Fitter/Welder Lead (Catoosa)

About the role

Arcosa Telecom Structures is an AWS and AISC certified fabricator of self-supporting towers, guyed towers, monopoles, tower modification packages, and miscellaneous structural tower components. As the Fitter/Welder Lead, you will oversee multiple activities simultaneously, take ownership of team output, and manage departments to achieve plant goals while maintaining high standards for safety, quality, and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Ensure employees follow all safety procedures and protocols, serve on safety committees, and complete regular safety audits
• Manage daily production operations of heavy industrial products for assigned work group
• Set production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, materials supply, staffing resources, and volume required to meet demand
• Overcome obstacles to achieve established safety, production, efficiency, and quality metrics
• Coach employees on work quality and quantity, including fit-up and welding processes, ensuring goals are met and solving issues as they arise
• Ensure production of sufficient quantities of quality products at or below budgeted production costs
• Assist in continuous improvement activities to improve material movement through production processes
• Manage employees, monitor and approve timesheets and work logs
• Assign employees to workstations and ensure proper training is completed
• Manage all aspects of fit-up and welding processes for assigned work groups and production bays, ensuring adherence to production policies and procedures

Requirements

• No less than 2 years of demonstrated successful leadership experience in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment
• Experience in a metal fabrication or welding facility, specifically with flux and/or metal core welding (highly preferred)
• Thorough knowledge of blueprints and layouts, preferably related to tower structures
• High degree of dependability, maturity, and strong leadership characteristics
• Ability to work 6:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Monday – Thursday, with Fridays and Saturdays as production requires
• Regular and predictable attendance, a great attitude, and ability to work well with a team

Schedule

6:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Monday – Thursday, with occasional Fridays and Saturdays as production requires.