Deputy Operations Manager Custom Arc

Job Summary

The Deputy Operations Manager for Custom Arcis responsible for managing supervisors and directing welding operations across multiple projects. Supervises and directs craft professionals, subordinate supervisors, and others, as assigned. Ensures assigned construction performance is following specifications and within schedules and budgets. Must be willing to work a flexible schedule if required, including, but not limited to, night shift, split shift, or dayshift work.

Must have the ability to walk into and out of the project (enter/egress). Must be able to use appropriate standard issued Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required for each assigned task (i.e. harness, life vest, lift buckets, etc.).

• Coordinates with Discipline Superintendents and the Lead Field Welding Engineer to validate manpower and welder qualification requirements.
• Provides direction to Welding Superintendents, Welding General Foremen, and Foremen as necessary to support welding initiatives across the project, ensuring the welders assigned to each task have the skill sets necessary to satisfactorily provide first‑time quality with minimal rework.
• Reviews weekly scheduled work plans with discipline superintendents for pipe commodities to ensure the project has the welder resources available with the proper qualifications to support the planned work scopes.
• Ensures that scheduling concerns and constraints are identified and elevated to the construction management team.
• Provides input to weekly production meetings to ensure sufficient welder support is also scheduled and available by area.
• Supervises and coordinates daily with direct‑hire and subcontract representatives on pipe construction activities, including but not limited to fabrication team and materials management team.
• Responsible for ensuring the welding commodities, equipment, and consumables gases are available and staged in assigned areas.
• May require interface with Site Management and Client/Owner.
• Supervises and directs craft activities, subordinate superintendents, and others, as assigned.
• Manages established area operational plans.
• Schedules work to be performed and reviews work accomplished by each craft.
• Supports, coordinates and reports field activities of construction subcontracts.
• Determines workforce requirements.
• Participates in weekly cost and schedule reviews with senior management.
• Coordinates and directs multi‑discipline craft activities within a specific area of the project, or all related crafts of a single discipline covering one or more areas of the project.
• Forecasts labor unit rates, field distributables, construction equipment, and quantities.
• Coordinates construction operations impact on external interfaces to ensure they coincide with the overall established schedules.
• Coordinates with other subcontractors and external stakeholders (or subcontractors) to plan construction schedules.
• Safety/Quality.
• Monitors work activities and ensures the quality of work performed.
• Works with Construction Field Engineers, Foremen, and Craft Professionals, in interpreting engineering design documents, vendor documents, and other technical documents; coordinates engineering solutions with subcontractors, and Foremen and Craft Professionals.
• Coordinates with Design on constructability issues.
• Participates in development of Commodity Installation means and methods.
• Develops understanding of industry / International Codes & Standards applicable to work scope.
• Represents Bechtel in external meetings with local union officials.
• Supervises the implementation of process improvement initiatives with union officials, construction management, and reviews policies and practices and recommends changes.
• Participates in delivery of craft new hire orientation.
• Supports and coaches field supervision on managing performance of craft employees, ensuring fairness and consistency across the project.
• Handles Labor Relations activities on small to medium sized project, including resolving work stoppages.
• Works with local and regional labor union representatives to maintain cooperative labor‑management relations on the assigned construction projects.
• Decides on necessary…