Welding Shop Lead

📍 Fort Worth, TX

About the role

AGC Heat Transfer is seeking an experienced Welding Shop Lead to help launch and lead our welding department at our growing Fort Worth Service Center. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in building a welding operation from the ground up while leading a team, driving quality, and contributing to products that support food safety and sanitation across North America. If you're a hands-on leader who thrives in a manufacturing environment and enjoys mentoring others, solving challenges, and delivering exceptional work, we want to hear from you.

Why AGC Heat Transfer?

AGC Heat Transfer is a leading OEM manufacturer of sanitary plate heat exchangers serving the food, beverage, dairy, and sanitary processing industries. Our products and services help customers maintain safe, efficient, and reliable operations. At AGC, we believe our people make the difference. We foster a culture built on collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support, and mentor a team of welders
• Assign daily work and monitor productivity, quality, and performance
• Oversee startup activities for AGC's Texas welding department
• Inspect and approve completed work before it leaves the department
• Ensure compliance with safety policies, procedures, and regulations
• Train and develop team members to improve welding skills and quality standards
• Coordinate labor, materials, and equipment to meet production schedules
• Fit, tack, assemble, and weld stainless steel sheet metal and mild steel assemblies
• Perform welding, grinding, and finishing work according to engineering drawings
• Identify potential design or fabrication issues and recommend solutions
• Collaborate with production, engineering, and leadership teams
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in safety, quality, and efficiency
• Maintain welding equipment and coordinate repairs when needed
• Keep work areas clean, organized, and safe

Requirements

• 4+ years of TIG welding experience on light-gauge stainless steel
• 4+ years of Dual Shield welding experience on ¼" to 1" mild steel
• Ability to pass a welding test
• Experience reading and interpreting blueprints, drawings, and specifications
• Strong troubleshooting and decision-making skills
• Ability to identify quality concerns and perform rework when necessary
• Basic math, reading, and written communication skills
• Ability to accurately read a tape measure using fractional measurements
• High School Diploma or GED
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Commitment to workplace safety and 5S principles

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous welding shop startup experience
• Experience leading or mentoring welding personnel
• Manufacturing leadership experience

Physical & Work Environment Requirements

• Standing and walking for extended periods
• Frequent bending, kneeling, crouching, climbing, and reaching
• Regular lifting of up to 50 pounds (more with assistance)
• Use of hand tools, power tools, and welding equipment
• Working around heat, sparks, fumes, noise, dust, and varying temperatures
• Wearing required PPE including welding helmets, gloves, respirators, safety glasses, and protective clothing
• Safe operation of forklifts, cranes, hoists, and material-handling equipment when required
• Manufacturing environment conditions include moderate-to-loud noise levels, occasional vibration, and seasonal temperature changes

Skills

We're looking for a leader who exemplifies the AGC Difference:

• Integrity: Honesty, trust, and transparency in everything you do.
• Care: Respect for people, customers, and the environment.
• Innovation: A problem-solving mindset and commitment to improvement.
• Excellence: A dedication to quality, craftsmanship, and continuous learning.
• Execution: Safety-focused teamwork and accountability.
• Goal Orientation: A drive to achieve results and help the team succeed.

Benefits

• Competitive pay: $36.00–$38.00 per hour
• 401(k) with employer match
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (if eligible)
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time & Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• Growth and development opportunities
• A chance to lead a new welding operation and make a lasting impact

Pay

$36.00–$38.00 per hour

Schedule

Full-Time | Non-Exempt