Placing Manager-NRF Columbia Basin

Nucor•Burbank, WA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Placing Manager provides overall leadership and accountability for all placing operations within the branch. The role is responsible for safety performance, workforce utilization, project execution, profitability, customer relationships, and developing field leaders. Direct reports include Superintendents, Field Foremen through Superintendents, and Placing Admin if applicable. Safety is the most important part of all jobs at Nucor. The manager is expected to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards. They lead branch field safety results, conduct monthly jobsite audits and observations, review incident investigations and near misses, ensure corrective actions are completed, and maintain compliance with company, customer, OSHA, and site-specific requirements. The position oversees workforce planning and operations execution, including labor allocation, staffing forecasts, hiring and personnel movements, production and schedule monitoring, and coordination of field resources. The manager leads weekly field scheduling meetings and works across functions to support safe, timely, and budget-conscious project delivery. The manager owns field profitability, reviews job costs and productivity, identifies projects needing corrective action, and understands how field decisions affect branch performance. The role also serves as the primary field operations contact for key customers, develops relationships with contractors and other project stakeholders, resolves field concerns, and promotes repeat business. In addition, the manager coaches and develops Superintendents, foremen, and future leaders, and maintains knowledge of applicable collective bargaining agreements, employment laws, and company policies.

Requirements

Ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards.
Knowledge of applicable collective bargaining agreement provisions, including overtime, meal and rest periods, and pay requirements.
Training in state- and federal-specific employment law, including FMLA, EEO, harassment claims, and company policies and procedures.
Ability to understand and review job costs, labor hours, productivity, overtime, margins, and budget-versus-actual performance.
General understanding of the overall business and how field decisions affect revenue, labor costs, gross margin, customer relationships, and branch performance.

Responsibilities

Provide overall leadership and accountability for branch placing operations.
Lead branch field safety results and uphold safety policies, procedures, and housekeeping standards.
Conduct monthly jobsite audits and observations; review incident investigations, near misses, and corrective actions; ensure timely follow-up.
Ensure compliance with company, customer, OSHA, and site-specific requirements.
Allocate labor across projects and ensure work is staffed, planned, and equipped to maximize productivity.
Forecast manpower needs 30, 60, and 90 days ahead; coordinate hiring, transfers, layoffs, apprentices, and subcontract placers.
Minimize downtime and labor inefficiencies and maintain apprentice-to-journeyman ratios when applicable.
Monitor production, schedules, and productivity; remove obstacles to project success.
Ensure projects are completed safely, on schedule, and within budget.
Communicate daily with foremen and Superintendents about major jobs and production issues.
Lead weekly field scheduling meetings and coordinate with project managers, fabrication, dispatch, and sales.
Resolve resource conflicts between projects.
Own field profitability; review job costs, labor hours, productivity, overtime, margins, and budget-versus-actual performance.
Monitor job costs and labor productivity weekly, provide commentary, and identify projects requiring corrective action.
Understand how field decisions affect revenue, labor costs, gross margin, customer relationships, and overall branch performance.
Partner with Estimating, Sales, Project Management, Fabrication, Accounting, HR, and Safety teams.
Serve as the primary field operations contact for key customers and build relationships with general contractors, superintendents, owners, and inspectors.
Attend project meetings for major projects, resolve customer concerns and field issues quickly, and increase repeat business opportunities.
Create development and succession plans for Superintendents, foremen, and future leaders.
Hold monthly one-on-one meetings, evaluate performance, and provide feedback.
Understand the applicable collective bargaining agreement, including overtime rules, meal and rest periods, and pay requirements.
Complete training in applicable state and federal employment law, including FMLA, EEO, harassment claims, and company policies and procedures.
Escalate issues to HR before taking action when appropriate, particularly regarding discipline, terminations, accommodations, or employee complaints.
Understand and live the Nucor Way.