Sr. Manager, Fabrication

George P. Johnson Experience Marketing • Las Vegas, NV

2d • 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 role requiring attendance at the Las Vegas office at least five days per week. The manager schedules and supervises union and non-union shop staff, administers staffing, and forecasts labor needs based on project workload. The role oversees milling, carpentry, metal fabrication, paint, electrical, and crating, with a primary focus on leading, staffing, and training the team and determining the working hours needed to complete the workload efficiently.

The position requires extensive knowledge of exhibit fabrication techniques and contributes to improving shop layout and stock-material planning, including quantities, material posting, racking, and efficient use of limited space. Quality control is a major responsibility: the manager sets production-quality expectations, promptly raises quality concerns, and takes ownership of fabrication quality, with success measured through client and end-user satisfaction.

The manager coordinates with project management, estimating, engineering, warehouse, graphics, and purchasing; attends project launch meetings; monitors stock materials and reorder points; and forecasts completion dates with warehouse and project management to support packaging and shipment. The role also recruits and staffs fabrication departments, develops relationships with trade schools and talent sources, evaluates carpentry skill levels, develops apprentices and shop personnel, and assigns jobs with the shop foreman.

GPJ describes itself as a global experiential marketing company with 29 global offices and part of the Project Worldwide family, an independent employee-owned global network. The company states that it offers an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, a flexible time-off policy, an employer-matching 401(k) plan, and a low employee-contribution healthcare option. GPJ is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits workplace harassment based on protected classes.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6–8 years of industry-related fabrication experience, including management-level responsibilities.
• Extensive knowledge of exhibit fabrication techniques.
• Ability to work on-site at the Las Vegas office at least five days per week.
• Estimated travel of less than 10%.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations at 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.
• Apply exhibit fabrication knowledge to optimize shop layout and stock-material needs, including quantities, material posting, racking, and efficient use of limited space.
• Define production-quality expectations, take ownership of shop quality, and promptly flag quality concerns to Fabrication leadership and Project Management.
• Attend project launch meetings and ensure required staff attend and advise on risks and actions.
• Coordinate communications and best practices with project management, estimating, engineering, warehouse, and graphics.
• Review recurring problems with the management team and identify potential process updates and improvements.
• Coordinate with purchasing on stock-material requirements and reorder points, and monitor shop stock availability.
• Work with warehouse and project management to forecast completion dates that support packaging and shipment.
• Recruit and staff fabrication departments according to defined targets.
• Develop relationships with trade schools and other talent outlets that provide fabrication skills in demand at GPJ.
• Develop a carpentry skills grading scale 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.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) providing employees with an ownership interest.
• Flexible time-off (FTO) policy.
• 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