Mechanic Lead

Essential Duties And Major Responsibilities

• Is responsible for, commits to, practices, and verbalizes the company’s safety policies regardless of the chain of command in the company.
• Takes responsibility for the safety of each crew member at Vigor Fab.
• Maintains and communicates a positive consistent attitude to provide motivation to crew members.
• Understands the importance of giving both positive and negative feedback to Production management.
• Demonstrates the ability to give both positive reinforcement to Team members and verbal and written counseling when appropriate.
• Reviews Job Hazards Analysis based on the day’s work.
• Ensures the JHA is conveyed to any crew members before beginning work.
• Clearly communicates the plan and expectations to crew members.
• Understands the entire plan for the shop or asks questions to comprehend the scope of work.
• Commits to and communicates the plan of the week to the crew.
• Follows up with the crew throughout the day and evaluates their production performance and issues.
• Provides feedback to the Supervisor on shop’s performance by the weekly efficiency production report and evaluates percentage completion of the schedule’s plan of the week.
• Determines and provides necessary tools, materials, and information to crew so they may successfully execute the plan of the day.
• May be called upon to record and forward time sheets before the end of the day.
• Meets with Production Management daily to receive verbal and written instructions.
• Attends Production meetings when scheduled with updates to the Plan of the Week.
• May be responsible for managing crew members with different personalities, backgrounds, and work disciplines.
• Trains crew members in order to ensure each individual is following the Vigor Code and is producing their work according to Vigor Fab production standards.

Education And/Or Experience

• Journey level experience as an Industrial Laborer with a concentration of recent experience in a shipyard type environment.
• A minimum of three years’ experience as a Laborer Supervisor in an industrial environment.
• Must demonstrate an adept ability to effectively lead the work of others.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of marine-related equipment, ship repair and construction techniques; sequencing of ship repair activities; shipyard safety practices; complex mathematical principles as applied to shipping activities.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers and employees; act as a leader and be recognized as such by others, read, understand and apply ship repair specifications, blue prints, technical procedures, and regulations; identify problems with production and re-chart to correct; direct, coach and motivate the work of others; resolve conflicts; coordinate multiple details related to various projects simultaneously.
• Skill in directing and coordinating the work of others; operating a personal computer and various PC applications such as word processing and spreadsheets; interpreting an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form; working with several abstract and concrete variables; effectively resolving conflict; using tools as required for accomplishing the work.