Associate Vice President, Metalworks

Description

• Contribute to annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning for Metalworks.
• Champion safety programs and ensure adherence to OSHA standards and company policies.
• Support business development efforts, including growth in third-party fabrication opportunities.
• Serve as a visible ambassador of U.S. Engineering’s values within and outside the organization.
• Partner with Safety and Quality teams to enhance compliance, risk mitigation, and operational excellence.
• Translate strategy into operational priorities, ensuring alignment across manufacturing, supply chain, and support functions.
• Partner with the President to develop and execute the Metalworks strategic plan aligned with U.S. Engineering’s overall objectives.
• Foster a culture consistent with U.S. Engineering values and leadership norms (Selflessness + Humility, Care + Trust, Understanding + Acceptance, Improvement + Ownership).
• Implement continuous improvement, process improvements, and technology adoption to optimize throughput and reduce waste.
• Represent Metalworks in internal cross-company initiatives and selected industry or community engagements.
• Oversee day-to-day operations including fabrication processes, resource allocation, production scheduling, and cost management.
• Drive accountability through performance management, clear expectations, and recognition of results.
• Manage cost controls, resource allocation, and customer relationships to maintain profitability and competitiveness.
• Establish, monitor, and report on KPIs to measure efficiency, productivity, and quality.
• Mentor, coach, and develop leaders within Metalworks, ensuring succession readiness and team engagement.
• Provide leadership that empowers Metalworks leadership and team members to deliver on business goals while reinforcing company culture.

Requirements

• Possesses technical skills related to fabrication processes.
• Requires frequent sitting, standing, walking, keyboarding, use of monitor and telephone. Occasional climbing, reaching, stooping and lifting required.
• Minimum of 10 years overall experience in senior leadership in manufacturing or mechanical construction.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills; proven collaborator able to establish and foster effective professional relationships, internally and externally and able to extract maximum efforts/performance from team members.
• 5 to 7 years experience managing an operations unit within the mechanical construction or manufacturing industry preferred.
• Proven ability to effectively manage a multitude of operational teams to achieve results, despite multiple and changing priorities. Keeps focused on the goal and possesses the managerial courage to deal with unacceptable situations head on.
• Travel requirements: Frequent travel is required to effectively execute the needs of this multi-region leadership role.
• Excellent time management skills; operates with a sense of urgency.
• Adaptable and flexible to changing environment.
• Able to effectively manage stress and maintain composure.
• Ability to accomplish results through others by leveraging peoples’ strengths, supporting their development, creating clear expectations, setting SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound) goals, removing barriers, managing performance and administering accountability.
• Advanced knowledge of manufacturing systems and processes.
• Business acumen, combined with analytical thinking, resulting in ability to manage company’s opportunities, risk, profitability, volume, etc.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Science Management, Business administration, or graduation from a certified trade apprenticeship is required.
• Knowledge of industry best practices in construction and manufacturing safety and the ability to foster a culture of efficient execution and safety excellence.

Benefits

• Your total compensation will go beyond the number on your paycheck. Team members are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance as well as paid time off. An industry-leading benefits package, including health, dental, and vision plans, matching retirement contributions, and matching 529 contributions all add to your bottom line.
• The range for this position has been established at $187,000 to $257,000 per year and is U.S. Engineering’s good faith and reasonable estimate at the time of the posting. The compensation offered to the finalist selected for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, education, specialty, and training. Compensation for this role includes a base salary complemented by commission opportunities based on the Account Manager’s individual sales performance and attainment of sales targets

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance