Fabrication Producer

George P. Johnson Experience Marketing; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

George P. Johnson Experience Marketing seeks a Fabrication Producer to join our Nashville team. This on-site role reports to the office location a minimum of 5 days per week, coordinating with PMs, Estimators, and Clients to manage fabrication scope, budgets, and schedules.

You will act as the escalation point for fabrication projects and collaborate across PMs, Integrated Production, and other stakeholders throughout kickoff, estimating, fabrication, shipping, and post-show phases.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating fabrication programs with PMs and stakeholders.
• Ability to monitor budgets, timelines, and design/build alignment.
• Comfort leading kickoff, estimating, fabrication, shipping, and post-show phases.

Responsibilities

• Meet with Account and IP teams to define program scope and guide client toward goals.
• Lead meetings with Creative Teams and 3D designers on fabrication methods.
• Identify primary fabrication locations with fabrication leadership.
• Provide fabrications and logistics schedules to Accounts and IP teams.
• Coordinate with PMs to monitor project health and track financials.
• Escalate issues and document SCORES with PMs and Estimators.
• Coordinate with Logistics to meet timelines and installation needs.
• Attend daily production meetings and oversee installation and dismantle progress.

Job description

Our Opportunity

GPJ is hiring a Fabrication Producer to join our growing team.

This role is on‑site, requiring you to report to our Nashville office location a minimum of 5 days per week.

Your Role

You are the Fabrication point‑of‑contact during the initiation phase of a project to Accounts and Integrated Production. During the cycle of the project, you are also their escalation point. You collaborate with Project Managers (PMs) and the Director to monitor the overall health of the fabrication project. You also work on tracking all financials while assisting PMs in this process. Your role involves driving and collaborating with PMs to identify and document Scope creep and/or Change Orders.

Additionally, you work closely with PMs and Estimators to identify and document SCORES. It’s crucial for you to maintain a holistic view of the program, serving as an escalation point for Fabrication PMs, Integrated Production, and all other project stakeholders.

Your Skills

KICKOFF PHASE

• Meet with Account and IP teams to develop program scope & collaborate in guiding the Client toward program goals
• Lead meetings with Creative Teams and 3D designers on proposed Fabrication methods utilizing GPJ best practices, automation and proven techniques.
• Identify primary fabrication locations in conjunction with fabrication leadership.
• Supply Accounts and IP teams fabrication and logistics workback schedules.
• Confirm appropriate PMs and shop labor crews.

ESTIMATING PHASE

• Ensure E&F document is current and available for large conferences; work with Estimators, Producers, and PMs to maintain order within the document. Assist in populating required information for estimating and production. Help identify appropriate zones and areas
• Collaborate with IP and Creative teams to identify fabrication opportunities.
• Ensure alignment of design/build processes with budgets, timelines, and creative direction.
• Liaison between Producers, Estimators, Creatives, Technical Directors (TDs), and PMs.
• Conduct regular open office hours to streamline communication and reduce meetings.
• Relay critical information to PMs or E&F Document as necessary.
• Communicate fabrication opportunities to IP teams based on given budget envelopes.
• Identify instances for subcontracting and maintain an overview of outsourcing activities. Ensure no partners are being overloaded
• Notify key suppliers of any significant potential needs
• Facilitate regular meetings with stakeholders to resolve issues, elevate as needed
• Support Estimator selling the final estimates and change orders.
• Utilize the “All In” Fabrication Budget Proposed Sample document as a script to the conversations.
• Ensure teams have properly allocated budgets for adjacent services needs (Logistics PM, Logistics handling, transportation, supervisors, post show returns and disposals).

FABRICATION PHASE

• Coordinate fabrication deliverables among various facilities and PMs to meet the requirements of large user conferences.
• Participate in bi‑weekly one on one meetings with assigned PM(s) and Directors of Project Management.
• Monitor PMs’ bandwidth and facilities, redirecting work as scope is defined and approved.
• With Director of Project Management assign work tasks as per project requirements.
• Coordinate with Logistics leads to meet workback time lines.

SHIPPING / SUPERVISOR / INSTALLATION PHASE

• Collaborate with Logistics and PMs to manage inbound and outbound fabrication freight, assuring proper manifest documentation and color‑coded zone labeling.
• Collaborate with PMs and IP zone leads to determine supervisor needs.
• Facilitate supervisor scheduling.
• Architect an onsite escalation process for PMs and Supervisors.
• Attend and contribute to daily production meetings as necessary, disseminating pertinent information.
• Attend installation and dismantle, monitoring installation progress, conducting PM and supervisor check‑in meetings and shifting resources as needed.
• Onsite escalation point for fabrication concerns, questions or redirection of resources.

POST SHOW PHASE

• Identify post-show inventory needs and delegate responsibilities to the appropriate facility PM.
• Ensure standard operating procedures for labeling items and inventorying post-show materials are followed meticulously.
• SOP should be items are labeled on the outbound of the show by zone producers with IGL labels supplied by Ops PM. ** items received not in inventory should be inventoried by container (SKID / CRATE) in: CLIENT‑SHOW‑XX##(SHOW NAME YEAR). Attach photo of package as received, label best guess as to contents
• Oversee the reconciliation of the FAB budget post‑show.

Your Competencies

Solution Oriented: Even with tight project budget management practices, you focus on the desired outcome and are ready with multiple solutions in order