Traveling Senior Equipment Specialist - FEC

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Serve as point of contact for multiple and complex project teams and on-site rental vendors to understand, confirm, manage and implement equipment needs, and implementations.
• Visit project sites to establish presence with stakeholders to manage on-site equipment requirements, maintenance, and transition of construction equipment to/from yard.
• Contribute to on-site equipment rental program preconstruction efforts, including but not limited to client and rental vendor interviews, bidding, leveling, and award bids to rental vendors.
• Foster environment for inclusiveness for vendor consideration.
• Manage vendor equipment costs and trends, understand and track economic and industry impacts to forecasting and projected earnings, and communicate changes to project stakeholders.
• Contribute information related to project-specific cost control, budgeting, and forecasting for reporting related to equipment operations.
• Provide exceptional customer service and timely communication with project team stakeholders and on-site trade and rental vendors for relationship development and service excellence.
• Contribute to project culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Provide support for end-user system troubleshooting related to rental software, and inventory and contract management systems for on-site equipment rental programs.
• Support project teams and vendors adoption and adherence to systems.
• Monitor utilization of rental equipment use and track vendor billing, and accuracy of customer invoices for on-site equipment rental programs.
• Develop and maintain on-going vendor relationships to promote reliability and high service standards throughout projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited degree program and minimum of 6 years of experience in construction rentals, logistics, equipment, or warehouse management, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Working knowledge of construction equipment, jobsite logistics, and equipment maintenance requirements.
• Working knowledge of financial principles, Profit & Loss (P&L), cost control, and budget forecasting.
• Active listening skills and responsive with strong follow-up practices.
• Highly organized to manage On-site Equipment Rental Programs (OERP) on project site or yard, and in support of construction operations.
• Process skills to think through logistics and communicate expectations.
• Apply analytical thinking to manage through complex decisions and judgments.
• Project management experience and able to manage and prioritize competing demands.
• Professional presentation delivery with ability to influence and engage with internal and external stakeholders.
• Professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiar with equipment rental software (e.g., Wynne RentalMan) and P2P systems (e.g., Coupa).
• Experience with implementing continuous improvement concepts, methodologies, and tools (e.g., 5S or Lean).
• Embrace change and quick learner to adopt processes, information, and technology enhancements.
• Proficient computer skills, Microsoft Office suite of applications, and database applications.
• Regular travel.