Sr. Manager, Fabrication

George P. Johnson Experience Marketing • Las Vegas, NV

3d • Onsite

About The Position

GPJ is hiring a Senior Manager of Fabrication to oversee daily operations at its fabrication shop in Las Vegas. This is an on-site position requiring attendance at the Las Vegas office at least five days per week. The role schedules and supervises union and non-union shop staff, administers staffing, forecasts labor needs based on project workload, and oversees milling, carpentry, metal fabrication, paint, electrical, and crating.

The Senior Manager leads, staffs, and trains the fabrication team; determines the working hours needed to meet the shop workload; and applies extensive knowledge of exhibit fabrication techniques. The role also contributes to optimizing shop layout and stock-material needs, including quantities, material posting, racking, and use of limited space. Quality control is a major responsibility, with success measured by client and end-user satisfaction.

The position works across project management, estimating, engineering, warehouse, graphics, purchasing, and fabrication leadership to coordinate staffing, materials, schedules, quality, and process improvements. It recruits for fabrication departments, develops relationships with trade schools and other talent sources, evaluates carpentry skills, and develops apprentices and shop personnel. Estimated travel is less than 10%.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6–8 years of industry-related fabrication experience, including management-level responsibilities.
• Extensive knowledge of exhibit fabrication techniques.
• Ability to lead, staff, train, and supervise fabrication personnel.
• Ability to manage production quality and address quality concerns.
• Ability to coordinate staffing, labor forecasts, materials, and project completion schedules.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate across fabrication, project management, estimating, engineering, warehouse, graphics, and purchasing.

Nice To Haves

• Ongoing relationships with trade schools and talent sources that provide fabrication skill sets in demand at GPJ.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily operations of the GPJ fabrication shop.
• Schedule and supervise union and non-union shop staff for assigned jobs.
• Administer shop staffing and forecast labor requirements based on project workload.
• Oversee milling, carpentry, metal fabrication, paint, electrical, and crating departments.
• Lead, staff, and train the fabrication team, and determine the working hours needed to complete the workload efficiently.
• Set production-quality expectations, identify quality concerns, and promptly flag them to Fabrication leadership and Project Management.
• Take ownership of shop quality and support best-in-class fabrication outcomes.
• Attend project launch meetings, ensure required staff attend, and advise on risks and actions.
• Coordinate with project management, estimating, engineering, warehouse, and graphics to maintain effective interdepartmental communication practices.
• Review recurring problems with the management team and identify potential process updates and improvements.
• Coordinate with purchasing on stock-material requirements and reorder points, monitor shop-stock needs, and ensure material availability.
• Work with warehouse and project management to forecast completion dates that allow time for packaging and shipment.
• Recruit and staff fabrication departments according to defined targets.
• Develop ongoing relationships with trade schools and talent sources that provide fabrication skills needed at GPJ.
• Develop a grading scale for carpentry skills and evaluate each carpenter's skill level.
• Develop apprentices and shop personnel to support future labor and production needs.
• Assign jobs to shop leads and labor in coordination with the shop foreman.
• Contribute to optimizing shop layout and stock-material use, including quantities, material posting, racking, and use of limited space.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) providing employees with an ownership interest.
• FTO policy with no accrual of time off.
• Employer-matching 401(k) plan with no vesting period.
• Low employee-contribution healthcare option.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed