Chief Operating Officer (COO) – Sports Construction

Company Overview:
- Sport Surfaces is a U.S. sports construction company based in West Palm Beach, Florida.
- The company builds and resurfaces sports courts and athletic facilities across three brands.
- The team spans the U.S., Argentina, Brazil, Nicaragua, and Moldova.

Role Overview:
- The Chief Operating Officer will run daily operations so the owner can focus on sales, new products, and growth.
- The position oversees 3 Project Managers, 3 site superintendents, 6 crew leads, and the Office Manager.
- Responsibilities include ensuring projects finish on schedule and on margin, and establishing Buildertrend, Salesforce, and QuickBooks Online as the primary systems of record.

Daily Operations:
- Run daily operations across 10+ concurrent construction projects.
- Manage crew loading, scheduling, subcontractor sequencing, and material lead times.
- Review job costs weekly, catch overruns early, and protect gross margin on every job and change order.
- Lead, develop, and hold accountable the project managers, site superintendents, and crew leads.
- Enforce the sales to project management to field handoff process in Buildertrend and Salesforce using active dashboards.
- Make operating decisions independently and maintain communication with the owner through a short weekly ops report and a 15-minute call.
- Travel to Florida job sites when needed.

Required Qualifications:
- Experience running a construction or field-services operation of 10–50 people with a title carrying real authority.
- Documented history of owning a profit and loss or job-cost margin.
- Ability to state the revenue managed and the margin measured.
- Hands-on field experience managing crews, subcontractors, and site superintendents.
- Proven ability to fix jobs that went sideways.
- Proficiency in project-management or CRM platforms such as Buildertrend, Procore, or Salesforce.
- Fluent English skills.
- Availability from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. U.S. Eastern time.
- Ability to work as an independent contractor paid from the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Background in sports courts, paving, concrete, asphalt, sitework, or other outdoor construction.
- Experience working remotely for a U.S. company.

Compensation and Logistics:
- Compensation is approximately USD $100,000 per year as an independent contractor.
- Bonus structure is tied to on-time delivery and gross margin.
- The hiring process includes a 20-minute English screening call, a 60-minute interview with the owner, and two reference checks.

Location: Remote - Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Skills required for this job:

• Construction activities
• Customer relationship management (CRM)
• Job costing
• Profit and loss management (P&L management)
• Remote working