Welding & Fabrication Supervisor at JMG

Brief Description

Organize, coordinate, and supervise the work of Section Leads and their employees within the Fabrication and Welding unit to ensure an effective and efficient fabrication operation that meets safety, quality, and production standards.

Duties

• Assign work to Section Leads to attain department objectives using knowledge of production processes, company policies, production schedules, work orders, equipment capacity and employee capabilities.
• Readily perceive and effectively respond to schedules and product flows essential to supervising highly productive, cost-effective, quality-oriented manufacturing operations.
• Establish and control procedures to meet production schedules.
• Oversee daily job responsibilities of the Section Leads.
• Recommends and initiates improvements to production processes with the aim to increase manufacturing efficiency.
• Establish and control procedures to ensure production of conforming fabricated assembly components.
• Monitors and controls established procedures to ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Ensure an effective and accurate production line that minimizes costs and aligns with the unit objectives.
• Establishes and monitors cost control systems to achieve unit budget objectives.
• Provides training, support, direction and guidance to unit employees to continually develop their work habits, job skills and safety practices.
• Communicate job expectations and performance requirements to Section Leads.
• Ensure good understanding and interpretation of engineering drawings and plan layout specifications by Section Leads. 
• Gather and analyse information from Section Leads to identify root causes and troubleshooting issues face on production line.
• Coordinate with Maintenance department on daily maintenance priorities, future maintenance and engineering projects.
• Participate in succession planning for personal growth as well as development of Section Leads and employees.
• Ensure materials are received early by all sections for week plan.
• Run reports in AX/DOLPHIN to track and move material throughout the Departments to support on-time delivery.
• Report the progress of production flow to Production Manager.
• Take up IMS responsibilities such as reporting unsafe act, condition or procedure in the work place, participating in fire or emergency drill at work, participating in incident reporting and investigation when necessary and adherence to Company policies

Competencies

• Able to learn and understand software and complete transactions pertaining to fabrication or welding operations, 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrate ability to supervise diverse work groups in a team environment using effective listening, coaching, training, investigative and problem-solving skills, ability to exercise initiative, sound judgment and effective time management in a fast-paced environment with limited supervision
• Able to read and interpret weld process 
• Able to understand and apply workplace safety procedures
• Practical knowledge of manufacturing processes and equipment required
• Able to manipulate tools and assembly components involving fine and gross motor skills sufficient to demonstrate welding job tasks
• Strong stamina and physical strength.
• Able to sit, stand, bend, reach, kneel, twist, pull, push, grip, and climb
• Excellent coordination and team work skills
• Excellent planning and organizing skills
• Able to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines
• Proven ability to implement process improvement initiatives
• Strong reporting skills
• Strong attention to details

Minimum Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent. Welding & Fabrication Engineering or equivalent is a plus.  
• Min 7-8 years of proven work experience in an Industrial/ Manufacturing environment.