[Hiring] Enterprise Project & Fab Leader @EMCOR Construction Services

Role Description

EMCOR Construction Services, Inc. (ECS) seeks an Enterprise Project & Fab Leader. The Enterprise Project & Fab Leader is a highly respected professional and mentor with strong field credibility. This person has demonstrated Prefabrication & Fabrication expertise in Mechanical piping, Plumbing, Sheet metal/HVAC and has prior experience in Project Executive, Operations Management, Fabrication/Prefab leadership roles. Responsibilities include but are not limited to performing routine oversight and mentoring of an assigned selection of operating companies.

ECS HQ is based out of McLean, Virginia. However, candidates in other locations and meeting the requirements below may be considered.

Compensation Range: $175,000 - $225,000. This position is bonus eligible.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Visit operating companies to assess and support project teams and fabrication processes (up to 40%-50% travel).
• Assess execution rigor and field performance.
• Support operating company with turnaround situations where execution is the issue.
• Help operating company enhance productivity and predictability in the field.
• Strengthen prefabrication and fabrication integration.
• Mentor and provide guidance on local projects or fabrication shops.
• Evaluate and support operating company project teams and fabrication operations with improving project control systems.
• Participate in activities to support faster stabilization of new acquisitions.
• Transfer best practices across operating companies.
• Develop a project execution playbook that embraces autonomous processes while maintaining common standards.
• Understand when prefab adds value and when it does not.
• Improve coordination between fab shop and field teams.
• Evaluate shop productivity and workflow and support operating company with improving processes.
• Strengthen material flow and readiness.
• Align prefab strategy with estimating and procurement.
• Ensure installation teams are prepared for prefab integration.
• Assess and support operating company with project and fabrication cost tracking and forecasting methods.
• Evaluate and support operating company project teams and fabrication operations with productivity measurement approaches.
• Support project teams and fabrication operations with labor planning and crew sizing.
• Assess and assist operating company with developing/improving fabrication shop workflows.
• Support fabrication operations with prefab integration into field operations.
• Evaluate and support project teams and fabrication operations with schedule management discipline.
• Assess operating company change order management processes and identify opportunities for improvement of processes.
• Support project teams and fabrication operations with field reporting and communication cadence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction or related areas of study or field experience.
• Minimum of 10-15 years experience in Mechanical Piping, Plumbing, Sheet Metal/HVAC.
• Experience must include prior experience as a Project Executive, Operations Manager, Fabrication/Prefab Leader or Senior Project leader working for a $100 million+ contractor.
• Successful leadership of larger projects specializing in Mechanical Piping, Plumbing, Sheet Metal/HVAC work. Fire Protection experience a plus.
• Market/Sector experience managing Data Centers/Mission Critical, Advanced Manufacturing/Semiconductor, Large Healthcare, Complex Commercial Construction projects.
• Demonstrated Prefabrication & Fabrication expertise.
• Experience managing large, complex multi-trade projects is strongly preferred.
• Exposure to high-reliability environments (schedule + quality critical) strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated working knowledge and understanding of integrated fabrication strategies strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated System & Technical Competency evaluating and improving project controls systems, cost tracking and forecasting methods, productivity measurement approaches, labor planning, fabrication shop workflows, prefab integration into field operations, schedule management discipline and change order management processes.
• Experience with project execution playbook development that streamlines workflows and standardizes processes for project or fabrication operations in the construction industry.
• Proven track record of leading projects while maintaining a commitment to Ethics and Safety.

Requirements

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications.
• Experience with Accubid, Procore, Bluebeam or other construction software.
• Familiarity with construction/financial software packages.
• Must have the demonstrated ability to effectively communicate in English, cooperate, and collaborate with multiple levels of customers, employees, unions, government agencies, vendors and suppliers, and other contractor organizations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to sit, see, talk, and hear.
• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Regularly required to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• May be required to commute to field locations and travel by plane and/or car 40-60% of the time.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Typical office environment conditions except when visiting field locations.
• Field environments may vary based on project, manufacturing, or weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.