Senior Manager, Fleet & Program Operations
ICON · Austin, TX · 2 wk ago
On-siteManagementFull-time
Fleet Strategy & Deployment Planning
- Develop fleet strategy for upcoming projects by forecasting equipment needs, partnering/coordinating with business development on pipeline, and planning capacity against the master schedule.
- Own the master fleet deployment calendar, maintaining real-time knowledge of every printer’s location, status, readiness, and next assignment across all ICON projects.
- Develop and execute the Deployment Gantt for each project — the governing timeline that informs steps, ownership, and sequencing across Inventory, Manufacturing, Print Operations, and Mobility teams.
- Chair regular planning meetings with team leaders to surface issues, track status, communicate needs, and maintain a rolling two-week look-ahead across all active deployments.
- Lead multi-month pre-deployment coordination cycles, driving cross-functional alignment from initial scoping through on-time mobilization.
- Conduct site assessments to understand site constraints, receiving areas, and storage requirements prior to deployment.
- Manage deployment-scale logistics for fleet moves involving 200+ steel sets, 200+ rail sections, 220+ crane mats, and 30,000+ inventoried parts per major mobilization.
Continuous Improvement
- Maintain and continuously improve the ICON Deployment Processes, encompassing the software suite currently used for communications, real-time policy updates, procedures, and lessons learned.
- Analyze printer data sources and performance KPIs to identify areas for operational improvement as a result of downtime investigations.
- Spearhead all Logistics related ICON Processes, with adequate data for decision-making that optimizes overall fleet productivity.
Mobilization & Return-to-Ready
- Oversee HQ staging and verification of all printer Bills of Materials (BOMs) — packout kits, tooling, rail systems, site equipment, and spares.
- Guide the execution of the Pre-Mobilization Checklist for each Vulcan and Magma printer unit, ensuring sign-off before any equipment departs for a project site.
- Coordinate truckload planning and scheduling for all outbound shipments — 53ft flatbeds, hotshots, tilt beds, and box trucks — sequenced around printer readiness dates.
- Partner with Sustaining Engineering and Field Engineering teams to ensure each printer has completed Preventative Maintenance, walkthroughs, and final sign-off before deployment.
- Track and publish real-time mobilization status across the fleet, including outbound shipment schedules to all stakeholders and ensure all printers, spare units, and associated equipment are accounted for.
- Sequence printer delivery so equipment never blocks downstream trades on the construction schedule.
- Own the end-to-end demobilization process — cleaning, preventive maintenance, mechanical/electrical breakdown, and staging for outbound shipment.
Team Management
- Build team capacity to scale alongside ICON's growing project portfolio — including onboarding new hires, developing cross-training programs, and ensuring operational coverage across concurrent deployments.
- Partner with Print Operations leadership and HR to identify headcount needs, define roles, and recruit talent with relevant heavy logistics, field operations, or fleet management backgrounds.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and field-ready execution across the team.
Minimum Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in field logistics, heavy equipment mobilization, construction operations management, or fleet management within high-throughput, multi-site operating environments.
- 5+ years of people management experience, including cross-functional team coordination.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate multi-truck, multi-site logistics operations involving oversized or specialized equipment.
- Strong proficiency with inventory management systems (e.g., NetSuite) and construction project management platforms (e.g., Procore).
- Experience creating and managing Bills of Materials (BOMs), packout checklists, and mobilization tracking documentation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for multi-stakeholder coordination across field, HQ, supply chain, and engineering teams.
- Able to operate effectively in dynamic, fast-paced field environments with competing priorities across multiple teams.
- Valid driver’s license; ability to travel up to 50% to project sites for extended periods.
Prior Experience
- Experience with large-scale construction or MILCON (military construction) projects.
- Familiarity with 3D printing, advanced manufacturing, or construction technology equipment.
- Experience managing crane mats, rail systems, or heavy manufacturing infrastructure.
- Knowledge of DOT freight regulations, hotshot logistics, and flatbed/tilt-bed load requirements.
- Prior experience with Gantt-based mobilization planning and milestone-based scheduling.
- Leverage of Lean construction/process certifications.
- Experience in highly dynamic, high-performance environments.