Our Opportunity
GPJ is hiring a Shop Job Lead to join our growing team.
This role is on-site, requiring you to report to our Las Vegas office location a minimum of 5 days per week.
Your Role
As a Shop Job Lead, you will oversee and manage all aspects of carpentry work within our fabrication projects. Your responsibilities include leading and mentoring a team of carpenters, ensuring the precise translation of design plans into high-quality fabricated structures and components using diverse materials and techniques. You will lead, supervise, and mentor your team, assigning tasks, providing guidance, and cultivating a collaborative work environment. Additionally, you will interpret intricate construction plans, blueprints, and specifications to execute fabrication tasks with utmost precision, employing advanced carpentry tools, machinery, and techniques to fabricate wood, metal, and composite materials to exact specifications.
Collaboration with designers, engineers, and project managers will be crucial to coordinate project timelines, resolve technical challenges, and maintain rigorous quality standards. You will conduct thorough quality inspections throughout the fabrication process to ensure adherence to design, safety, and regulatory requirements, while also managing inventory to optimize resource allocation and minimize waste. Upholding stringent safety protocols and regulations to foster a secure working environment for your team will be a top priority.
Your Skills
- Interpret and implement construction plans, blueprints, and specifications to ensure accurate fabrication of components.
- Collaborate with designers, engineers, and project managers to ensure timely completion of projects while maintaining high standards of craftsmanship.
- Conduct quality inspections to verify finished products meet design and safety standards with exceptional attention to detail.
- Manage inventory of materials and supplies, ensuring adequate stock levels for ongoing projects.
- Adhere to all safety protocols and regulations to create a safe working environment for yourself and team members.
- Attention to detail and accuracy in measurements and craftsmanship.
- Problem-solving skills to troubleshoot issues that may arise during fabrication processes.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to effectively lead, motivate, and mentor a team.
- Manage time efficiently, prioritize tasks, and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
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 to reach the end goal.
Thoroughness - Ensure your work (and if applicable, the work of others) is complete and accurate. You can spot when details were overlooked, and take the initiative to complete the project, following up to ensure agreements / commitments are on track or have been fulfilled. When details are ambiguous, you ask questions to confirm you understand the expectations.
Team members can easily follow your work, understand where you left off, and what comes next. You are prepared and organized for meetings and presentations.
Urgency - Decisive, responsive, and fast acting you achieve goals quickly both when working on your own and in collaboration with others. You demonstrate adaptability and agility when making on-the-spot decisions never sacrificing quality or work interactions. Cool under pressure. For the sake of time, you are able to eliminate unnecessary steps and use network resources to aid in project completion.
Foster Innovation - Drive, develop, or support new and improved methods, products, procedures or technologies. Devise new approaches to make improvements or solve problems. You constantly challenge yourself to come up with ideas that are on strategy, innovative, and transformative, and authentic to the client's brand.
Your Experience
Experience & Education
- Extensive experience as a Carpenter, with a minimum of 8 years in fabrication or related roles, including substantial experience in leadership and supervision.
- Proven expertise in interpreting and implementing construction plans, blueprints, and specifications for complex fabrication projects.
- Proficiency in utilizing a wide range of carpentry tools and advanced machinery, including CNC machines and automated systems.
- In-depth knowledge of materials used in fabrication processes, such as wood, metal, and composite materials, and their properties.
- Certification in carpentry or fabrication techniques is a plus.
Travel & Mobility
Some travel may be required
Your Impact
As a Shop Job Lead, you will play a pivotal role in the success and growth of our fabrication operations. Your leadership and technical expertise will directly impact the quality, efficiency, and timely delivery of fabricated structures and components. By overseeing the team and maintaining rigorous standards of craftsmanship and safety, you will contribute significantly to the overall excellence of our projects, enhance client satisfaction, and strengthen our reputation in the industry.
Who We Are
GPJ is the world leader in experiential marketing. Our 29 global offices are filled with fearless people dreaming up ideas that are transforming industries and bringing the most respected brands to life in powerfully, exciting ways. We are a part of the Project Worldwide family. An independent, employee-owned global network of complementary, wholly owned agencies.
You read that "employee-owned" part, right? You heard us correctly. You work hard, she works hard, we all work hard… we all succeed and reap the rewards. We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – providing our employees with an ownership interest. We thought you would want to know that. In fact, there is a lot more you would want to know about us, like our FTO policy (no more "accruing" time off), our employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period), our "no employee contribution" healthcare option. But we are getting ahead of ourselves here, let's talk about this exciting opportunity first and we can fill you in on our perks & benefits later.
GPJ is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. In addition to federal law requirements, GPJ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. GPJ expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.
