Job Description
Job DescriptionBenefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Company car
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Lawton Commercial Services is a full-service commercial Plumbing and Electrical contractor proudly serving major markets across Texas, including Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio.
As part of the Lawton Group, a trusted name with over 40 years of industry experience, we uphold a strong reputation for excellence, integrity, and customer satisfaction.
We are currently seeking a Texas Licensed Journeyman or Master Plumber to join our team in the role of Field Supervisor. This position offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional to take on a leadership role within a growing, reputable company.
JOB SUMMARY
As a Field Supervisor with Lawton Commercial Services DFW Plumbing Division, you will play a key leadership role in field operations by overseeing day-to-day job site activities, ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, and customer service. You will serve as a critical liaison between field crews, management, and customers, fostering clear communication and strong working relationships.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment and skill level of personnel.
- Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
- Guide, direct and motivate subordinates through setting and communicating performance standards and enforcement of established policies and procedures.
- Investigate accidents or injuries and prepare reports of findings.
- Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
- Requisition materials and supplies, tools, equipment and replacement parts.
- Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards and repair requirements.
- Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures and equipment use.
- Implement and evaluate maintenance policies and procedures and ensure compliance.
- Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor and outside contractors for bid approvals.
- Examine objects, systems and facilities and analyze information to determine needed installations, services and repairs.
- Confer with technicians, management and customers to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances and identify and review resource needs.
- Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shop to ensure efficient and effective work conditions, security and accountability.
- Perform skilled repair or maintenance operations using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses or shears and welding equipment.
- Interpret specifications, blueprints and job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.
- Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies in coordination with HR when necessary.
- Recommend or initiate personnel actions such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges or disciplinary measures in coordination with management and HR.
- Review, evaluate, accept, and coordinate completion of work bid from contractors.
- Compile operational and personnel records such as time and production records, inventory data, repair or maintenance statistics and test results.
- Utilize electronic maintenance programs or computer information management systems.
- Meet with vendors and suppliers to discuss products used in repair work, tools and supply inventory management.
- Other Duties as assigned
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of 10 years experience in the plumbing trade as a licensed technician.
- Minimum of 5 years of verifiable supervisory experience.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES & REGISTRATIONS
- Valid TEXAS Journeyman or Master Plumber License Required.
- Valid Texas Driver License
- OSHA 30 certification is a plus
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Ability to work under stressful conditions which may include verbal confrontations.
- Must be able to work extended hours, nights and weekends
- Ability to stand, walk and climb ladders and stairs
- Ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl
- Natural or corrected vision to see and focus for close, distance, peripheral vision with normal depth perception
- Work assignments may be performed with or without reasonable accommodation to a known disability