Erection Operations Manager

Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors
  • Avon, Indiana
    14 days ago

    Job Description

    Why Join Us

    At Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors, we believe success comes from hard work, teamwork, and continuous improvement. Our projects are challenging and rewarding, offering opportunities to lead field operations, improve organizational performance, and support critical infrastructure projects across the country. You'll join a team that values leadership, accountability, and operational excellence-where your decisions directly impact safety, productivity, and profitability.

    Company Overview

    Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors, LLC ("Phoenix"), founded in 1986 and headquartered in Avon, Indiana, is one of the nation's leading construction companies specializing in elevated water towers and storage tanks. Phoenix has constructed over 5,000 elevated water storage tanks throughout the United States and internationally. By employing our own field crews, Phoenix offers a turnkey operation including engineering, fabrication, foundation installation, field erection, field coating, and maintenance. Phoenix maintains the industry's highest-rated safety standards and has earned numerous "Tank of the Year" awards from the Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association, American Water Works Association, and Tnemec Industrial Coatings.

    Primary Duties & Responsibilities

    • Lead and support field operations personnel to ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, on schedule, and within budget.
    • Establish and maintain standardized operational processes, field reporting, and execution practices across all projects.
    • Monitor project performance, labor productivity, equipment utilization, quality, schedules, and operational costs while implementing corrective actions when necessary.
    • Review project budgets, forecasts, key performance indicators (KPIs), and operational metrics to improve profitability and efficiency.
    • Evaluate operational workflows and implement continuous improvement initiatives that enhance communication, productivity, and quality.
    • Lead change management initiatives and promote adoption of new processes, technologies, and best practices.
    • Spend approximately 25-50% of working time in the field observing operations, supporting crews, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
    • Build strong working relationships with field leadership while ensuring corporate initiatives are effectively communicated and executed.
    • Support workforce planning, staffing, succession planning, coaching, and leadership development for field personnel.
    • Collaborate with executive leadership on strategic planning, budgeting, organizational growth, equipment planning, and operational improvements.
    • Identify operational challenges early and develop sustainable solutions that improve overall project performance and accountability.

    Compensation

    • Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications
    • Performance-based bonus opportunities
    • Full-time position

    Benefits

    • 401(k) and 401(k) matching
    • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
    • Paid time off and holidays
    • Professional development and leadership growth opportunities

    Schedule

    • Full-time
    • Travel required (approximately 25-50%)
    • Flexibility to support field operations as business needs require

    Physical Requirements

    • Ability to travel regularly to active construction sites (approximately 25-50%)
    • Ability to walk active jobsites, climb ladders, navigate uneven terrain, and work in outdoor construction environments
    • Ability to remain on construction sites for extended periods while observing operations and supporting field personnel
    • Ability to occasionally lift and carry materials or equipment up to 50 pounds
    • Ability to work in varying weather conditions and around heavy construction equipment
     

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAvon, Indiana

    Skills

    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Budget Managementunmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Change Managementunmatched
    • Coachingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Constructionunmatched
    • Construction Equipmentunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Corrective Actionunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Groundskeepingunmatched
    • Heavy Equipment/Vehiclesunmatched
    • Improvement Metricsunmatched
    • Industrial Coatingunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Life Insuranceunmatched
    • Operational Auditunmatched
    • Operational Improvementunmatched
    • Operational Supportunmatched
    • Operations Managementunmatched
    • Operations Planningunmatched
    • Operations Processesunmatched
    • Organizational Development/Managementunmatched
    • Performance Analysisunmatched
    • Performance Managementunmatched
    • Performance Metricsunmatched
    • Physical Demandsunmatched
    • Profit & Lossunmatched
    • Project Trackingunmatched
    • Safety Standardsunmatched
    • Strategic Planningunmatched
    • Succession Planningunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Vision Planunmatched
    • Willing to Travelunmatched
    • Workflow Analysisunmatched
    • Workforce Planningunmatched

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