Senior Program Fabrication Manager

Job Title: Modular Fabrication Yard Manager
Location: Greater Shanghai area / Jiangsu Province, China (Fabrication Yard & Project Sites)
Business Segment: Honeywell Process Technologies (PT) / UOP
Position Type: Full-time

Job Overview

As the Modular Fabrication Yard Manager, you will oversee the end-to-end execution, quality, and delivery of Honeywell's modular process equipment and skid-mounted systems manufactured in China. You will serve as the core technical and operational bridge between home office project team, local Chinese fabrication yards (sub-vendors), and international project delivery and logistics teams. Your primary mission is to ensure all prefabricated modules are delivered on time, within budget, and in strict compliance with UOP standards and globally recognized quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Fabrication Yard Oversight: Represent UOP as the owner construction/ Fabrication manager to guide the third-party Chinese fabrication yards, monitoring daily production schedules and progress of completion, material consumption, and resource capacity.
• Technical Execution: Interpret shop drawings, piping isometrics, Bill of quantities, vendors blueprints, and piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) to support yard operations.  
• Quality Assurance & Compliance: Partner with QA/QC managers to enforce rigorous testing protocols (e.g., weld inspections, leak testing, and non-destructive testing). Expert in Fabrication yards QC-dimension control plan during construction to ensure alignment during final tri-fit,  
• HSE Leadership: Instill a zero-harm culture by enforcing international and localized Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) regulations within the manufacturing yards.
• Supply Chain & Logistics: Coordinate with procurement teams to track fabricator bulk raw materials and UOP free issued materials to fabricators, minimize manufacturing bottlenecks, and optimize domestic/international shipping preparations. 
• Progress Tracking & Reporting: Formulate operational productivity metrics, KPI metrics, manage budget variances, and present risk-mitigation data directly to regional stakeholders and the UOP project director. Knowledge of Construction/Fabrication sites advanced work package is an advantage.

Qualifications

YOU HAVE

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, or equivalent Industrial Manufacturing.
• Experience: Minimum of 10–15 years of hands-on experience in heavy industrial manufacturing, modular skid fabrication, or petrochemical plant construction.
• Leadership: Minimum of 5–10 years in a supervisory or vendor-management role overseeing cross-functional project teams.
• Technical Proficiency: Deep understanding of metal fabrication, ASME welding codes, structural steel codes, and manufacturing codes.

WE VALUE

• Software Skills: Familiarity with project scheduling tools (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project) and layout viewing software (AutoCAD, Navisworks).
• Mobility: Willingness to travel frequently (up to 60%) to vendor yards and assembly sites across Greater China. This role will likely move to another country as the project progresses in future.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

About UsHoneywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy.