Area Manager

Audubon Companies; Mont Belvieu (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Audubon Companies seeks an Area Manager to lead and grow an office in Mt. Belvieu, Texas, serving existing clients and pursuing new work across engineering, fabrication, automation, construction, and related services.

The role requires 5+ years in multi-discipline project delivery, strong customer relationship skills, and the ability to drive revenue growth while coordinating cross-functional teams. The incumbent will be onsite frequently to oversee field execution and client-facing activities.

Qualifications

• BS Engineering preferred.
• Minimum 5+ years of industry experience on multi-discipline projects.
• Strong communication and relationship-building with customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership with customers in the area.
• Oversee and coordinate area execution with key clients.
• Advocate for service expansion across engineering, fabrication, construction, and automation.
• Coordinate with office PMs and engineering teams to resolve site issues.
• Facilitate regular project status updates and client meetings.
• Develop project scopes for brownfield proposals.
• Manage, develop, and recruit area execution team members.
• Be onsite at area office at least four days a week.
• Address and resolve project issues with clients.
• Forecast revenue, profitability, margins, bill rates, and utilization.
• Negotiate contract pricing when necessary.

Skills

Leadership

Customer relations

Communication

Project management

Business development

Education

BS Engineering

Job description

Audubon is currently seeking an Area Manager. The Area Manager will be accountable for developing and managing an office in a strategic location (Mt. Belvieu) to service our existing clients and portfolio of work. Responsibilities would include oversight and coordination of existing work and development of new opportunities. The Area Manager would be responsible for fostering and expanding all service lines for the company (engineering, automation, fabrication, construction). The office would include core personnel to support the local efforts, with the majority of the work/execution being out of one of the main offices.

This position reports Business Line Vice President/Manager.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides leadership with customers in area
• Oversees and coordinate area execution (Energy Transfer, EPCO, Targa, OneOK, others)
• Advocate for expansion of services in areas (Engineering, Fabrication, Construction, Automation, etc.)
• Coordinate with office PMs and engineering teams to resolve site-specific issues
• Facilitate regular project status updates and meetings with clients
• Development of project scopes for brownfield proposals
• Manage, develop, and recruit additional area execution team members
• Onsite at area office minimum 4 days a week
• Addresses and resolves project issues with clients
• Develops and meets revenue and other financial goals for assigned area.
• Accurately forecasts revenue, profitability, margins, bill rates and utilization across assigned area.
• Manages the negotiation of contract pricing when necessary.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Education/ Licensure Preferred: BS Engineering
• Experience Required: Minimum of 5+ years of industry related experience on multi-discipline projects
• Communicates effectively with customers to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions and strategies.
• Continually defines ways to increase customer satisfaction and deepen customer relationships.
• Maintains lasting customer relationships.
• Ensures assigned teams deliver superior solutions to customers.
• Provides senior level resolution to customer issues.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled