Structural Steel Welding & Fitting Supervisor – 2nd Shift
Location: York, PA
Job Type: Direct Hire
Starting Pay: $32/hour — higher pay available based on experience
2nd Shift Differential: Additional $3/hour
MUST HAVE: Structural steel fabrication experience and prior leadership experience overseeing welders and fitters.
Position Overview
Lead a second-shift team in a structural steel fabrication environment. This hands-on supervisory role is responsible for coordinating welding, fitting, production, personnel, materials, and shop activities while keeping work safe, efficient, on schedule, and compliant with quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and support welders, fitters, and other shop employees
- Coordinate daily fabrication and production activities
- Oversee shop personnel, equipment, tools, and materials
- Maintain production and fabrication schedules
- Coordinate material and product deliveries
- Develop and maintain standard fabrication procedures
- Monitor product quality and enforce quality control procedures
- Identify opportunities to improve production efficiency, employee performance, and quality
- Work with project management, logistics, purchasing, and other departments to meet project deadlines
- Communicate product status, quality issues, and delivery needs with other departments and facilities
- Maintain shop equipment and building areas as needed
- Develop effective working relationships with vendors and suppliers
- Maintain an appropriate workload across the shop and communicate production needs to management
- Monitor inventory levels in coordination with other shift leadership and purchasing
- Adjust work hours when necessary to support delivery schedules
- Enforce company policies and make decisions that support company objectives
Qualifications
- Structural steel fabrication industry experience required
- Leadership/foreman experience overseeing welders and fitters required
- Managerial or supervisory experience
- Strong knowledge of the structural steel fabrication industry
- Excellent spoken and written English
- Strong customer service and interpersonal skills
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- Available to work 2nd shift, overtime, and Saturdays as needed