Southworth International Group, Inc., located in Manila, AR, has an immediate opening for a Section Lead – Weekends.

Southworth is the world’s largest manufacturer of ergonomic material handling equipment for vertical lifting and work positioning. Our products are designed to improve worker productivity while reducing the potential for worker injuries. Anywhere that workers are lifting and positioning items, handling pallets, working with parts in containers or transporting loads in a factory or warehouse, Southworth has a product to make the job faster, safer, and easier.

We realize that our success is a direct result of the efforts of our talented and dedicated employees. To ensure continued success we take extra care to make sure that careers at Southworth are financially, intellectually, emotionally, and socially rewarding for all. We offer a generous time off policy, 401k match, affordable health and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, development plans for career growth, and a fun engaged workforce!

Key Responsibilities:

• Read and understand blueprints and other specifications and communicate as a set of instructions
• Provide department employees with guidance, direction, and technical assistance as well as training when Building Manager is not available
• Layout, position, fit, and weld components to assemble machinery according to blueprints and/or verbal instructions including hydraulic assembly and hydraulic schematics
• Use various welding tools and equipment, following established procedures and work practices, and achieve an acceptable level of quality
• Develop and maintain a clean and safe work environment, providing proper housekeeping, care of equipment and safe operating procedures
• Provide customer satisfaction through schedule attainment by providing quality products
• Present departmental statistics in presentation format utilizing Excel, Power Point and Microsoft Word
• Perform other duties and complete other assignments as may be requested or assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Knowledge of welding techniques with proven ability to read and understand blueprints, painting, metal fabrication, hydraulic assembly and hydraulic schematics
• 3-5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• Proven communication skills both, both written and verbal
• Previous supervisory experience
• Proficiency in MS Office, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Demonstrated good judgment, dependability and satisfactory work quality and quantity
• Experience building an effective team through personal interaction based on trust, respect, communications, problem solving and individual, as well as, team performance.
• Ability to bend, twist, reach, grasp with fingers, stand for extended periods of time, and lift up to 50 pounds

WHAT YOU WILL LOVE ABOUT SOUTHWORTH

• Paid time off for Vacation, Sick/Personal, Maternity/Paternity Leave, and Community Service/Volunteer work
• Affordable Medical and Vision coverage
• FREE company paid Dental coverage
• Company paid Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement & Career Development Plans
• FUN and collaborative team members
• The opportunity to reach a worldwide customer base

Southworth is an Equal Opportunity Employer