ILUS - Welding Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Schedules staff, plans and assigns work, implements policies and procedures, and ensures efficient work flow.
• Maintains quality and on-time delivery requirements, addresses production challenges, and communicates issues to relevant managers.
• Manages workflow with the production department, ensuring employees understand their responsibilities and delegated tasks.
• Partners with the Manager to manage schedules and backlogs, and assists in selection and performance management of employees.
• Communicates with the Manager regarding schedules and backlogs, and recommends equipment upgrades, staffing adjustments, improvements in procedures, and process modifications.
• Maintains timekeeping and attendance records for their groups using UKG.
• Provides technical guidance to team members and consults with other resources when needed.
• Monitors employee productivity and provides constructive feedback and coaching.
• Standardizes procedures to improve efficiency.
• Maintains compliance with departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous improvement objectives, and safety rules.
• Evaluates employee performance and is responsible for first line employee relations and issue resolution within their departments.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or equivalent experience in welding or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of supervisory experience, preferably in a steel fabrication environment.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with steel fabrication-welding.
• Certification or Associate’s degree in welding.
• Knowledge of welding procedures, operation, and set-up of all equipment, reading and interpreting blueprints, and creating jigs and fixtures.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing and 6S principles.
• Computer skills, supervisory skills, ability to deal with conflicts and employee issues in a professional manner, good verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational skills, team-oriented and collaborative, self-motivated and detail-oriented, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• LOTO certification required.
• Forklift operation certification required.
• Crane operation certification required.