Weld Shop Supervisor

Job Description

Weld Shop Supervisor
Location:Riverside, CA
Salary Range: $84,000 - $95,000/yr.
Schedule 6:00am - 2:30pm

Position Summary

The Weld Shop Supervisor leads the day-to-day execution and people performance of ENC's Weld Shop, where complete heavy-duty transit bus structures are fabricated in carbon steel and 304L stainless steel in an engineered-to-order, mixed-model production environment. This role is accountable for safety, quality, delivery, labor efficiency, and schedule attainment while adapting to changing models, options, material availability, and engineering requirements.

As a visible, hands-on leader, the Supervisor provides clear direction, listens and responds to team member concerns, reinforces standards consistently, and maintains a disciplined, respectful, and productive shop environment. This position develops employees, resolves barriers quickly, and partners across departments to keep work moving and commitments on track.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead daily Weld Shop operations, including fit-up, welding, and completion of carbon steel and 304L stainless steel bus frame structures, to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity commitments.
• Translate the production schedule into daily priorities, staffing plans, work assignments, and recovery actions; adjust in real time for mixed models, engineered-to-order content, employee skills, material availability, equipment status, and engineering constraints.
• Set clear expectations at the start of each shift, conduct daily huddles, verify work in process, and communicate safety, quality, schedule, and staffing priorities throughout the day.
• Maintain a consistent shop-floor presence; listen to employee concerns, assess the facts, address issues promptly and fairly, close the loop, and escalate matters when additional support or authority is required.
• Apply Company policies and work rules fairly and consistently. Manage attendance, conduct, and performance through timely coaching, recognition, documentation, and corrective action in partnership with the Production Manager and Human Resources.
• Build constructive employee and labor relations through respectful communication, conflict resolution, de-escalation, and reliable follow-through while maintaining clear work direction and accountability.
• Supervise Weld Leads and Welders with accountability for schedule and takt attainment, labor hours and efficiency, first-pass quality, rework, safety performance, attendance, and housekeeping.
• Assign work based on qualifications, demonstrated skills, and capacity; maintain skill coverage, coordinate hands-on training and cross-training, complete performance reviews, and develop future leaders.
• Ensure work is performed to released drawings, specifications, work instructions, Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), and quality requirements, including proper identification, handling, and segregation of carbon steel and stainless steel materials.
• Partner with Quality and welding inspection personnel to verify workmanship, support required inspections, contain nonconforming work, perform root-cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and prevent recurrence.
• Enforce all environmental, health, and safety requirements, including required personal protective equipment, hot-work controls, ventilation and fume extraction, equipment guarding, lockout/tagout, and safe material handling; stop and correct unsafe work.
• Ensure welding equipment, fixtures, tooling, gases, consumables, and extraction systems are available, serviceable, and used correctly; coordinate maintenance and repairs before they affect production.
• Coordinate with Planning, Materials, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, EH&S, and downstream production areas to resolve shortages, design questions, quality issues, and workflow constraints.
• Monitor and communicate key performance indicators and maintain accurate records for labor, attendance, output, schedule status, quality, training, downtime, and corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement through standardized work, 5S, visual management, problem solving, and workflow or layout improvements that reduce waste and improve safety, quality, and throughput.
• Support staffing and overtime plans, employee selection and onboarding, and other production priorities as assigned by the Production Manager.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements:

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Operations, Engineering, Welding Technology, or a related field, plus 3–5 years of front-line supervisory or leadership experience in a manufacturing, fabrication, welding, assembly, or other skilled-trades production environment; OR
• High school diploma, plus a minimum of 10 years of supervisory experience within welding/fabrication
• Demonstrated employee and labor relations experience, including listening to and resolving workplace concerns, conflict de-escalation, performance documentation, and consistent administration of policies and…