About this role
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.