Fabrication Project Manager

Savannah Tank and Equipment Corporation•Garden City, ID

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Savannah Tank and Equipment Corp. is hiring a dedicated Project Manager to keep customer projects on track from PO award through final delivery. The company has been building custom ASME Section VIII pressure vessels, API 650 storage tanks, heat exchangers, and modular process equipment for over 30 years. This role offers real ownership of the work and flexibility in tools and methods, with the primary focus on ensuring customers receive on-time, accurate updates and that projects are completed by the promised ship dates.

Requirements

3+ years managing multiple concurrent projects in custom fabrication, industrial manufacturing, job-shop production, construction, or a similar environment.
Degree in mechanical engineering, mathematics, or similar area of study, or 7+ years practical experience.
Comfortable working in and around a shop environment.
Operates independently and brings problems to leadership already on a path to resolution.
Able to run focused, productive meetings with a clear agenda, decisions made, and respected time.
Comfortable holding peers accountable across departments.
Customer-facing presence with the ability to come prepared, answer questions on the spot, and represent the company well.
Ability to read and discuss fabrication drawings, customer specifications, and technical documents.
Disciplined and reliable project record keeping.
Working knowledge of MS365 (Excel, Outlook, Word, SharePoint, Teams).
Able to navigate ERP systems e.g., JobBOSS.

Nice To Haves

8+ years of relevant project management experience
Experience with ASME pressure vessels, API 650 tanks, or AWS structural welding code work
Experience with custom/one-off fabrication versus high-volume production
Background in chemical processing, energy, water treatment, or similar end markets

Responsibilities

Drive every project from PO award through final delivery, keeping customers informed, internal teams aligned, and ship dates intact.
Serve as the customer's main point of contact after PO award, communicating progress, issues, change orders, and delivery timing clearly and professionally, including regular updates with project photos.
Maintain and update the project-level schedule weekly, including customer milestones, drawing release dates, fabrication start, and target ship dates.
Track every job in flight through PRE FAB, FIT, TESTING, and FINISHING stages to know the status of each tank.
Lead internal project meetings with a clear agenda, decisions made, action items with owners and due dates, and follow-up communication issued the same day, ensuring high productivity and efficiency.
Lead recurring customer project reviews, understanding customer priorities and presenting progress, milestones, and changes with clarity and confidence.
Defend the customer-promised ship date by coordinating with production, engineering, and QC, and by working with relevant personnel to resolve issues.
Stay on top of all inputs affecting a tank's timeline, including materials, drawings, QC schedules, and vendor deliveries, and address potential timeline impacts directly with responsible departments.
Coordinate change orders by working with Sales and Operations to determine and communicate the impact on cost and schedule to the customer.
Surface risks early to internal teams and customers when necessary, preventing missed milestones from being surprises.
Coordinate trucking and shipping logistics as projects approach completion.
Maintain accurate, organized records, including trackers, customer correspondence, milestone dates, and change orders, that reflect reality and support clear status reporting.