Steel Manufacturing Infrastructure and Utilities
Plan and maintain electrical distribution, compressed air, ventilation, HVAC, water, drainage, lighting, and fire protection to meet production requirements.
Understand the facility demands of roll forming and steel processing, including power capacity, equipment anchoring, coil storage, lifting systems, and safe access.
Coordinate engineering reviews of ventilation, heat, noise, and process exhaust needs; provide utility connections and service access for production equipment.
Partner with production and maintenance to plan shutdowns, resolve infrastructure constraints, and maintain utility capacity as production expands.
Facility Reliability and Daily Management
Establish preventive maintenance, inspections, and service contracts for building systems, utilities, grounds, and facility assets; maintain records in a CMMS.
Respond to facility breakdowns and utility interruptions, coordinate repairs and recovery, and address root causes to reduce repeat failures.
Track system availability, work orders, energy use, service quality, and operating costs; prioritize repairs and improvements using performance data.
Maintain drawings, asset registers, critical spares, warranties, operating procedures, and emergency response plans; support 5S and efficient resource use.
Safety Contractor and Budget Management
Partner with EHS and engineering on safe contractor work, hazardous energy control, hot work, fire prevention, emergency access, and facility inspections.
Select and manage contractors and service providers; define scopes, review bids, monitor work quality, and coordinate activities around production needs.
Manage facility operating and capital budgets, forecast spending, evaluate lifecycle costs, and deliver approved projects within scope and schedule.
Lead facility personnel and coordinate with plant leadership, utilities, landlords, and local authorities to resolve issues and support reliable operations.
Required Qualifications
Minimum 10 years of facilities management experience, including responsibility for industrial buildings, utilities, maintenance, contractors, and budgets.
Demonstrated experience building out or retrofitting an existing space for manufacturing, from facility assessment and construction through commissioning and handover.
Strong understanding of facilities management requirements for steel manufacturing, including roll forming or comparable steel processing operations.
Practical knowledge of industrial electrical distribution, compressed air, HVAC, ventilation, fire protection, and building infrastructure requirements.
Ability to interpret facility layouts, construction drawings, equipment utility specifications, and technical proposals, and coordinate qualified engineering support.
Experience managing capital projects, construction contractors, service agreements, preventive maintenance programs, and facility operating costs.
Working knowledge of applicable building, fire, environmental, and workplace safety requirements and experience coordinating permits and inspections.
Strong project management, troubleshooting, communication, and team leadership skills, with the ability to manage competing startup and operating priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting a steel manufacturing startup, production expansion, or installation of coil handling systems, overhead cranes, or roll forming lines.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, facilities management, construction management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience; CFM or FMP certification preferred.
Work Location
This position is based onsite at the factory in Texas and requires regular presence in construction and production areas during buildout and ongoing operations, with availability to support critical facility issues.
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