Demo

Field Operations Manager

Communication Data Link
Grimes, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/4/2026

We are looking for a Field Operations Manager to join our team. This is a key position to balancing the customer relationship and the company needs. Overall, you will work to complete projects and drive business initiatives. You will have daily on-hand tasks and management as well as foresight for developing and reaching long-term goals.

Must have:

  • Underground utilities experience and knowledge
  • Power experience preferred not required

Responsibilities include:

  • Direct the activities of all field employees so the company is running as efficiently as possible in order to maximize daily production.
  • You will uphold business goals to achieve long-term initiatives.
  • Meet customer project deadlines and see the job lifecycle from start to finish.
  • Take on-call line rotation, provide live response to customer, dispatch on-call crews, set job up for execution.
  • Enforce company policies and procedures and provide disciplinary action when required
  • Evaluate and implement ways to improve procedures and maximize production
  • Assist all training of field employees in areas in need of improvement. Communicate with the management team about what the company can do to assist the foreman with training.
  • Review daily production sheets and assist with final billing
  • Troubleshoot operation problems and issues
  • Must be able to locate, measure, and mark required site locations using various measuring devices and prints
  • Follow and enforce safety requirements ensure that all those on-the-job sites is adhering to all safety requirements at all times.
  • Represent the company while working on the jobsite
  • Other duties as assigned

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

  • Standard Work Week: Monday-Friday; 6am – 4pm; Weekend work may be required with little or no notice; work schedule determined by season, weather, deadlines, and availability of work, on-call rotation
  • Environment Conditions: at times will be exposed to various contaminants, like exhausted vapors, gas/diesel fumes, dust; be subjected to noisy conditions; diverse weather conditions, including high heat (over 90°), freezing conditions (below 15°), and all forms of precipitation (high humidity/snow/rain)
  • Physical Conditions: Able to frequently move objects weighing in excess of 100lbs for distances greater than fifty feet; remain in a stationary position for several hours; able to move from one location to another around the jobsite; must be able to manipulate various controls on equipment; ability to constantly be able to reposition oneself

Compensation and Benefits

  • Salary position.
  • On the job training
  • Company vehicle
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays
  • Uniforms
  • Cell phone reimbursement.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

  • 401(k) Company match
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 10-hour shift
  • 8-hour shift

Experience:

  • Utility Construction: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary.com Estimation for Field Operations Manager in Grimes, IA
$144,879 to $188,900
If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Field Operations Manager?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Field Operations Manager career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$182,116 - $270,924
Income Estimation: 
$163,515 - $207,613
Income Estimation: 
$54,058 - $69,452
Income Estimation: 
$65,102 - $82,712
Income Estimation: 
$61,824 - $83,251
Income Estimation: 
$102,517 - $196,564
Income Estimation: 
$81,544 - $101,492
Income Estimation: 
$124,240 - $161,862
Income Estimation: 
$163,515 - $207,613
Income Estimation: 
$79,540 - $98,616
Income Estimation: 
$97,686 - $120,598
Income Estimation: 
$102,517 - $196,564
Income Estimation: 
$105,679 - $151,773
Income Estimation: 
$66,642 - $81,629
Income Estimation: 
$79,540 - $98,616
Income Estimation: 
$102,517 - $196,564
Income Estimation: 
$105,679 - $151,773

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs with skills like those required for the Field Operations Manager.

Click the checkbox next to the jobs that you are interested in.

  • Auditing Skill

    • Income Estimation: $72,432 - $98,680
    • Income Estimation: $67,980 - $94,578
  • Compliance Management Skill

    • Income Estimation: $115,593 - $148,606
    • Income Estimation: $116,868 - $167,665
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at Communication Data Link

  • Communication Data Link Grimes, IA
  • Communication Data Link is seeking a Drafting Technician to add to the department. This role will be responsible for an integral part of the initial stages... more
  • 5 Days Ago

  • Communication Data Link Grimes, IA
  • Communication Data Link is looking for a Mechanic to join our shop. We are looking for individuals that are looking to continue growing their career and ar... more
  • 5 Days Ago


Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Field Operations Manager jobs in the Grimes, IA area that may be a better fit.

  • Qcells EPC Ankeny, IA
  • Description Title: Field Operations Manager Department: Operation 1 Location: Ankeny, IA Supervisor: Senior Director of Construction FLSA Status: Exempt Po... more
  • 23 Days Ago

  • Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC Pleasant Hill, IA
  • Company Overview Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO) is part of Bridgestone Americas and employs over 22,000 teammates in North America. BSRO operates mor... more
  • 13 Days Ago

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!