Welding Lead Person

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SHOP-FIXED Full Time Manual Labor Mills, WY, US

Austin Engineering designs and manufactures customized haul truck bodies, buckets, water tanks, and other equipment for the mining industry. With manufacturing operations across Australia, North America, Indonesia, and South America, Austin combines engineering expertise with a commitment to safety, quality, innovation, and teamwork. Austin invests in employee training and development to help its people build their skills and prepare for future leadership opportunities.

Lead, coach, and mentor welders and fabricators building haul truck bodies while contributing hands-on to production. Plan ahead, make sound decisions, and keep work moving safely and efficiently. Bring a drive to succeed, reliable attendance, and a commitment to treating everyone with dignity and respect.

Other duties and related work may be assigned.

• Perform production work required by your classification; plan ahead and stage parts for assembly to minimize downtime.
• Work with the Supervisor to understand daily goals, coordinate assignments, and maintain production in the Supervisor’s absence.
• Monitor output, support team projects, and help resolve workflow, design, material, equipment, safety, and personnel issues.
• Test equipment operations and setups; train employees in safe equipment use and help interpret prints, directions, procedures, and policies.
• Assist with incident and near-miss reports, production reports, maintenance requests, material issue tickets, and daily timesheet updates in Visual.
• Follow and enforce company policies and safety guidelines, correct and report hazards, and keep the work area clean and organized.

Candidates must be able to perform the essential duties satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Experience leading welders and/or fabricators in a production shop environment.
• Experience with flux‑cored arc welding (FCAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), air carbon arc gouging, and print reading.
• Three (3) to Five (5) years of combined experience and/or a minimum of two (2) years at Austin.

• Read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, engineering drawings/prints, and procedures; write routine reports and clearly explain directions to employees.
• Use whole numbers, fractions, decimals, rates, ratios, and percentages for labor hours, weights, part locations, weld sizes, and center points.
• Solve practical production problems, interpret written, oral, diagram, and schedule instructions, and assign work appropriate to employee ability and classification.
• Demonstrate sound judgment, planning, problem-solving, teamwork, and respectful leadership.

• Regularly/frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
• Stand on steel or concrete; reach to grind, weld, and move parts; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl to weld or use hand tools.
• Use close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Fabrication work involves regular exposure to fumes and airborne particles; frequent work near moving mechanical and electrical parts, at heights, and outdoors; and occasional exposure to wet or humid conditions, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme heat, welding-arc ultraviolet radiation, and equipment vibration. Noise is usually loud, with regular exposure to very loud fabrication equipment.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Classification guidelines apply; management determines whether qualifications are met using methods compatible with good practice.

Day Shift
Monday to Thursday - 6am to 4:30pm
Fridays - 6am to 2pm