Position Summary: Organizes, coordinates, and supervises employees and activities within the fabrication department to ensure an effective and efficient fabrication operation that meets safety, quality, and production standards. Reports to Plant Manager.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Assigns work to department personnel to attain department objectives using knowledge of production processes, company policies, production schedules, work orders, equipment capacity, and employee capabilities.
• Readily perceives and effectively responds to schedules and product flows essential to supervising highly productive, cost-effective, quality-oriented manufacturing operations.
• Establishes and controls procedures to meet production schedules.
• Recommends and initiates improvements to production processes, to increase manufacturing efficiency.
• Establish and control procedures to ensure production of conforming fabricated assembly components.
• Monitors and controls established procedures to ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Establishes and monitors cost control systems to achieve department budget objectives.
• Responsible for compliance with safety and housekeeping requirements.
• Facilitates and promotes company policy and the company Quality Management System program within all department workgroups.
• Provides training, support, direction, and guidance to department personnel to continually develop their work habits, job skills, and safety practices.
• Evaluates employee performance and accountability.
• Provides objective feedback for continued employee growth.
• Recommends and/or administers personnel actions in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Set department goals and develop an outline for achievement.
• May be exposed to excessive noise, welding gases and fumes, and varying weather conditions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bilingual (English and Spanish) preferred
• Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, production management, mechanical engineering, etc.
• 5 years minimum supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Computer literate with experience using e-mail and word processing applications (Microsoft Office).
• Ability to learn and understand software and complete transactions pertaining to fabrication or welding operations, excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates ability to supervise diverse work groups in a team environment using effective listening, coaching, training, investigative and problem-solving skills, ability to exercise initiative, sound judgment and effective time management in a fast-paced environment with limited supervision.
• Read and interpret weld process according to AWS and ASME section IX.
• Ability to understand and apply workplace safety procedures.
• Practical knowledge of manufacturing processes and equipment required.
• Proficient in structural/vessel fitting, Mig/Fluxcore/Tig/Subarc welding, manual presses, burners, CNC plasma burners, shears, rolls, and similar equipment.
• Ability to manipulate tools and assembly components involving fine and gross motor skills sufficient to demonstrate welding job tasks.
• Ability to lift 40 pounds.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, reach, kneel, twist, pull, push, grip, and climb.

Compensation: $85,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
George's Welding Services, Inc. is a full-service specialty contractor delivering fabrication and installation of structural steel and miscellaneous metals. Our long-term success is built upon a rich timeline of industrial experience that dates to 1984.
Today, we combine 30 plus years of experience and construction technology with the expertise of project management and engineering personnel to produce a variety of structures. From local community projects to multinational developments, clients receive our ready-to assemble, prefabricated steel structures designed to their specifications. Meaning within budget, on schedule, and directly delivered to project job site.