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About the Role

Manage and educate the operations crew, ensuring safe structures, equipment, and the shop. This role is a first-line management position within the operations department, requiring a safety-oriented leader who can motivate the team through positive leadership and hands-on training.

Responsibilities

Manage the safety program, including hosting monthly safety meetings, ensuring correct safety clothing and equipment usage, and performing monthly safety observations.
Oversee the maintenance and appearance of structures and Lamar-owned properties, ensuring correct advertisement installation, vegetation maintenance, and proper structure maintenance and upgrades.
Manage major construction projects, including negotiating with subcontractors/vendors, purchasing materials, and interacting with lessors.
Oversee expenses and ensure the operations department remains within budget.
Track inventory.
Plan daily duties and routes for the operations crew, routing schedules based on installation and maintenance needs.
On occasion, install and maintain billboards.

Requirements

Working knowledge of personal computers, including Microsoft Office suite for business correspondence and spreadsheets.
Skill in setting priorities that accurately reflect the importance of job responsibilities.
Skill in establishing rapport, encouraging individuals professionally, and listening perceptively.
Skill in mediating between parties and groups.
Skill in working as part of a team, collaborating with employees, and maintaining good working relationships.
Skill in management, including organizing objectives, delegating responsibility, training, evaluating subordinate effectiveness, and administering discipline.
Detailed knowledge of building and dismantling structures, installing and uninstalling advertisements, electrical upkeep, and vegetation maintenance as it pertains to billboards.
Detailed knowledge of Lamar, OSHA, DOT, federal and state safety regulations.
Ability to understand and operate within a set budget.
Detailed knowledge of the inventory/market and obstacles of each structure in the market.
Ability to drive safely in a company vehicle.
Must have a recommendation from Area Field Manager, Territory Manager, or Regional Manager.
Only candidates with U.S. work authorization not requiring sponsorship will be considered.

Skills

Microsoft Office suite
Setting priorities
Establishing rapport
Encouraging individuals
Listening perceptively
Mediating
Team collaboration
Maintaining good working relationships
Management
Organizing objectives
Delegating responsibility
Training
Evaluating subordinate effectiveness
Administering discipline
Building and dismantling structures
Installing and uninstalling advertisements
Electrical upkeep
Vegetation maintenance
Lamar safety regulations
OSHA safety regulations
DOT safety regulations
Federal safety regulations
State safety regulations
Budget management
Inventory tracking
Safe driving

Location

Latham, New York
Albany, NY

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite

Experience Level

2 years of Operations experience in the outdoor advertising industry or equivalent experience in a safety-related position
1 year of supervisory experience preferred

Education Level

High school diploma required
A one-year certificate or training from a college or technical school in welding, construction, electrical, or related field is preferred.
An OSHA safety certification is preferred.
Other equivalent combination of education & experience

Salary/Compensations

First-year earning potential of $65,000 - $75,000 / year, including bonus opportunities

Benefits

Monday-Friday 6a-2p work schedule
120 hours of paid time off (PTO) that increases with tenure
12 paid company holidays, including Presidents' Day and Juneteenth
Comprehensive training program
Career advancement opportunities
Ongoing professional development and internal leadership programs
Multiple medical plan options and health savings account
Hospital, Critical Illness, and Accident coverage
Short & long-term disability and paid parental leave
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
401k plan with company match
Up to $1,200 value in employer-paid HSA contributions and cash rewards for engaging in wellness program

About the Company

Founded in 1902, Lamar Advertising Company is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world with over 360,000 displays across the United States and Canada.
Lamar helps local businesses and national brands reach broad audiences through billboards, interstate logos, handpainted murals, transportation and airports, and the largest network of digital billboards in the United States.
The company operates with honesty and integrity, is open with employees, transparent with customers, and loyal to communities.
Each office has its own culture and family atmosphere, fostering local and national connection.
Committed to sustainable and environmentally friendly business practices.
Lamar is a certified Great Place to Work, with 88% of employees in agreement.
Named a “Best Company to Work For” in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking.

Equal Opportunity

Lamar is an EEO/AA employer including Individuals with Disabilities, Protected Veterans, and any other State or Federally Protected characteristic.