Production Program Manager

  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #1174
  • Salary: $110,000 - $150,000

FirstFour Staffing is assisting a client in south Louisiana with their need for a Production Program Manager.

This position is responsible for leading new vessel construction strategies and activities including:

  • Ensure production budgets are on target
  • Coordinate and monitor efforts of production & subcontract crafts
  • Track material/receiving orders
  • Develop and monitor completion & delivery schedules
  • Serve as main contact with owner’s rep on production aspects of the project
Experience/Knowledge/Skills
  • 8 years of experience in a shipbuilding or related manufacturing field
  • Production planning/scheduling
  • Shipbuilding practices and relative craft specific processes
  • Analyze and interpret blueprints and production drawings
  • Supervision of production team
  • USCG, regulatory requirements
  • Word, Excel, and Power Point

Assistant Sales Manager

  • Location: Pensacola, Alabama
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #1173
  • Salary: $60,000 - $140,000

FirstFour Staffing is partnered with a reputable home building and realty organization that is seeking to add an Assistant Sales Manager to their team in Pensacola, Florida. 

***This is an onsite role that cannot be performed remotely. 

SUMMARY                                            
Assist the Sales Manager in the management, training and motivation of the sales staff, handle buyer calls and issues, sign all documentation related to home purchase and close.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Realtor outreach (realtor breakfasts, lunches, office presentations)
  • Work with the marketing coordinator/manager and Division Manager on advertising
  • Work with the agents on all marketing promotions
  • Grand openings and new phases
  • Competitive analysis on product, features and neighborhoods/amenities
  • Assist in managing Sales Staff
  • Meet or beat set sales goals
  • Create new incentives for neighborhoods
  • Recruit and hire future sales representatives
  • Train/motivate the sales force

REQUIREMENTS

  • 2+ years sales experience
  • Customer relations experience
  • Excellent written & verbal communication
  • Driven, detail-oriented, personable, reliable, dependable
  • Ability to meet or exceed sales goals with little supervision
  • Ability to work weekends

Director of Human Resources

  • Location: Baldwin County, Alabama
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #1168
  • Salary: $75,000 - $120,000

FirstFour Staffing has partnered with a reputable organization that is seeking to add a Director of Human Resources to their team in Baldwin County, Alabama.

***This is an onsite role that cannot be performed remotely.

SUMMARY: The ideal candidate will act as an employee champion and a leader of change. You will plan, develop, organize, implement, direct and evaluate the organization’s human resource function and performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Provide overall leadership and guidance by overseeing talent acquisition, employee career development, succession planning, retention programs, training and leadership development
  • Function as a strategic, human capital business advisor to the senior management team
  • Develop initiatives, policies and programs to complement existing practices and create consistency across the organization
  • Oversee benefit and compensation plans to ensure cost efficiencies and attractiveness to retain top talent

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field– advanced degree preferred.
  • 7+ years’ of HR management experience
  • Experience in- employee relations, recruiting, onboarding processes, compensation & benefits, training programs, HRIS, and compliance.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to multi-task, organize, and prioritize work

Traveling Superintendent – Commercial Roofing

  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #1163
  • Salary: $85,000 - $95,000

Traveling Superintendent – Commercial Roofing

We are assisting a well-established Commercial Roofing client with their need for a Traveling Superintendent. This role will be responsible for managing assigned crews to ensure that a project moves in the proper direction safely and profitably.

Responsibilities include:

  • Leading teams of 8-12 crew members, employees and subcontractors ensuring work is completed on schedule, within budget, and with the quality and workmanship expected by industry standards
  • Maintaining safety, quality, productivity, and morale within their projects
  • Setting daily goals and standards for their team
  • Holding teams accountable; measuring the progress of their crew toward the established quality, productivity, and safety goals
  • Managing materials for projects from acquisition to completion
  • Conducting inspection to ensure work complies with standards
  • Coordinating with other trades
  • Creating reports for the project manager on progress and changes in work
  • Conducting project safety inspections of jobs 

Experience/Skills:

  • Minimum 5 years’ experience overseeing commercial project
  • Commercial roofing experience highly preferred, but will consider general construction experience as well
  • Demonstrated leadership skills; experience leading crews of 8-12
  • Conversational Spanish is required
  • Must have ability to travel
  • Possess a high level of personal drive and responsibility

This direct hire traveling position offers company truck, gas card, hotel expense, meals per diem, cell phone, laptop, etc.

Candidates must be able to provide verifiable references. 

Account Manager

  • Location: Daphne, Alabama
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #1161
  • Salary: $35,000 - $40,000

FirstFour Staffing has partnered with a reputable insurance organization that is seeking to add an Account Manager to their team in Daphne, Alabama. 

DETAILS
Account Manager- Personal & Small Business Accounts
Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm, Option for hybrid after 6 months

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • File claims
  • Service policies
  • Update policies
  • Market (shop) policies

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Commercial insurance claims filing experience
  • Office Administration experience
  • Customer Service Skills
  • Strong Written & Verbal Communication
  • Detail-Oriented
  • Reliable, Dependable

Staff Accountant

  • Location: Daphne, Alabama
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #1158
  • Salary: $60,000 - $70,000

SUMMARY

This individual will report directly to the Accounts Receivable Manager and support the finance organization. In this capacity, the individual will perform accounts receivable functions including billing, cash posting and collections.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Prepare and analyze monthly journal entries over assigned accounts and areas
  • Participate in monthly consolidated close process
  • Perform fluctuation analysis over key accounts
  • Prepare monthly account reconciliations in a timely manner
  • Support all audit requirements
  • Ensure compliance with US generally accepted accounting principles on assigned accounts
  • Review and document current processes and provide analysis
  • Prepare required budget and forecasting schedules
  • Support ERP implementation
  • Support ad hoc projects as they arise

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
  • Experience with Oracle or other ERP software is a plus
  • Microsoft Office Suite with intermediate/advanced Excel skills
  • Self-motivated and ability to think critically
  • Drive to understand process, identify issues, and problem solve
  • Results-oriented with a strong sense of urgency and ability to multi-task
  • Drive for excellence and ability to execute
  • Solid organizational skills and detail-oriented

Bookkeeper

  • Location: Daphne, Alabama
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #1156
  • Salary: $45,000 - $50,000

Our client has an immediate need for a Bookkeeper. This role will perform a variety of accounting, bookkeeping and financial tasks. This is a full charge bookkeeping role, but mainly process accounts receivables and accounts payable.

RESPONSIBILITES

  • Assist in all aspects of A/R & A/P
  • Assist in the managing and payment all bills, generate respective reports.
  • Process / collect / handle Return Checks for all companies
  • Assist in the reconciling all bank account and credit card on a monthly basis
  • Provide credit card breakdown and compile all receipts for each credit card holder
  • Enter credit card debit / credit transactions into accounting system

 

REQUIREMENTS

  • 5+ years of experience
  • Familiarity with bookkeeping and basic accounting procedures
  • QuickBooks Online experience
  • Competency in MS Office, databases and accounting software
  • Hands-on experience with spreadsheets and financial reports

Senior Accountant

  • Location: Daphne, Alabama
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #1155
  • Salary: $65,000 - $75,000

SUMMARY: 

The Senior Accountant is part of the Finance team and is expected to work with the Corporate Controller in performing all aspects of operational finance requirements including cost and variance analysis, development of annual product standard costs, and analyzing inventories.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Participate in the monthly closing process ensuring work requirements are completed in a thorough and accurate manner 
  • Perform inventory close duties
  • Track, analyze and report inventory valuations to management, ensure valued inventories have accurate quantities and are properly valued in accordance with GAAP
  • Analyze cost accounting data and assist with cycle count/physical inventories
  • Review, investigate, and correct errors and inconsistencies in transaction entries, documents, and reports 
  • Complete assigned account reconciliations and related analysis on a monthly basis to identify potential discrepancies in account balances
  • Calculate and analyze the Excess & Obsolete Inventory Reserve
  • Prepare data for yearly standard setting process for finished goods, components, and core parts; update and review standard and actual costs
  • Establish, maintain and review standard costs; maintain reports to assist with the development of product costs
  • Acquire a detailed understanding of business model, processes, procedures and plant accounting internal controls
  • Support all audit requirements and ensure audit demands are met in a timely manner
  • Maintain schedules, support, and analytics for year-end financial audit
  • Establish detail part number reports to ensure the Cost of Goods Sold section of the financials are compliant and correct
  • Work with plant operations in gathering all required information to submit fixed asset forms for approval or to retire fixed assets
  • Perform analyses on assigned accounts to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes
  • Develop and prepare various reports and operational packages to provide support to plant operations
  • Analyze actual manufacturing costs and prepare periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs
  • Work with operations on new and proposed product cost estimates
  • Review and analyze inventory and margin reports, conduct research and perform analytical studies regarding cost analyses.
  • Participates in the preparation of the annual product cost development, analyze and report budgeted variances, and perform volume, component and core costing analysis
  • Participate in the preparation of required budget schedules
  • Prepare monthly variance analysis to support accurate and timely reporting of monthly actuals to various internal customers
  • Participates in the coordination and preparation of operating forecasts vs budget, as required
  • Preparation of weekly and or mid-month projections of operations performance, as required
  • Planning/Forecasting/Analyses
  • Perform analyses on assigned accounts to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes
  • Develop and prepare various reports and operational packages to provide support to plant operations
  • Analyze actual manufacturing costs and prepare periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs
  • Work with operations on new and proposed product cost estimates
  • Review and analyze inventory and margin reports, conduct research and perform analytical studies regarding cost analyses.
  • Participates in the preparation of the annual product cost development, analyze and report budgeted variances, and perform volume, component and core costing analysis
  • Participate in the preparation of required budget schedules
  • Prepare monthly variance analysis to support accurate and timely reporting of monthly actuals to various internal customers
  • Participates in the coordination and preparation of operating forecasts vs budget, as required
  • Preparation of weekly and or mid-month projections of operations performance, as required
  • Support implementation/updates of cost accounting systems
  • Train, coach, and mentor a direct report
  • Support for process improvement projects
  • Work with External Auditors and provide support

REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
  • CPA or CMA highly desired
  • 3 years plus of cost or manufacturing accounting experience required
  • Experience working with engineering and manufacturing personnel on development and analysis of cost standards and other issues
  • Excellent verbal, written, and organization skills necessary
  • Microsoft Office Suite with intermediate/advanced Excel skills
  • Experience with Oracle ERP system preferred
  • Prior exposure to remanufacturing is a plus
  • Previous work experience in a Private Equity environment a plus
  • Capability to travel to other manufacturing sites as needed
  • Demonstrated independent and objective thinking to properly evaluate, communicate, educate, influence and gain cooperation in reaching consensus, decisions and action
  • Ability to develop astute financial analytics to identify trends and then draw key
  • conclusions, providing insights and knowledge to drive decision making and engage non-finance management in managing the business
  • Adept at asking thought-provoking questions in order to create healthy debate and challenge our team in order to address critical issues
  • Curiosity and drive to understand underlying issues and to simplify process, resolve complex problems and pro-actively present issues to management
  • Results-oriented with a strong sense of urgency for driving results
  • Very detail-oriented professional with a desire to dig into the details to understand data and business trends
  • Solid organizational skills and ability to balance multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
  • Must be able to maintain an effective working relationship with, and among coworkers and supervisors
  • Demonstrates honesty, integrity and professionalism

Capital Projects Engineer

  • Location: Mobile, Alabama
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #1153
  • Salary: $85,000 - $125,000

FirstFour Staffing is partnered with a leading manufacturer in Mobile AL to assist with their need for a Capital Projects Engineer

Responsibilities:

  • Manage maintenance and engineering capital projects from inception to completion
  • Develop project budget and schedule
  • Qualify bids, respond to RFIs
  • Develop scopes of work, equipment specs and other technical documents
  • Management of multiple contractors and contracts
  • Commissioning and manufacturing integration
  • Ensure as-built drawings, operating and maintenance manuals are received, and equipment maintenance plan development

Requirements:

  • BS in Mechanical, Electrical or Civil Engineering preferred – Combination of education and experience considered instead of degree
  • Minimum 5 years (with degree) experience supporting engineering and capital project management
  • Contractor management and coordination experience
  • Project and process documentation experience
  • Computer proficiency – Microsoft Office required, Microsoft Project and SharePoint a plus
  • PMP Certification a plus

Structural Fitter or Shipfitter

  • Type: Contract
  • Job #1149
  • Salary: $28.50

FirstFour is looking for Steel Structural Fitters to join our team at a major shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, Day Shift, 50 hours per week 

COMPENSATION: $28.50 per hour

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE:

  • Pass approved A-Class Fitter Test.
  • 3 years' experience as a Structural or Ship Fitter.  
  • Must demonstrate ability to interpret and work from construction drawings, job specifications, instruction manuals, manufacturer’s handbooks, change order, and contract specifications.
  • Thorough knowledge of equipment, work processes and techniques used in measuring, and fitting of aluminum components, modules and vessels.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and measure using the metric system.
  • Knowledge of shipyard terminology such as general ship structure and vessel layout.
  • Knowledge of edge preparation and weld joint details.
  • Advanced working knowledge of engineering drawings and sketches.
  • Drug screen and background check required.