Mechanical Site Manager (Special Projects) Austin Industrial

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industries is one of the nations largest most diversified U.S.-based construction companies. With more than 5700 employee-owners Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil commercial and industrial construction service through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.

Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance construction and soft craft services to the nations leading producers of oil gas and chemicals energy and manufactured goods. As a merit shop employee-owned company that self-performs more than 95% of a typical project scope we take pride in helping customers maximize their return on investment while maintaining an unwavering commitment to safety quality and operational excellence.

Position Summary

The Site Manager (Mechanical) is responsible for the overall leadership execution and performance of mechanical maintenance and construction operations at an assigned customer site. This position provides direct oversight for mechanical work activities including fixed equipment piping structural steel rotating equipment and turnaround execution while ensuring safe cost-effective and high-quality project delivery.

The Site Manager serves as the primary customer interface and is accountable for workforce planning contract administration financial performance safety leadership employee development and customer satisfaction. The successful candidate will possess strong mechanical expertise and a proven ability to lead maintenance and construction teams in industrial environments.

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Operations

• Lead all site mechanical maintenance and construction activities in accordance with customer requirements and Austin Industrial standards.
• Develop and execute site strategies to achieve operational excellence customer satisfaction and business growth.
• Review and manage work scopes schedules budgets and resource requirements.
• Participate in customer planning meetings schedule reviews and turnaround planning sessions.
• Coordinate craft labor supervision subcontractors equipment and materials to support scheduled work.
• Develop workforce plans to support routine maintenance outages capital projects and turnaround activities.
• Ensure effective utilization of company equipment tools and resources.
• Maintain site logistics plans that support safe and efficient work execution.

Cost & Financial Management

• Manage site financial performance including labor productivity gross profit forecasting and cost controls.
• Conduct monthly financial reviews and implement corrective actions when necessary.
• Review job cost reports and monitor productivity trends.
• Ensure timely billing cost tracking reporting and receivables management.
• Develop and maintain key performance indicators and site performance scorecards.
• Analyze labor utilization equipment costs and work execution metrics to identify opportunities for improvement.

Scheduling

• Lead workforce planning and scheduling activities for mechanical work execution.
• Review weekly and long-range schedules to ensure resource alignment.
• Coordinate manpower requirements to support maintenance construction and turnaround activities.
• Participate in schedule development and look-ahead planning sessions with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure supervisors have adequate planning information and resources to execute scheduled work safely and efficiently.

Quality

• Ensure all mechanical work complies with customer specifications industry standards and Austin quality requirements.
• Verify inspections are performed and documented appropriately.
• Ensure quality deficiencies are identified corrected and documented.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives that enhance workmanship and execution quality.
• Monitor compliance with welding bolting equipment installation piping and other mechanical quality requirements.

Customer & Team Relationships

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with customer representatives and stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary site contact for operational performance and issue resolution.
• Promote teamwork accountability professionalism and employee engagement.
• Support employee development coaching mentoring and succession planning initiatives.
• Coordinate effectively with subcontractors suppliers and internal support groups.
• Ensure compliance with all company policies procedures and employment practices.

Safety Leadership

• Lead the sites safety culture and promote Austins commitment to Incident and Injury Free performance.
• Ensure compliance with all company customer and regulatory safety requirements.
• Participate in incident investigations and corrective action implementation.
• Conduct field safety observations and verify correction of hazardous conditions.
• Ensure proper planning and execution of high-risk work activities.
• Support development and implementation of project-specific safety plans.
• Promote environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance.

Technical Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for mechanical maintenance and construction activities.
• Support planning and execution of work involving:
• Fixed equipment
• Rotating equipment
• Piping systems
• Structural steel
• Heat exchangers
• Pressure vessels
• Towers and reactors
• Pumps and compressors
• Turnarounds and outages
• Review work packages drawings specifications and construction documents.
• Support estimating planning and work execution strategy development.
• Identify and mitigate execution risks that could impact safety quality schedule or cost performance.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Directly or indirectly supervises:

• Site Superintendents
• General Foremen
• Foremen
• Project Coordinators
• HSE Personnel
• Quality Personnel
• Field Office Manager
• Craft Professionals
• Subcontractors as assigned

Physical Demands

• Frequent walking through active industrial construction and maintenance sites.
• Ability to climb stairs ladders and access elevated structures.
• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions.
• Must be capable of wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE).
• May require extended periods of standing walking and site inspections.
• Occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management Industrial Technology or related technical field preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and extensive industrial experience may be considered.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of industrial construction maintenance or turnaround experience.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership role managing mechanical operations.
• Demonstrated experience managing maintenance contracts capital projects or turnaround execution.
• Strong background in mechanical crafts including piping fixed equipment structural steel rotating equipment and maintenance operations.
• Experience working within refining petrochemical power manufacturing or industrial process facilities preferred.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of mechanical maintenance and construction best practices.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings P&IDs specifications and work packages.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel Outlook Word PowerPoint).
• Experience with budgeting forecasting scheduling and productivity tracking.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of safety regulations quality systems and industry standards.
• Demonstrated leadership and team development capabilities.

Why Austin Industrial

At Austin Industrial our employee-owners are the foundation of our success. We offer competitive compensation comprehensive benefits career development opportunities and the unique advantage of employee ownership. Join a company where your contributions directly impact our success and where safety quality and integrity drive everything we do.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Austin Industrial is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Austins policy prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race color sex religion national origin age disability military status genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal state or local law.

No Agency Inquiries Please

Austin Industries and all operating divisions do not accept unsolicited resumes candidates names or candidate summaries from staffing agencies search firms or third-party recruiters. Any unsolicited resumes submitted become the property of Austin Industries and no placement fees will be paid.

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