Fabrication and Machinist Lead

Here is your chance to showcase your skills with an established, yet growing, company that's been in business for over 29 years! We offer a variety of challenging work that plays to each employee's strengths.

FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE including 4 10-hour shifts and 5 8-hour shifts with flexible start times!

STARTING SALARY RANGE: $21 - $25

BENEFITS and Perks: Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance; HSA/FSA options, Accident & Critical Illness Insurance;
Short- and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) with Employer Match;
Term Life Insurance;
Employee Assistance Program;
Employee-of-the-Month and Year, On-site Welding Training and Certifications; RITALKA University;
Employee Luncheons;
Company Picnic;
Community Volunteering

As a Fabrication and Machinist Lead, your primary responsibility is the daily supervision of all fabrication operations within the given facility.

• Provide daily work directions to fabrication personnel
• Develop employee performance review documentation
• Document any workplace related injuries and communicate with Safety Director
• Coordinate orders with management and purchasing department for steel / shop supplies
• Accurately schedule, and expedite the use of labor, machines, and materials in the fabrication of parts.
• Identify machine run speeds for accurate scheduling of material fabrication.
• Communicate accurate parts sequences with shop personnel.
• Ensure that quality control processes are followed during the various stages of fabrication.
• Ability to accurately read and interpret blueprints to ensure products are fabricated correctly
• Ability to understand and willingness to follow existing QC processes
• Coordinate equipment repairs as needed
• Adhere to established department budgets for tooling
• Provide input into fabrication and QC process improvements
• Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order
• Install equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
• Operate and control equipment. Inspect and evaluate the quality of products
• Repair machines or systems
• Detailed knowledge of CNC/NC programming and understanding of geometric tolerances
• Understanding of computer software such as MS-Word and Excel
• Employee HR approvals

• Accurately reads/interprets blueprints that may include mechanical connections/joints, mechanical assembly prints, hydraulic/pneumatic schematics, electrical wiring diagrams
• Understanding of and the willingness to follow work order instructions, including signing-off of fabrication department dispatches
• Detailed knowledge of CNC/NC Programming
• Can design and construct
• Has good communication and problem solving skills
• Is comfortable communicating with management and Human Resources
• Is able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Is able to bend, crawl and be on feet for 8 plus hours per work day
• Has any combination of education and experience that would provide the required skill and knowledge for successful performance

Many tasks include their own work and/or the review of work of others in the department. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Spec Sys is a full service provider that offers project management, engineering, and manufacturing for fast track projects, systems, and products with a main focus on large mobile equipment - if it moves and it's big, we can do it! At Spec Sys, we take safety and quality very seriously. We want our employees to go home in the same way they arrived at work (maybe even better if possible) and we do that by providing our services On Time, On Budget, and Done Right.

As one of the few engineering and manufacturing companies that are ISO-9001:2015 certified, you know that our standards and processes are first-rate.

Spec Sys is a family-owned company that focuses on creating jobs in rural communities in the upper Midwest; purposefully deciding to create jobs away from the chaos of larger metro areas. Our company values help to foster strong relationships with not only our employees and customers, but also our communities. We take pride in finding careers that fit the person rather than a person to fit a job which allows us all to do extraordinary things with ordinary people.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.