Benefits:

Bonus based on performance

Paid time off

Competitive salary

About Brightline Painting

Who we are

We’re a professional services firm (think: accounting firm) masquerading as a paint and drywall company. We’re building a market-leading, industry-changing home services company.

What We Believe: The trades are broken

-Home Builders all have horror stories about working with their contractors.

-Contractors are overworked and run their business by the seat of their pants - these are not professionally built organizations.

-Employees who work for painting companies are overworked, underpaid, and stressed out.

We believe the best and most successful business is the business where everyone wins...

We aspire to attract those who share our values

Virtue: Operate with integrity, accountability, and truth; building character.

Courage: Consistently speak up and act, especially when difficult; confront problems directly.

Ownership: Take full responsibility for all work from start to finish; step up and solve problems proactively.

Teamwork: Commit to supporting and protecting the crew; share the load for collective success.

Growth: Embrace a mindset of continuous daily improvement through discipline and process.

Position Summary

The Area Manager owns day-to-day operations and P&L performance across our Savannah and Charleston markets. You'll lead 6–8 Field Managers across both markets, own builder relationships at the operational level, and drive gross margin performance through pricing discipline, labor productivity, and cost control..

You report directly to the Division Manager and serve as the operational bridge between field execution and division strategy. Your success creates the repeatable model Brightline uses to scale into new markets.

Key Responsibilities

Market P&L Performance: Own gross margin targets for Savannah and Charleston. Drive profitability through pricing discipline, labor productivity, cost controls, and waste reduction at the lot level.

Field Manager Leadership & Development: Recruit, coach, and retain high-performing Field Managers. Build a bench so your markets never miss a beat. Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development conversations. Hold the standard.

Builder Relationship Management: Serve as the primary operational contact for builders in your markets. Lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with assigned builders in partnership with the Division Manager. Own operational performance review, schedule commitments, and quality metrics. Escalate contract expansion or strategic issues to Division Manager.

Continuously assess each Field Manager's workload using builder complexity scoring, lot counts, and production velocity. Reallocate builders or neighborhoods proactively to prevent burnout and missed schedules. Your job is to keep FMs in the green zone—not heroically managing overload.

Quality & Delivery Execution: Drive ≥95% on-time job completion and ≤5% callback rates. Ensure field teams follow Brightline's quality standards, safety protocols, and scheduling commitments without exception.

Operational Systems & Compliance: Ensure 90%+ lot-level cost capture (labor + materials), payroll/job costing workflow compliance, and accurate data in Monday.com and QuickBooks. If the data isn't right, the decisions won't be either.

Required

3–5 years of multi-site operations leadership in residential construction, trades, or a related field-based industry

Proven P&L ownership with demonstrated margin improvement results

Experience managing and developing 5+ field supervisors or crew leaders across multiple sites, with demonstrated ability to coach performance, address conflict, and build accountability without micromanaging

Strong builder, contractor, or customer relationship management skills

Comfortable with job costing, labor tracking, and operational dashboards (Monday.com, QuickBooks, or similar)

Willingness to travel regularly between Savannah and Charleston (and to job sites within each market)

Preferred

Some Secondary Education

Experience in residential painting, drywall, or related trades

Background in production homebuilder environments

Track record of building teams or operations in a growth-stage company

Familiarity with LEAN principles or continuous improvement methodologies

Military leadership experience welcomed