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Form of workAbout Greenberry Industrial
Greenberry Industrial is an award-winning industrial contractor and fabricator. Based in Vancouver, Washington, and with offices and fabrication facilities throughout the U.S.A., Greenberry has grown to be one of the nation’s premier providers of industrial fabrication, general contracting, and mechanical installation services to clients in the industrial, pulp and paper, high-tech, and energy sectors.
For nearly 50 years, our business philosophy has been firmly entrenched in the bedrock of safety and quality. Our simple, yet vital mission drives our execution every day, both in the field and the shop: To be the truest construction company in America.
This focus has helped us earn a reputation for being collaborative, creative, and resourceful. And it’s what pushes us to continuously exceed client expectations and build trust not only with customers, but with our vendors and subcontractors.
Greenberry’s reputation, combined with a family-oriented culture has also helped us attract and maintain an army of skilled, disciplined, and dedicated craftspeople who are loyal to the company: Our average employee has 9 years of tenure, while our management team averages more than 25 years of industry experience and 14 years with Greenberry.
In 2015, Greenberry Industrial became a wholly owned subsidiary of Issaquah, Washington-based NAES Corporation, the largest independent services provider to the energy industry.
As part of the NAES family of companies, Greenberry has had the opportunity to bring our industry-leading capabilities to the NAES portfolio of clients throughout North America and expanding our presence in the oil & gas, industrial, energy, and pulp & paper markets.
Today, Greenberry proudly maintains a distinguished record as one of the industry’s safest fabrication and field services companies, which aligns perfectly with NAES’s core values.
Role Overview
The Chief Executive Officer will serve as a strategic leader with prior experience of working in a dynamic environment. Greenberry has achieved exponential growth in the past 12-18 months. The new CEO will build on this success and deliver the 3–5-year growth plan of the company. The CEO will be proactive in identifying opportunities to improve profits organically and via potential acquisitions. The successful CEO will be equally comfortable traveling to job sites and communicating with employees, customers, executives, and board members.
Primary Responsibilities
Candidate Requirements
The new CEO will be a uniquely talented and experienced executive with an extensive background that will enable the successful candidate to gain the trust and respect of all company stakeholders and provide strategic leadership for the company. Excellence in the basics as well as high-level strategic thinking are important attributes of the successful CEO. This individual must be a self- starter with the ability, drive, and discipline to achieve objectives and effectuate the company’s strategy. The successful candidate will be a team player and possess the initiative and creativity to plan, organize, control, and enhance the Company's relationships with customers and shareholders as well as mentor high-performance talent.
More specifically, the successful candidate will possess the following experience and qualifications:
- Successful leadership experience at an Executive level, preferably as a Division President or Corporate Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills
- High ethical standards and appropriate professional image
- Sound technical skills, analytical ability, good judgment and strong strategic focus
- Well organized, self-directed, and a team player
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing throughout different Company and client organization levels
- Working knowledge of one or more of these industries: power generation, oil and gas and process industrial
- Experience as an Executive or at Senior Management level within an Engineering, Construction and/or Technical Services Company
Key Responsibilities
The President and Chief Executive Officer is accountable to NAES Corporation and the Itochu Board of Directors for the direction, strategy, and financial success of Greenberry. Working with the Greenberry Executive Team, create, communicate, and implement Greenberry’ values and mission to deliver to customers and partners best in class safety, performance, and construction services.
More specifically, the successful candidate will perform the following responsibilities:
- Directs the development and management of short and long-range strategic and operational plans to achieve successful growth and stability for all segments of Greenberry
- Accountable for creating an environment and culture that focuses on fulfilling the organizations mission, vision and values
- Ensures the financial stability through continuous monitoring financial reporting, analysis and performance against budget and earnings goals. Ensures performance is continuously improved through the application of sound current quality improvement philosophies and business management tools and techniques.
- Oversees all operational and business activities while working towards meeting/exceeding customer value
- Ensures alignments of departments and function are consistent with operational objectives and inspire employee engagement, performance and provide opportunities for career development and growth
- Actively seeks out and evaluates long term growth opportunities through merger, acquisitions and partnership in alignment with long term strategy and BOD directives
- Coach, attract and retain a high-performance senior management team. The CEO will create a positive culture of productivity, communication, collaboration, and accountability.
- Implements systems and processes that assure compliance with all regulations governing industry specific segments and the rules of licensing bodies; assures the continuous monitoring of operations and programs and the implementation of changes where necessary to meet or exceed these requirements
Success Factors
The Chief Executive Officer will be taking on a critical role within the company and must have the ability to assume complete responsibility for this role and drive the business through an explosive growth cycle. The successful candidate must be a proven, capable executive with vision, creativity, and dynamism to ensure the company achieves its growth goals and delivers financial success to the shareholders.
In addition, the successful candidate will need to possess the following critical qualities and capabilities:
Servant Leadership / Humility: As a close-knit senior leadership team, Greenberry leaders are expected to wear multiple hats, roll up their sleeves and pitch in wherever possible to achieve the mission of delivering outstanding service and responsiveness to client needs. Big egos and “silo” mentalities are not accepted within the organization. Similarly, the ability to listen – to Greenberry colleagues as well as clients –will be a key attribute to success in this role.
Commercial Acumen and Strategic Thinking: The new CEO will possess strong business and financial acumen with an understanding of how to use metrics to make decisions and drive results. A very strong commercial/strategic orientation, capable of making decisions across the businesses, develop and execute business strategy.
Collaborative Leadership Style: The successful candidate will be a confident, but unpretentious, collaborative leader who recognizes that how things get done is just as important as what gets done. He/she will proactively work with and collaboratively engage with individuals and groups across Greenberry and NAES and be more focused on ensuring that the right things get done, rather than worrying about who will get credit for things done. He/she will earn the respect of the shareholders, fellow senior leaders, customers, and employees.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or energy related technical or scientific field is required, advanced degree or professional affiliation is preferred.
Greenberry Safe
Safety and quality require commitment, leadership, teamwork, adaptability, intelligence, and integrity. As a hallmark of the Greenberry business model, which has endured for more than 45 years in business, safety and quality must be completely aligned and integrated. Safety is our number one priority.
Compensation and Benefits
The initial compensation will range from $250,000 - $375,000 depending on experience and qualifications.
Benefits include:
- Medical/Rx benefits
- Dental
- Vision
- Benefits including telehealth, EAP and Health Advocate
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings accounts
- Company-paid life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- Optional employee-paid life and AD&D insurance for yourself and/or your family members
- Supplemental medical benefits including critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity coverage
- Short-term disability
- Company-paid long-term disability
- 401(k) plan
- Voluntary benefits including identity theft protection and auto/home insurance
It is the practice of Greenberry and NAES to seek employees of the highest quality and to select the individuals on the basis of merit and competence, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, military status or affiliation protected under USERRA, or any other basis of discrimination prohibited by applicable local, state and federal law.
