About the role
Fabrication Shop Lead- 1st Shift (6am-2pm)
Position Summary
The Fabrication Shop Lead prepares, sets up, and operates the bender machine in a safe and efficient manner to bend product to customer specifications and quality standards. This position is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the fabrication shop while actively participating in welding, machining, fabrication, and repair projects. The Fabrication Shop Lead provides leadership, coordinates shop workloads, ensures quality standards are met, and promotes a safe and productive work environment. This role works daily to ensure assigned areas of responsibility operate with risk lowered to ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) in support of the company's ZERO HARM, ensuring no injuries, illnesses, or negative impacts occur to employees, property, environment, or the community. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled and motivated leader who can balance hands-on fabrication responsibilities with team leadership, continuous improvement initiatives, and a strong commitment to safety, quality, and operational excellence.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Carries out responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. This description identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Other job-related responsibilities may be assigned based on the company’s pay-for-skills program and job-related duties as reasonably assigned by his/her supervisor. * Locates material in the storage area. * Locates and moves material in storage area with forklift and overhead crane. * Set up and operate bender equipment and other fabrication machinery. * Performs regular quality checks and ensure products meet specifications. * Reads, understands, and follows build sheets and drawings for setup and operation. * Make templates as directed. * Organizes and prepares for upcoming changeovers on bender machine. * Inspect finished products to ensure quality and accuracy. * Packages bent sheets per customer specification. * Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area. * Works in designated areas of plant as a laborer when bending operations are not in process.
Supervisory Requirements * Provide daily leadership and direction to 2-3 fabrication employees.
Education and Experience * High School diploma or equivalent required. * Ability to complete simple forms and understand simple written instructions. * Ability to perform simple arithmetic skills involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and decimals. * Experience operating fabrication shop equipment, including benders, welders, saws, drill presses, and other related machinery.
* A minimum of 1-2 years work-related experience is required. * Experience reading blueprints, shop drawings, and production specifications required. * Equivalent combinations of education and relevant work experience may be considered.
Physical Demands 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. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The physical demands in a heavy manufacturing environment are significantly more strenuous and require a high level of physical fitness and stamina. Workers are frequently required to stand, walk, bend, stoop, crouch, and lift or carry heavy materials—often over 50 pounds—throughout their shift. Tasks may involve operating or working near heavy machinery, using hand and power tools, and performing repetitive motions. Employees must also be able to tolerate exposure to heat, cold, loud noise, and other environmental factors such as dust, vibration, and slippery surfaces. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is required, and physical agility, coordination, and situational awareness are critical to performing job duties safely and effectively in an industrial setting.
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job and may be somewhat disagreeable working conditions. The employee is responsible for minimizing accidents within the facility and for following established safety policies and procedures during the performance of this job.
The work environment for this position is an industrial manufacturing plant, with employees regularly exposed to physical and environmental challenges. Workers are continuously (70–100% of the time) around moving and potentially dangerous machinery and are subject to loud noise levels that require hearing protection. Continuously (70–100% of the time), they may encounter heat from both weather and industrial processes, as well as cold weather conditions. Continuously (70–100% of the time), the environment may include wet or humid conditions, slippery floors or ramps, vibration from equipment, exposure to outside weather, dust, electrical shock hazards, and contact with oil, grease, or solvents. Proper personal protective equipment (PPE) and adherence to safety protocols are essential in maintaining a safe and productive workspace in this industrial setting.
For your hard work, you receive: * Competitive base pay * Bonus eligibility based on organizational performance * Paid time off including holidays and vacation * Excellent benefits to include medical, dental, vision, company paid life/short-term disability/long-term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts (FSA), health savings account (HSA), 401(k) with match, company paid tele-health, stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement assistance, and Employee Assistance Plan (EAP).