Fabrication Foreman

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The Fabrication Foreman is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the fabrication department in an engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment. This role ensures that fabricated components for industrial equipment are produced accurately, efficiently, and according to customer specifications, safety standards, and quality requirements. The foreman leads a team of welders, fitters, and fabricators and works closely with engineering, quality, and production planning.

• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Supervise and coordinate daily activities of fabrication personnel, including welding, fitting, and layout tasks.
• Interpret and execute engineered drawings, weld maps, and build plans for custom industrial equipment.
• Monitor work orders to ensure jobs stay on schedule and within budgeted labor hours.
• Assign tasks based on production priorities, employee skill levels, and material availability.
• Provide materials to employees to ensure proper workflow.
• Ensure adherence to safety protocols, company policies, and OSHA regulations.
• Perform quality checks throughout the fabrication process and coordinate with QA/QC on inspections and non-conformance reports.
• Train and mentor team members on welding procedures, blueprints, shop math, and ETO documentation practices.
• Track and report key metrics such as labor efficiency, first-pass yield, and job completion status.
• Collaborate with engineering, planning, and inventory control to resolve material shortages or design issues.
• Enforce proper use and maintenance of tools, equipment, and PPE.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to layout optimization, labor efficiency, and fabrication best practices.
• Ensure compliance with ASME and OSHA regulations according to Quality Manual Standards and Blueprints through the use of documentation, maintenance and development.
• Responsible to ensure hours are logged to proper job and report weekly for payroll.
• Administer all aspects of employee management to include training, planning, assigning and directing work, performance reviews, pay increases, addressing complaints, resolving problems and disciplinary actions.

• Project Management.
• Thoroughness.
• Customer/Client Focus.
• Decision Making.
• Leadership.
• Communication Proficiency.

This position supervises fabrication employees per the direction/approval of the Plant Manager concerning all employee relations.

Non-temperature-controlled environment with loud noises, dust, dirt, and metal particles that are usually associated with metal fabrication shops. All employees are required to wear personal protective equipment to include noise/hearing protection, safety glasses with side shields, and OSHA compliant safety boots/shoes within the manufacturing facility.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing duties of this job, the employee in this position is regularly required to stand for long periods of time. This position requires walking, the ability to reach, ascend/descend ladders, bend, kneel, and stoop. The employee occasionally will lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Thursday, 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

No travel is required for this position.

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• 5 years of demonstrated experience and/or training.
• Ability to read Blueprints and engineering fabrication drawings.
• Knowledge of ASME quality control procedures as per shop manual.
• Strong welding knowledge and application, Mig, Tig, Subarc, Stick and fluxcore.
• Ability to recommend proper procedures for specific jobs and provide guidance to laborers.
• Strong leadership, supervisory skills, organizational, problem solving, and project management skills.

• 2 year technical degree or vocational certificate in related field.
• 2 years of experience in a managerial or supervisory position.

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