Structural Steel Fabrication Supervisor
Qualdoc · Cocoa, Florida, United States · onsite
Structural Steel Fabrication Supervisor
Location: Cocoa Beach, FL
Job Type: Direct Hire
Shift: 2nd Shift
Starting Pay: $30/hour; higher depending on experience
Shift Differential: Additional $3.00/hour night differential
Position Overview
We are looking for a hands-on Fabrication Supervisor to coordinate shop activities and guide a team of structural steel fitters, welders, and fabrication workers. This role focuses on organizing daily assignments, maintaining production flow, resolving fabrication issues, and ensuring work meets safety and quality requirements.
The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of fabrication leadership experience and a strong understanding of structural steel manufacturing, welding, and blueprint interpretation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate daily fabrication activities to meet production schedules and completion deadlines.
- Supervise and provide direction to welders, fitters, and other shop employees.
- Distribute assignments and adjust workloads based on production priorities.
- Provide technical assistance with steel fit-up, welding, material layout, and blueprint interpretation.
- Identify and resolve fabrication problems that may affect production quality or timelines.
- Monitor shop progress and communicate operational updates and potential delays to management.
- Ensure employees follow established safety procedures, quality requirements, and shop guidelines.
- Work with maintenance personnel to address equipment issues and minimize production interruptions.
- Coordinate employee training, onboarding, and ongoing skills development.
- Work alongside Quality Control to verify fabrication work meets required specifications.
- Assist with dimensional inspections, quality checks, and production documentation.
- Maintain an organized, productive, and safe shop environment.
- Perform additional supervisory and fabrication-related duties as needed.
Qualifications:
- At least 3 years of experience leading or supervising structural steel fabrication personnel.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of structural steel fabrication, welding, fit-up, and layout.
- Experience working with CNC fabrication machinery and industrial shop equipment.
- Ability to read and interpret structural steel blueprints and fabrication drawings.
- Understanding of production scheduling, quality control, and industrial safety practices.
- Experience with Tekla EPM/GO preferred.
- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and support a fast-paced production environment.
- Willingness to work overtime, weekends, or adjusted hours when production requires.
Why Join Us?
Join a team-oriented manufacturing environment focused on safety, quality, and operational excellence, with long-term potential for experienced fabrication professionals seeking a leadership opportunity.