Glazing Fabrication Shop Foreman

PCI Glass & Glazing | Fabrication Operations

Department Glass & Glazing Operations

Reports To Operations Manager / General Superintendent

Employment Full-Time

The Glazing Fabrication Shop Foreman is the day-to-day leader of the fabrication floor and is accountable for safety, people, production, quality, material flow, equipment readiness, and shop organization. This hands-on leadership role coordinates closely with project management, field operations, purchasing, and logistics to ensure fabricated glazing systems are delivered accurately, efficiently, and in sequence with project installation needs.

Lead by example and maintain disciplined shop practices.

Plan manpower, priorities, sequencing, and daily workflow.

Build quality into fabrication and minimize rework.

Train, develop, mentor, and hold the team accountable.

Coordinate receiving, staging, packaging, and shipment.

Continuously improve layout, processes, and productivity.

• Lead and supervise daily activities of glazing fabrication personnel; establish clear priorities, expectations, and accountability.
• Plan daily and weekly fabrication activities based on project schedules, required-on-site dates, manpower, and material availability.
• Conduct production and safety huddles and communicate workload, constraints, priorities, and performance expectations.
• Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and identify schedule, material, manpower, or equipment issues before they impact the field.
• Partner with Project Managers, Superintendents, purchasing, warehouse, and logistics teams to maintain reliable production flow.
• Train and mentor employees while building a professional, team-oriented, high-performance shop culture.

• Provide technical oversight for storefront, curtain wall, interior framing, entrances, doors, and related architectural aluminum systems.
• Oversee cutting, machining, routing, drilling, notching, assembly, gasketing, sealant application, hardware preparation, and packaging.
• Ensure fabrication is performed in accordance with approved shop drawings, fabrication tickets, cut lists, project specifications, manufacturer requirements, and approved dimensions.
• Establish quality-control checkpoints throughout fabrication; verify dimensions, machining, assembly, labeling, and completed work before shipment.
• Drive reduction of fabrication errors, material waste, rework, damage, and field modifications through disciplined processes and corrective action.

• Maintain clear visibility into shop workload, fabrication status, upcoming work, and production capacity.
• Coordinate receiving, inspection, staging, storage, fabrication, packaging, loading, and shipment of project materials.
• Ensure aluminum, glass, doors, hardware, gaskets, sealants, and accessories are protected, organized, and staged by project and installation sequence.
• Promptly identify and communicate damaged, incorrect, or missing materials and help drive resolution.
• Coordinate completed material releases to support field installation schedules and minimize unnecessary handling.

• Lead a strong safety culture, enforce company policies and PPE requirements, and immediately correct unsafe conditions.
• Ensure employees are trained and authorized to safely operate fabrication equipment, forklifts, material-handling equipment, and shop tools.
• Oversee proper use and readiness of saws, CNC equipment, routers, drill presses, punches, crimping equipment, glass-handling equipment, compressors, and related tools.
• Support preventative maintenance, equipment repairs,…