Fabrication Lead

Position Summary:

Oversee day-to-day operations in the sheet metal fabrication department, ensuring the safe, efficient, and high-quality production of fabricated components. This hands-on leadership role involves coordinating personnel, managing workflow, monitoring quality standards, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. The Fabrication Lead serves as a key liaison between production staff, engineering, and management to meet production schedules and maintain compliance with company standards and customer specifications. This position requires strong technical knowledge of sheet metal fabrication processes, including cutting, bending, nesting, forming, welding, and finishing, as well as the ability to train and mentor team members

Essential Responsibilities:                                                           

• Develops design drawings according to engineering sketches, drawings, etc. (45%)
• Creates comprehensive production schedules, specifications, and work flows (35%)
• Monitors equipment, time, and materials during production process
• Collaborate with internal staff to obtain specified drawings, plans, schematics, etc.
• Communicate work schedule to fabrication team
• Provide updates to required personnel
• Design scale or full-size blueprints, spools, etc., relating to fabrication functions
• Develop productions plans and schedules to maximize fabrication output
• Liaise with internal and external clients to understand current and future fabrication needs
• Review all provided documentation to obtain material, time, and personnel requirements
• Compile and report on production reports as needed
• Monitor work-flow and implement improvements if necessary
• Maintain proficiency in current local, state, and/or federal codes, guidelines, and regulations affecting fabrication requirements
• Complete all required documentation, including but not limited to: Purchase orders, invoice validation, bill of lading, etc.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and Experience:

• 2+ years’ of Leadership Experience
• 2+ years’ experience with Fabrication

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge: Strong understanding and creation of blueprints, specs, drawings and instructions. Knowledge of spearhead planning and implementation strategies of multiple projects in an organized manner with commitment to meeting deadlines. Must be able to critically evaluate processes and projects and synthesize insights to arrive at a summary of overall organizational status.

Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Abilities: Ability to read schematics, accurately prepare documents, production sheets and other reports and related paperwork as required by procedures; Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquires or complaints; Ability to bring assignments to a successful completion; Ability to apply principles of logical thinking of a wide range of practical problems; Ability to work independently and make independent decisions.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

The characteristics described below are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Physical Demands:  While performing duties of this job, would occasionally be required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear, and use fingers and hands to feel objects, tools or controls.  Work might entail significant time spent standing, exposure to extreme temperatures, enduring distracting/uncomfortable sounds and noise levels, as well as exposure to potentially hazardous conditions and equipment. Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Employee may be required to climb stairs as needed to access various areas of the building.  Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, depth perceptions, and the ability to adjust focus. Overtime may be necessary as work load’s dictate. This may include weekdays, weekends and/or holidays.

Work Environments:  Job requires dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.  Employees may be subject to random drug and alcohol testing, pre-employment physical and background checks.