Fabrication Operations Manager

About the role

Lead the overall performance and continued development of McCarl's heavy industrial fabrication business, including the Aliquippa and Muncy operations, focused on process piping and modular/skid fabrication for the power, oil & gas, chemical, and industrial manufacturing markets. This is a business and operations leadership role, with responsibility for integrating customer needs, estimating, project execution, resource planning, technology, and shop production to achieve safe, predictable, and profitable fabrication performance.

There is a reason why McCarl's is consistently ranked among the leading industrial contractors in the country: the caliber of our people. We are committed to recruiting and retaining professional, dependable team members who are dedicated to customer satisfaction, exceptional job performance, and attention to detail. We build upon this strong foundation by offering ongoing training, career development, and opportunities for growth.

Responsibilities

• Own execution of the Fabrication Business Plan (including future fabrication units), including revenue, backlog, margin, capacity utilization, productivity, and overall operational performance.
• Lead implementation and adoption of fabrication technology, automation, MSUITE, digital material tracking, production dashboards, and data-driven planning. Ensure technology investments translate into measurable improvements in productivity, capacity, quality, and cost.
• Provide leadership for fabrication estimating, Project Management, and Project Engineering. Serve as the primary fabrication interface with Central Estimating on large multi-craft opportunities and maintain accountability for project cost, schedule, and customer commitments.
• Convert backlog and forecasted work into forward-looking capacity, manpower, material, drawing, and production plans across both fabrication facilities. Provide leadership and accountability to shop production management for safety, quality, throughput, productivity, and schedule attainment.
• Maintain and develop relationships with owners, EPCs, mechanical contractors, and other customers within targeted industrial markets. Understand customer needs, identify fabrication-only opportunities, and help build repeat business and sustainable backlog.
• Develop and lead the Fabrication PM, Project Engineering, Procurement, Planning, and Production teams while effectively integrating QA/QC, Safety, Engineering/Design, Coatings, Central Estimating, and other