General Manager – Residential Home Services (HVAC & Plumbing)Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Confidential Search
The Opportunity:
A PE-backed home services platform is hiring a General Manager to lead its Fort Lauderdale business. The location has a well-established plumbing operation that is tracking to its 2026 budget, plus a younger HVAC business with a lot of room to grow. This role is for an HVAC operator who has scaled a residential services business before and wants to do it again, with the backing, resources and equity upside to make it count.
Role Summary:
You'll have full ownership of the location's performance. Most of your focus will go on growing HVAC (revenue, technician capacity, sales performance and profitability) while keeping the plumbing business running well. As the platform grows, you'll also have the chance to help integrate tuck-in acquisitions in the market. It's a hands-on leadership role with a clear mandate to build.
Key Responsibilities:
Own the full P&L and overall performance of the Fort Lauderdale location Grow the HVAC business toward plan and beyond, building on a strong plumbing foundation Lead, coach and develop a leadership team of 5 direct reports Raise standards across operational efficiency, service quality, customer experience and accountability Support the integration and performance of future tuck-in acquisitions Work closely with the Regional Operations Director on strategy, planning and results
What You'll Bring:
Proven leadership experience in residential HVAC. This is required, and we can't consider adjacent industries for this roleA track record of growing a home services business through a build-and-scale phase Experience leading teams through growth, integration and process improvement The ability to drive daily execution while building for long-term scaleA commercial, results-driven mindset and the credibility to lead from the front Compensation
Base salary: $170,000–$200,000
Bonus:
50% targetLTIP: $400,000 target Interested, or know someone who'd be a strong fit? All enquiries are handled in confidence, and we offer a referral fee for successful introductions.zara.sandouk@seven-exec.com
