Streetlighting Manager

Street Lighting Manager – Rockville / Montgomery County / Gaithersburg

Lighting Maintenance Inc. (LMI) is seeking an experienced Street Lighting Manager to lead and grow its Rockville-area Street Lighting Division, supporting municipal contracts for the City of Rockville, Montgomery County, and the City of Gaithersburg. This role is responsible for day-to-day execution of outage response, pole setting, LED conversions, and ongoing maintenance while ensuring efficient use of manpower, tight inventory control, contract compliance, and profitability.

This is a permanent, long-term leadership position with clear growth potential.

Essential Functions

Operations & Contract Execution

• Manage municipal street lighting contracts, including outage response, knockdowns, pole setting, and LED conversion programs.


• Plan, schedule, and oversee daily and weekly work for outage crews, construction crews, and knockdown teams.


• Ensure response times, production rates, and quality standards meet or exceed contract requirements.


• Coordinate traffic control, inspections, and utility coordination as required by each municipality.


• Serve as the primary point of contact for municipal clients regarding field operations and service delivery.

Manpower & Productivity

• Evaluate workload and schedule work to maximize crew productivity and minimize downtime.


• Balance staffing levels across outage, construction, and conversion work.


• Monitor crew performance, production metrics, and rework trends; implement corrective action when needed.


• Approve timesheets and ensure labor is coded correctly to the proper contract and work type.

Inventory & Materials Management

• Maintain proper inventory levels for poles, fixtures, arms, bases, wire, fuses, photocells, and LED components.


• Forecast material needs based on outage trends, LED conversion schedules, and planned construction.


• Control material usage, reduce waste, and prevent job delays caused by poor inventory planning.


• Coordinate with purchasing and warehouse staff to ensure timely replenishment and accurate tracking.

Estimating & Cost Control

• Prepare estimates for service work, pole replacements, LED conversions, and supplemental municipal projects.


• Track job costs, labor efficiency, and material usage to protect margins.


• Review and approve customer requests, change orders, and supplemental work authorizations.


• Support accurate and timely billing by ensuring complete documentation is submitted from the field.

Customer & Stakeholder Management

• Maintain strong working relationships with municipal representatives, inspectors, and engineers.


• Resolve customer issues quickly and professionally.


• Conduct site visits and quality control inspections to verify completed work.


• Represent LMI with a high level of professionalism to clients, vendors, and internal teams.

Leadership & Safety

• Recruit, train, and develop field personnel and supervisors.


• Serve as a subject matter expert to determine task qualifications and crew assignments.


• Promote safe work practices and enforce all safety policies.


• Investigate incidents and accidents and implement corrective actions.


• Communicate expectations clearly and hold teams accountable for results.

Reporting & Administration

• Ensure timely and accurate completion of work orders, outage reports, inspection forms, and required municipal documentation.


• Track KPIs related to outages completed, poles set, LEDs converted, labor efficiency, and safety.


• Meet or exceed annual revenue and profit goals for the street lighting division.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrated experience managing municipal street lighting or utility maintenance contracts.


• Strong working knowledge of street lighting systems, LED retrofits, pole installations, and maintenance practices.


• Ability to manage multiple crews and work types simultaneously.


• Strong understanding of productivity, cost control, and inventory management.


• Ability to grow and manage a portfolio of municipal service work.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of management experience in street lighting, electrical utility, or municipal maintenance.


• Electrical field experience required.


• Estimating and/or project management experience preferred.


• Licensed Master Electrician preferred.


• Experience working directly with municipalities and end-user clients.


• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.


• Strong time management, follow-up, and documentation skills.


• Ability to interact professionally with field staff, management, vendors, and municipal clients.


• Computer proficiency required: Outlook, Word, Excel, and accounting or service management software.