Meet One of Barclay Mechanical’s Field Superintendents – Edgar Ayala
Edgar is one of Barclay Mechanical’s field superintendents managing some of our industrial construction projects. Edgar started with Barclay Mechanical six years ago as a journeyman welder and was made field superintendent three years ago.
Edgar is currently working in Washington state on a potato plant project. Before that, he spent three months in California managing a gold-plating facility project and worked directly with our clients every day meeting their specific requests and managing expectations.
Over the past few years, Edgar has been the field superintendent on projects in California, Washington, Big West, Florida, and Idaho.
A typical day for Edgar begins are early as 5:00 a.m. He will show up 30 minutes to an hour earlier than his men so he can get the JSA ready and hold a safety meeting for his crew. In his meeting, he explains to everyone what the process will look like for that day. Then he supervises everyone to make sure they are doing the job right. He makes sure they have all the materials, equipment, and PPE necessary to complete their job. And also orders any materials that are needed to continue the flow of the project.
Edgar’s career started as a welder over 20 years ago. Because of that, he is always teaching his welders and helping improve their welding skills. He also jumps in and welds whenever there is a need.
Edgar puts in 110% on every job, every day. Everything he does he tries to do the best he can. He encourages his crew to use their mind and to think twice before starting anything. That way they are not only working hard but working smart. Working smart is understanding the safest, most efficient way to tackle a project. Then, do it accurately and persistently.
The workday for Edgar’s crew ends at 4:30, which means he stays until 5:00 to finish paperwork such as JSA, sending in employees time, and the tasks that have been worked on or completed.
Edgar is married to Luz and they have three wonderful girls. Edgar and his family have lived in Salt Lake City for 25 years.
In his free time, Edgar enjoys spending time with his family. They like to travel together and go camping. Because he works so much and puts in a lot of overtime, he tries his hardest to enjoy every moment he has with his family. If he had time for a personal hobby it would be fixing his 1978 Ford.
About Barclay Mechanical
Barclay Mechanical is an industrial mechanical construction contractor, offering heavy-duty welding and fabrication services. Established in 1980, Barclay has become a leading mechanical contractor – working all over the country in the energy, food processing, production and agricultural sectors. We offer the highest level of quality craftsmanship at competitive prices within specified time-frames. We guarantee safety is our number one focus and pride ourselves in having a company culture which encourages hard work, honesty, fairness, and personal improvement.
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How We Became an Industrial Mechanical Contractor
Barclay Mechanical, Inc. has almost 40 years of providing professional welding services and heavy industrial contracting services to customers in Utah, Idaho and surrounding states. The company’s roots go back to January 1, 1980 when founder, Michael D. Barclay, originally established Barclay Welding in Idaho. He had “welding in his blood,” so to speak. His father, Daniel P. Barclay, was a highly-skilled welder and Idaho State University’s 1962-1970 Department Head for its welding program.
As Barclay Welding grew, Mike changed its name to Barclay Mechanical, Inc. to more adequately describe the variety of services and products it provided, such as industrial mechanical construction. In 1993, Mike started another branch of Barclay Mechanical Services in Manti, Utah, which is now owned by three of his sons, John Barclay, Scott Barclay and Kenneth Barclay. Although the company’s welding shop is physically located in Manti, Utah 98% of their projects are outside of Sanpete County. In fact, only 50% of their work is in Utah with the other 50% being in other states.