Fabrication Supervisor - SDCA

Austal USA•San Diego, CA

6d•$36 - $51•Onsite

About The Position

The Fabrication Supervisor is responsible for overseeing fabrication personnel, ensuring a safe and efficient working environment, and maintaining quality standards in accordance with Austal procedures. This role involves managing personnel, materials, equipment, safety, housekeeping, quality control, and production planning. The supervisor will also be responsible for implementing process improvements and ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards. This position may require managing repair efforts at offsite locations with potential for significant travel.

Requirements

Three (3) years of shipbuilding experience or five (5) years’ in a relevant field.
A good practical understanding of how ships and associated components or systems are fabricated or assembled.
Possesses the ability to schedule and monitor tasks.
Basic computer skills; Microsoft Outlook and Excel skills beneficial but not essential.
Experience in achieving schedule dates and budgets.
Must be willing to travel as needed and directed.
18 years of age or older at time of application.
Able to provide proof of US Person Status.
No felony convictions of Theft/Deception or Violent crimes within seven years from disposition date.
No felony convictions of Drug crimes within three years from disposition date.
Willing to submit to a drug screen.
Willing to submit to a background check.

Nice To Haves

Microsoft Outlook and Excel skills beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

Implement the Ten Fundamentals of Supervision.
Ensure a working environment conducive to worker comfort and safety.
Set and monitor time goals for all tasks.
Monitor work performance of staff daily and undertake assessments as required.
Enhance and encourage skill development of staff.
Monitor timekeeping and verify hours.
Encourage effective communications and flexibility within the team and gain an understanding of their needs and problems.
Provide motivation, maintain a high level of morale and minimize confrontation.
Ensure on-the-job training and instruction is provided for trainees and apprentices.
Provide avenue of cross training production staff in multiple trade skills.
Provide feedback to Foreman or Manager on performance.
Provide constant feedback to leadership regarding Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, Morale.
Ensure compliance of all work is IAW Austal procedures and NAVSEA Standard Items.
Manage repair efforts in various offsite locations (potential for offsite travel in excess of 40%).
Plan material requirements.
Generate requisitions for leadership approval to be obtained from inventory.
Ensure the economic use of materials to meet targets of quality and material elimination.
Control issuing and consumption of consumables.
Control and maintain records of company equipment and machinery under their control.
Ensure regular maintenance of company equipment and machinery is undertaken in conjunction with the relevant Department.
Communicate process improvement potential with equipment requests.
Ensure a safe working environment is maintained meeting Austal standards in addition to local government agencies and ships force requirements.
Attend to injuries of staff and follow up with necessary paperwork.
Promote culture of safe working environment stressing hot work safety, cleanliness of work area, compliance to Austal procedures and safety requirements.
Ensure your team’s housekeeping is maintained and promoted.
Inspect work and ensure quality is maintained during all phases of work.
Inspect and sign off all completed work.
Implement and maintain quality standards, check sheets and procedures.
Ensure company policies and procedures are understood and adhered to.
Identify and record problems and initiate or recommend corrective action to your coordinator.
Ensures work quality meets requirements and notify Foreman when an area is ready for survey and then the coordinator shall re-inspect the area with the supervisor.
Assists in development and maintains compliance with Process Control Procedures (PCPs).
Plan future work.
Provide input for production schedules and provide weekly updates.
Actively plan and implement production improvements.
Ensure every effort is made to reach agreed milestone dates.