Piping Supervisor

Supervisor (Piping) Job Highlights

Company Profile

Aecon Group is a construction company in Canada. It provides services to private and public sector clients across its three core segments i.e., Infrastructure, Industrial, and Concessions. Aecon produces construction materials including asphalt and aggregate materials, and pre-construction and pre-fabrication materials developed in eight company-owned fabrication facilities across Canada.

Job Profile

The company is looking to hire a Piping Supervisor who will involve in the responsibility of the on-floor activities in the Cambridge Pipe Fabrication Facility.

Educational Qualification

• Applicants may be required a High School Diploma

Work Experience

• An understanding of Fabrication methodologies and practices gained through a minimum of 5 years of in-shop experience leading projects and teams
• Ability to organize own work and the work of others in a complex environment
• Applicable technical training obtained through trade certification or post-secondary education
• High level of professionalism when dealing with all internal and external stakeholders
• Well-developed leadership skills gained through managing trade or non-trade teams in a Fabrication shop.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Collaboration with PMO, Quality, Design, and all other shop function leads for detailed project handover and setup
• Identify requests outside of contracted scope, raise change management issues to PMO and implement as necessary, including schedule, materials, and subcontractor updates.
• Identify risks to PMO, assist in the creation of mitigation strategies, and implement them if necessary
• Involvement in the bid review process for verification of estimated production and quantities
• Liaise with necessary subcontractors, union representatives and regulatory bodies to ensure work can proceed as planned
• Maintain a positive project culture, keeping morale high, through frequent check-ins on progress and career development
• Maintain detailed look-ahead schedule (look-ahead window as determined by project), ensuring proper staffing and materials are available when required
• Must develop an in-depth understanding of applicable scope, with knowledge of the work that is contracted and agreed upon between the shop and client
• Regularly work with site Client Representatives, in a professional manner, on routine work updates
• Work with EHS representatives to create and uphold project/site-specific EHS programs and policies

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

Necessary Competencies-

• Assign Foreman as required.
• Attend various meetings and provide input from a production point of view.
• Balance manpower as required based on the volume of work on the shop floor to meet project targets.
• Contribute to the development of production layouts and ensure they are implemented for each new project.
• Coordinate with the Project Coordinator for all issues that impact production, extra work, and spool status.
• Enforce proper shop organization and housekeeping.
• Ensure personnel meets minimum training requirements.
• Ensure standard operating procedures that overarch all projects are followed.
• Ensure the project quality requirements are known by the workforce at the start of each project as per the project profile and are upheld.
• Ensure the workforce is aware of the FDI targets and meets the daily goals.
• Hire Pipefitters, Welders Apprentices, and Metal trades as required from local 527
• Investigation of process improvements and the testing of said improvements.
• Order tools, equipment, and consumables to meet project needs.
• Own the implementation and execution of productivity targets (FDI) for pipe work.
• Promote and lead the 5S program.
• Report on productivity targets daily during the productivity meeting.
• Responsible for the security and maintenance of the facility.
• Review shop floor drawings, and highlight and organize packages appropriately.
• Understand all project specific/regulatory codes and standards.

Employer’s Statement

Aecon has every intention of fostering diversity within and across its organization. The company welcomes those who would contribute to the further diversification of its staff including, but not limited to, women, visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity.