Fabrication Project Manager - Jacksonville FL
Summary
The Fabrication Project Manager oversees the end-to-end lifecycle of industrial steel fabrication projects, from initial drawings and material procurement to shop floor execution and final delivery. The role requires deep shop floor expertise to manage schedules, budgets, and cross-functional team coordination.
Burrow Global Fabrication is seeking a hands-on, execution-driven Fabrication Project Manager with 8 to 10 years of industrial fabrication experience. We need someone who truly understands how a steel fabrication shop operates on the floor. Candidates for this position must be an organizer and executor rather than an executive. In this role, you will own the end-to-end master schedule for client requests and keep projects moving efficiently from initial drawings through final delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Master Schedule Ownership: Lead and manage the complete project lifecycle:
- Drawing release & approval
- Bill of Materials (BOM) & material requirements creation
- Purchase Orders (POs) issuance & material tracking
- Fabrication startup & welding execution
- QA/QC compliance & surface coating/finishing
- Customer inspections & final shipping
- Project Dashboard & Reporting: Maintain a clear, simple dashboard tracking key project metrics, including upcoming deliverables, overdue tasks, production bottlenecks, procurement status, percent complete, labor hours vs. budget, change orders, and customer delivery timelines.
- Team Coordination: Lead concise weekly project meetings with cross-functional shop, quality, and procurement teams to clear roadblocks and maintain schedule alignment.
- Execution & Control: Monitor labor hours against budget, evaluate scope changes, process change orders, and serve as the primary liaison for customer inspection and delivery coordination.
Qualifications
- Experience: 8–10 years of hands-on industrial or steel fabrication shop experience.
- Shop Operations Knowledge: Deep understanding of steel fabrication processes, welding standards, QA/QC workflows, coating/finishing protocols, and shop floor logistics. Ability to read engineering design documents.
- Project Execution: Strong track record of tracking procurement, managing schedules, developing estimates, managing budgets, and controlling change orders.
- Communication & Leadership: Clear, direct communication style with the ability to interface effectively between shop personnel, procurement, and external clients.
- Word, Excel, Teams is required.