Job Description

Job Type: Hourly

Wage: $30-$40/hr.

Location: Buena Vista, CO.

Job Description:

Fading West exists to build thriving and connected communities by reimagining the construction industry. Our vision is to eliminate the housing crisis for the workforce and the communities they serve. Our mission is to create attainable, high-quality, architecturally interesting, diverse communities for the workforce. To accomplish this, we fully integrate design, development, manufacturing, and construction in a single LEAN value stream.

CORE VALUES

• We Care for People
• We Keep Our Promises
• We Hate Waste
• We Love Challenges
• We Simplify & Standardize
• We Excel & Outperform

OUR CULTURE

Strong Work Ethic, Fun, Learning, and Humility 

• Fading West employees:
  • do not need to be managed
  • consistently impress the team with their insights and output
  • are wicked smart but don’t take themselves too seriously
  • have a passion for the company’s success without ego or pride in ownership
  • are teachable, collaborative, and committed to continual learning, growth, and personal development

Problem-Solving in a Challenging, Changing, and Flexible Organization

• Fading West employees:
  • Challenge the norms and think outside the box
  • enjoy the excitement of figuring out the “how” that accomplishes the “what” we are trying to achieve

Manage Complexity and Simplify Systems

• Fading West employees:
  • enjoy managing complexity to create efficient systems and processes that reduce waste and increase simplicity

Strategic Visionary Thinking

• Fading West employees:
  • Help develop strategies to achieve the objectives of the business plan to maximize return and minimize risk

Relationships and Mission

• Fading West employees:
  • Place a high value on relationships
  • Are discerning, highly relational, people connectors
  • Promote and maintain Fading West’s core values and mission statement
  • Are inclusive and build a culture where difference and creativity are valued
  • Believe diversity drives innovation

POSITION SUMMARY

The Production Plumbing Trade Lead brings an understanding of quality to Fading West that our customers expect in their homes. This individual elevates the overall skills and knowledge of the plumbing team by acting as a mentor and trainer to other Fading West team members. This individual must be highly flexible and humble and enjoy a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

?      Teaching and training the plumbing team in order to achieve desired production goals in a positive, team-oriented fashion is essential.

?      Performs plumbing tasks to support production.

?      Improve, create, design as needed, plumbing processes to achieve safety, quality, and velocity

?      Communicates and coordinates with other trade teams and departments (like our engineering department) to achieve production’s goals without sacrificing safety and quality.

?      Leads the activities of the various plumbing assembly operations.

?      When areas of improvement in the plumbing design and production process have been identified, collaborate with all stakeholders in a positive fashion to ensure all new improvements have been trained and implemented.

?      Performs all other tasks necessary to support production.

?      Complete weekly inventory counts on all plumbing products and work with our supply chain team to ensure all materials needed are available to the plumbing team.

?      Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

?      High knowledge of plumbing code

?      DWV piping knowledge

?      Professional plumbing experience, 3 years. 

?      Residential plumbing experience, 3 years.

?      Journeyman certification or higher a plus

?      Excellent written and verbal communication skills

?      Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills

?      Attention to detail

?      Organizational, planning, and documentation skills

?      Ability to work on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously

 Requirements

In-Person (this position cannot be performed remotely)

?      This role requires signing a confidentiality agreement, intellectual property rights agreement, and non-disclosure agreement

?      Background check results that meet Fading West’s standards

?      Reference check that speaks to the positive character of the applicant

?      May be required to regularly stand, sit, or walk for long periods of time, lift or carry more than 50 pounds, climb/balance on stairs or ladders, stoop, kneel, and crouch

?      Must be competent and comfortable in basic computer skills and navigating modern technology

 Fading West rigorously adheres to Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, C.R.S. § 8-5-201(1)

BENEFITS SUMMARY
(Offered to all full-time employees (30+ hours/week))

• Health Benefits (Portion of monthly premiums paid by employer)
  • Medical (Cigna )
    • Choice Between three plans
      • High deductible plan with $3300 for individuals and $6300 for families w/ HSA
      • High deductible plan with a $5000 deductible and no HSA 
      • PPO Plan with $1500 deductible for individuals and $3500 for families
  • Direct Primary Care Medical Option
  • Dental (Cigna)
  • Vision (Unum)
• 401(K) (Fidelity)
  • 4% Employer Match
• Auxiliary Benefits
  • Long Term Disability (fully employee paid)
  • Life Insurance (fully employee paid)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Health and Fitness Re-imbursement ($250 / year)
  • Local Gym Discount

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Vacation (2 weeks per year)
  • Personal days (6 days per year) 
  • Sick days 
  • Paid holidays
  • Supplemental Parental Leave (In addition to CO FAMLI Act) 

Fading West Development LLC and all its wholly owned subsidiaries
are equal opportunity employers

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.