Director of Operations - Existing Building (Licensed Architect)

Job DetailsJob Location: The Colony, TX 75056Position Type: Full TimeSalary Range: $140,000.00 - $165,000.00 Salary/yearDepartment: Repair & Modernization

 

 

 

Job Summary:

We are seeking a driven, hands-on Licensed Architect (AIA) with a strong entrepreneurial mindset for our Director of Operations position. This role is responsible for both leading a small technical team and actively participating in project work. The Director of Operations is not a purely administrative or oversight role. This position requires direct involvement in managing and executing projects while guiding team performance and development.

The Director of Operations owns, executes, and interprets policies to ensure the successful day-to-day operation of the business group. This role sets the tone and standard for core values, technical excellence, and best practices while driving performance toward defined goals and objectives. The Director is a strategic leader who maintains alignment with Lerch Bates company-wide objectives while standardizing processes across the department.

Project work is focused on the repair, investigation, rehabilitation, and modernization of existing buildings and structures, rather than new ground-up construction. If you are looking for a leadership role where you can lead people, solve complex technical problems, and remain deeply engaged in project delivery, this could be the role for you.

 

 

 

About Lerch Bates:

Lerch Bates (LB) is a global technical consulting firm focused on improving how buildings perform for owners, designers, and the people who use them every day. For more than 75 years we’ve partnered on some of the world’s most complex and high‑profile projects. Today we provide Total Building Performance expertise that pairs Building Science and Building Flow with one integrated team delivery. Our work spans design, construction, investigation, repair, management and modernization with one consistent goal: helping clients make confident, well‑informed decisions in an increasingly complex Built Environment.

We are each 100% equal owners in the LB ESOP, which drives our ownership mindset and shapes everything we do. At Lerch Bates, your expertise matters, your voice carries weight and your work directly contributes to our shared success as OneLB. We invest in professional growth, collaboration, and technical excellence, supporting challenging and meaningful work alongside people who care about getting it right. If you’re motivated by solving real problems, working on impactful projects, and being part of a team that truly owns both the work and the outcome, you’re ready to be more than an employee. You’re ready to be an employee-owner. 

 

 

 

What You’ll Do:

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed in this position. They are not intended to prescribe or restrict the assignments that management may make.

Leadership


Leads and manages a small, in-office team
Focuses on the team to identify and implement personal development opportunities, whether technical, project management, or personal.
Leads, trains, and mentors team members by acting as Project Manager and technical contributors on select projects, while meeting individual utilization expectations.
Facilitates monthly one-on-one meetings with each direct report using a standardized one-on-one meeting tool.
Oversees Business Operations Specialist by ensuring contracts are added and updated, bi-weekly internal contracts meetings are held, and periodic client outreach occurs.
Participates in company-wide initiatives as required


Operations


Responsible for the successful coordination and hands-on execution of smaller, quick-turnaround projects and larger, highly complex, longer-cycle projects.
Performs active project work related to existing building investigations, repairs, rehabilitation, and modernization efforts, not new building design or construction.
Leads or co-leads scheduling resources to achieve individual and team utilization targets as well as revenue goals.
Reviews Consultant and Specialist level deliverables for content, consistency, and compliance while ensuring reporting standards and delivery timelines.
Evaluates the two-week lookahead to ensure the team is efficiently deployed and coordinated.
Provides technical assistance and staffing input on proposals to the Market Development team.
Creates draft and submits final invoices consistent with timelines provided by accounting.
Provides high-touch engagement with clients on complex or sensitive projects.
Builds and maintains strong working relationships with new and existing clients


Strategy


Anticipates and communicates changes regarding clients, the local market, or industry.
Develop plans to optimize opportunities or mitigate challenges.
Generate revenue projections and provide status updates dur