execute process improvements across offices.
• Knowledge of general business software and aptitude for learning new applications; proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Ability to multi-task, and work independently and as a team.
• Proven abilities of strong leadership skills.
• Excellent attention to detail for problem solving and finding.

Drug/Alcohol Testing

• Drug/alcohol testing is required.
• Drug/alcohol testing required per non-regulatory requirements for employees working with water, electricity, and meters.
• Drug/alcohol testing required per Federal DOT regulations for employees working with gas meters.

Benefits

• Health and Safety:
• Group health plans including medical/prescription, dental, vision and a variety of other coverage options.
• Company paid group life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, short- and long-term disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts or an option for a Health Saving Account with company match.
• Company paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for all employees and eligible family members.

• Retirement:
• Automatic enrollment in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) at no cost.
• Roth or Traditional 401(k) Retirement plan with company match.

• PTO Plans:
• Paid Vacation.
• Paid Holidays.
• Paid Wedding Day.
• Veterans Day paid time off for our veterans.
• Paid Sick Time (New York based positions ONLY).

• Perks/Allowances:
• Company vehicle (for all driver-based positions).
• Gas card for company vehicle (if applicable).
• Company provided cell phone or mobile allowance (if applicable).
• Boot allowance from approved vendors.
• Daily per diem for travel-based positions.

Where We Work

Employees will begin their day at the local office where they will pick up their company vehicle, equipment, and assignments for the day.

Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at hr@acrtinc.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.