Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.-based construction companies. With more than 5,700 employee-owners, Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.

Austin Industrial, Inc. delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to the nation’s leading producers of oil, gas & chemicals; energy; and manufactured goods. As a merit shop, employee-owned company that self-performs more than 95% of a typical project scope, we pride ourselves on helping our customers maximize their return on investment.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• HSE Personnel
• Quality Personnel
• General Foreman
• Foreman
• Field Office Manager

Functional Areas of Responsibility

• Project management
• Develop and manage teams
• Contract administration
• Customer relationships
• Recruit foreman and hourly trade personnel
• Site logistics planning
• Scheduling reporting and performance
• Job cost administration and forecasting
• Productivity performance
• Equipment and vehicle management
• Coordinate subcontractors and suppliers
• Compliance with company policies and procedures
• Participate in annual reviews of subordinates

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Contract Administration

• Know the prime contract and ensure all reporting obligations and deliverables are identified and complied with.
• Manage cost budget within markup components.
• Holds customers, subcontractors, and vendors accountable to the performance of agreements.

Cost and Productivity Management

• Analyze budget and quantity updates for job cost reporting.
• Ensure daily time and required reporting are completed timely and accurately.
• Execute the weekly maintenance schedule by delegating work to front line supervisors.
• Ensure site supervision has the opportunity to review scheduled work prior to execution. Supervise high risk jobs to ensure proper skill sets, safety equipment, PPE, and process are utilized.
• Manage the efficient use of the Austin equipment, vehicles, and tools.

Scheduling

• Maintain manpower levels required to execute schedule work. Communicate manpower needs or shortages to Austin site leadership and scheduler.
• Schedule and coordinate all resources as needed to meet execution requirements.
• Participate in weekly schedule reviews prior to the finalization of the upcoming week’s schedule. Provide feedback to the Customer on the work schedule.
• Review “Look Ahead” schedules and schedule updates.

Quality

• Ensure work is in compliance with all applicable quality requirements.
• Ensure timely inspection of work in progress to ensure that work put in place is in accordance with Customer plans and specifications. Ensure that uniformly high standards of quality are established and maintained throughout the project.
• Maintain accurate documentation of inspections and quality reviews, ensuring follow up inspections for all non-compliant work.

Relationships

• Provide leadership to the project team to promote safety, quality, teamwork, respect, and efficiency.
• Develop and maintain the trust of Customer representatives.
• Effective working relationships with subcontractors and suppliers.

Safety and Environmental

• When required, serve as the senior safety representative on site.
• Lead their team to achieve the company objectives for safety performance. Instill and reinforce a culture of safe work practices throughout the project.
• Responsible to report any safety incidents, near misses, injuries, and quality issues to the Operations Manager, Site or Regional HSE representative. Participate in the incident investigations and is accountable to execute action items.
• Perform safety observations and ensure correction of hazardous conditions.
• Assist in development of project specific safety plans.
• Ensure all environmental obligations required by contract and regulatory agencies are fulfilled.

Other

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education

• Two or four year degree/certificate preferred; will consider equivalent work history in craft, training, supervisory, or other related experience.
• CMRP or CMRT certification preferred.

Experience

• Minimum of ten years of industrial maintenance and/or construction experience.
• Five to seven years of front line or General Foreman supervisory experience in petrochemical plants or refineries.

Technical Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively. Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employee owners.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point).
• Demonstrate working knowledge of maintenance reliability, plant equipment, planning, scheduling, and work execution.
• Understanding of maintenance execution best practices.
• Read and interpret project drawings and specifications.
• Ability to determine labor and equipment requirements are in line with the needs of the maintenance schedule.
• Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures concerning employment, compensation, HSE, employee relations, etc.
• Contribute to project pursuit efforts and effectively present to groups or in interviews for project competitions.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)