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Team Lead - Vault Assembly & Production
Watkins Industrial Concrete Products/ Alvarado, TX 76009
About the Role
Watkins Industrial Concrete Products is a growing startup vault manufacture. We're looking for a hands-on Team Lead to oversee and work alongside our Vault Assembly team. In this role, you'll lead daily production activities, train employees, ensure quality standards are met, and help maintain a safe and efficient work environment. This position requires fluency in both English and Spanish, as you will communicate instructions, train employees, and support a bilingual workforce
If you enjoy leading by example and have experience in mechanical assembly, pipefitting, or manufacturing, we'd like to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support a team assembling piping, valves, meters, backflow devices, and related components inside precast concrete vaults.
- Assign daily work, monitor productivity, and help the team meet production schedules.
- Train and mentor employees on safety, quality, and assembly procedures.
- Read and interpret shop drawings, bills of materials, and production specifications.
- Verify proper installation, alignment, and quality of completed assemblies.
- Coordinate pressure testing, inspections, and documentation requirements.
- Maintain accurate production, inventory, and job records.
- Ensure compliance with all safety procedures, including PPE, material handling, confined space requirements, and lockout/tagout practices.
- Work with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Purchasing to resolve production issues and material shortages.