Fabrication and Machinist Lead

Here is your chance to showcase your skills with an established, yet growing, company that's been in business for over 29 years! We offer a variety of challenging work that plays to each employee's strengths. Learn more about us.

About the role

As a Fabrication and Machinist Lead, your primary responsibility is the daily supervision of all fabrication operations within the facility.

• Provide daily work directions to fabrication personnel
• Develop employee performance review documentation
• Document any workplace-related injuries and communicate with Safety Director
• Coordinate orders with management and purchasing department for steel/shop supplies
• Accurately schedule and expedite the use of labor, machines, and materials in the fabrication of parts
• Identify machine run speeds for accurate scheduling of material fabrication
• Communicate accurate parts sequences with shop personnel
• Ensure quality control processes are followed during the various stages of fabrication
• Accurately read and interpret blueprints to ensure products are fabricated correctly
• Understand and follow existing QC processes
• Coordinate equipment repairs as needed
• Adhere to established department budgets for tooling
• Provide input into fabrication and QC process improvements
• Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order
• Install equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications
• Operate and control equipment
• Inspect and evaluate the quality of products
• Repair machines or systems
• Handle employee HR approvals

Many tasks include your own work and/or the review of work by others in the department.

Requirements

• Accurately read/interpret blueprints that may include mechanical connections/joints, mechanical assembly prints, hydraulic/pneumatic schematics, electrical wiring diagrams
• Understand and follow work order instructions, including signing-off of fabrication department dispatches
• Detailed knowledge of CNC/NC programming and understanding of geometric tolerances
• Ability to design and construct
• Good communication and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable communicating with management and Human Resources
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Able to bend, crawl, and be on feet for 8+ hours per workday
• Any combination of education and experience that provides the required skill and knowledge for successful performance

Understanding of computer software such as MS Word and Excel.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• HSA/FSA options
• Accident & Critical Illness Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Term Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee-of-the-Month and Year awards
• On-site Welding Training and Certifications
• RITALKA University
• Employee Luncheons
• Company Picnic
• Community Volunteering opportunities

Pay

Starting salary range: $24 to $28/hour

Schedule

Flexible schedule including 4×10-hour shifts and 5×8-hour shifts with flexible start times.

About SpecSys

SpecSys is a full-service provider offering project management, engineering, and manufacturing for fast-track projects, systems, and products with a main focus on large mobile equipment. We take safety and quality seriously and are ISO-9001:2015 certified. Our company values help foster strong relationships with employees, customers, and communities. We pride ourselves on finding careers that fit the person rather than fitting a person to a job.