Resource Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Recruit and assign employees to projects based on their skills, certifications, grades, and availability.

• Assemble balanced crews and verify crew composition prior to mobilization.

• Manage employee mobilization and demobilization in collaboration with field leadership and staff.

• Monitor employee availability, assignments, bench status, leave, and readiness for deployment.

• Facilitate work authorization and travel clearance processes.

• Collaborate with the supply chain on lodging, vehicle arrangements, and site logistics while managing costs.

• Maintain manpower forecasts and alert the Vice President of Technical Services regarding staffing shortfalls.

• Take ownership of recruiting efforts, including managing requisitions, offers, screening, onboarding, referrals, project rosters, and trade networks.

• Hire according to project ramp requirements and verify certifications and demonstrated capabilities before extending offers.

• Keep updated rehire, callback, and qualified candidate lists categorized by trade and grade.

• Foster relationships with trade schools, apprenticeship programs, and military and veteran hiring channels.

• Report on hiring progress against plans, including open positions, time to fill, and pipeline gaps.

• Act as the primary contact for field employees concerning assignments, mobilization, training, and compensation.

• Oversee performance reviews, address performance and attendance issues, and document corrective actions and improvement plans.

• Collaborate with Human Resources on disciplinary issues and employee relations matters.

• Resolve employee concerns and conflicts, escalating issues when necessary.

• Review and approve timecards, ensuring accuracy in hours worked and job charging.

• Assist with onboarding, mobilization, and demobilization at each worksite.

• Track certification and site access requirements while maintaining training and certification records.

• Coordinate safety training, testing, grade advancement recommendations, apprenticeships, and Certified Trainer programs.

• Report workforce status, utilization, bench costs, coverage, and open gaps to the Vice President of Technical Services.

• Prepare and maintain JCE records for assigned projects.

• Manage pay, cost, and billing rates; approve rate changes and set up jobs and assignments within AP4 systems.

• Provide availability and manpower data for proposals and bids.

• Contribute to workforce strategy based on field conditions, crew performance, and staffing trends.

• Maintain employee rosters, skills records, and assignment histories.

• Utilize and manage resource management, job cost, timekeeping, HR, and document control systems.

• Collaborate with Finance, Human Resources, EHS, supply chain, and project teams.

• Advocate for AP4 safety policies and company culture while fulfilling other assigned responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Direct experience working on active industrial construction job sites; office-only construction experience does not qualify.

• Working knowledge of construction craft trades such as millwright, pipefitting, welding, electrical, and rigging.

• Familiarity with craft classifications, apprenticeship structures, and certifications including NCCER, AWS, and NCCCO.

• Proven experience coordinating or supervising field employees on active projects.

• Demonstrated success in recruiting field trades within a competitive labor market.

• Established connections with trade schools, apprenticeship programs, or veteran hiring channels.

• Business acumen, with an understanding of how internal systems, employee mix, rates, per diem, and bench time impact job costs and margins.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt to incomplete or evolving information.

• Willingness to engage in direct and fair employee performance discussions.

• Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.

• Proficiency in workforce business systems, including timekeeping, job cost, HRIS, document management, and spreadsheets.

• Clear and effective written and verbal communication with field crews, supervision, and management.

• Capacity to manage a diverse range of tasks accurately and swiftly under time-sensitive pressures.

• Credibility with field employees.

• Proficiency in English is required.

• Eight or more years in construction, field services, or workforce coordination, including direct time on active industrial job sites.

• Proven track record of direct resource management within a craft organization, including assigning craft to projects, coordinating mobilization, and tracking availability, certifications, and grade progression.

• A degree in construction management, business, human resources, or a related field is advantageous; however, it is not a substitute for job site or craft resource management experience.

• Preferred: experience supporting LNG, petrochemical, or similar heavy industrial projects.

• Preferred: previous experience in a craft or field supervisory role.

• Preferred: experience with gas turbine installation or rotating equipment scopes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, prescription, and vision coverage available from your first day of employment.

• Life insurance coverage up to two times your annual salary.

• Health Savings Account employer contribution of $1500 for individuals or $3000 for families enrolling in a high-deductible health plan.

• Telehealth benefits.

• Matching 401(k) plan.

• Competitive paid time off plan.

• 10 paid holidays.