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 learn and apply knowledge of all local, state and national statutes and guidelines regarding equipment licensing, certifications, permitting and hauling
• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time effective manner

Requirements:

• High school diploma, GED, or vocational training/certification
• Proficiency in general office software (Microsoft Office Suite, etc.) for reporting and administrative tasks
• HCSS and Heavy Equipment 360 experience
• Proven experience managing a service team or repair crew
• Experience with procurement, terms and conditions
• Valid driver’s license
• Ability to travel to various project sites across the North Texas Region
• Requires working outdoors at times in the rain or snow and during cold, warm, and hot temperatures
• Must be able to work on call as needed
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Bridge & Road is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Benefits & Compensation

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned.

Austin Bridge & Road is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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About Austin Bridge and Road

A leader in the heavy highway and transportation industry for more than 100 years, Austin Bridge & Road delivers asphalt and concrete services, and builds landmark projects such as complex highway interchanges, tollways, runways, bridges, rail projects, and water/wastewater facilities.

To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/bridge-road.

No Third-Party Inquiries Please

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). 

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company. 

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