Soft Craft - Operations Manager

Bilfinger is a leading international industrial services provider, driving efficiency and sustainability for the process industry. With 31,000+ employees and over €5.4 billion in revenue in 2025, we offer solutions in consulting, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, turnarounds, and digital applications across key sectors like energy, chemicals, pharma, and oil & gas.

At Bilfinger, we offer a work environment where you can learn and grow. Join us and be part of a team shaping the future!

Bilfinger Inc. is seeking an Operations Manager at our Houston, TX site location. This role is responsible for planning and managing operational excellence initiatives across scaffolding, insulation, coatings, and operations for small to large cap industrial construction projects. The work involves coordinating site management, subcontractors, and home office support to safely and timely complete project work while considering applicable budgetary constraints.

• Accountable for ensuring work tasks and site operations are performed safely and in accordance with company safety and health policies.
• Establish and maintain favorable working relationships with client representatives.
• Prepare and implement construction project schedules with due consideration to client specifications and other project milestones.
• Oversee site operations including material procurement, quality control, site supervision, staffing, schedule and progress tracking, budget reporting and forecasting.
• Ensure all construction operations and activities are performed within the financial constraints of the project, ultimately responsible for the final profit and loss.
• Expedite and complete all applicable permit and contract documentation in a timely and accurate manner.
• Implement project work in line with client expectations, recognizing and reporting scope deviations as they occur.
• Report project progress and cost status to management on a frequent basis.

• Minimum 10 years of experience and/or knowledge in industrial mechanical maintenance, fabrication, NDT, fabric maintenance I&E, and construction, with at least 5 years of experience in management.
• Strong working knowledge of project controls, quality and operational excellence methods including cost reporting, change management, manpower tracking, earned value tracking, and utilization of project scheduling methods, tracking, and measuring KPIs.
• Direct experience overseeing site project management and subcontractors with an awareness of budgetary constraints.
• Motivated, self‑started, with an urgency to meet deadlines.
• Working knowledge of mechanical construction codes and standards including ASME, DOT, API, OSHA, and AWS inspection procedures.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software including Outlook, Word, Excel, and MS Project.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study is preferred.

If you have any questions please contact Jason Alan Jaure ().

Bilfinger is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.