Equipment Service Manager (North Texas Area) - Austin Bridge & Road

Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.-based construction companies.

With more than 7,000 employee-owners, Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.

Austin Bridge & Road has an outstanding opportunity for an Equipment Service Manager for heavy civil projects in the North Texas area.

The Equipment Service Manager is responsible for maximizing the utilization of Austin Bridge and Road’s equipment across the project spectrum.

Emphasis on the scheduling and allocation of equipment resources, assess project needs and requests and develop and provide optimized and low-cost solutions to meet project needs.

 

Responsibilities:


* P & L Responsibility for ABR Equipment across a $600M+ operating landscape


* Coordinate with existing equipment platform and refine and develop and implement new Infrastructure based utilization and management program


* Participate in the development of capture plans with focus on equipment strategy


* Coordinate with and optimize existing equipment management plan, including but not limited to service intervals, inspections, certifications, and safety bulletins associated with each specific category of heavy highway equipment


* Coordinate with Project and Area Managers on a company wide basis as to the availability and or needs on all ABR Projects


* Coordinate with Mechanics on each JV project site specific to Austin supplied equipment as well as equipment business opportunities


* Prepare, negotiate and finalize purchase orders, master service agreements, lease agreements and rental agreements for all ABR equipment procurement


* Coordinate with Project personnel and Joint Venture Partners for any equipment related activities


* Manage internal rental rates, rent tracking, transfers, buying or selling, estimating and cost projections for maintenance and or repair decisions on ABR equipment


* Prepare financial (with the assistance of ABR accounting) models for efficient equipment utilization


* Assist Superintendents and Project and Area Managers with Operator training and mobilizations


* Oversee Crane erections


* Perform other duties as assigned

 

Qualifications:


* 10+ years experience in construction equipment management


* Strong knowledge of construction equipment types, such as excavators, loaders, backhoes, cranes, bulldozers, etc.


* Budgeting and financial management skills to handle repair costs, inventory, and service contracts.


* Experience with maintenance and repair of construction equipment, including both preventative and corrective maintenance.


* Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors and visitors


* Ability to l...