Field Installation Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and skilled training for the implementation of projects involving molecular filtration, fluid and heat transfer systems, and general sanitary process piping installations at customer facilities. Maintains Companies integrity, professionalism, and profitability during project execution. This is a highly visible leadership position. The Field Install Supervisor/Piping PM must exhibit emotional  composure, be a logical problem solver, and have a willingness to work with many personality types to achieve solutions that are reasonable and fair to all parties.
• Supervise and train the field installation personnel. This includes but is not limited to the hiring of personnel, performance measurement (Performance Reviews), teaching/training of skills required for process piping (i.e., layout, pipe fitting, welding, finishing, rigging, equipment setting, etc.), conducting both commendation and disciplinary action as required.
• Schedule field service personnel and source subcontracted employees as required to meet manpower needs.
• Communicate with customers including travel to customers’ facilities for meetings, collection of information for installation, technical process parameters, and production downtimes.
• On larger installations, assist the Process Project Managers with technical oversight of installation personnel.
• Provide internal coordination of material ordering, installation equipment, and onsite piping to keep assigned projects on schedule.
• Monitor and track the progress of assigned projects through material ordering, fabrication, installation, and in some cases start[1]up of system. Ensure that contractual scope and specified requirements are being met.
• Monitor and track the fiscal progress of assigned projects (material and labor) to stay within the budgeted cost.
• Must be willing to communicate honestly with customers, in a timely manner, to address technical, schedule, or fiscal discrepancies as well as obtain approvals and informational needs.
• Prepare of Change Orders for assigned projects when scope additions are requested by the customer.
• Work with the Sales and Estimating Departments by traveling to customer facilities to determine installation scope and labor time required. Also, to assist in the acquisition of new accounts by working with the Process Piping/Fabrication Sales representative(s).
• Create and manage project schedules for assigned projects.
• Must provide sufficient on-site presence for direction of personnel as well as the coordination with the customer and other trades to keep project schedule and scope on track. The amount of time needed on-site will vary depending on the specific project and customer.
• Ability to travel approximately 50% of the time which will involve overnight stays. Mostly in the Midwest region of the U.S. but does include other parts of the U.S. and occasional international locations. Must be able to acquire a Passport and maintain personnel background such that individual can enter Canada for contract employment.
• Must have and maintain a valid Driver’s License.
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedure