Shop Supervisor

Commercial Contracting Corporation•Gas City, IN

About The Position

The Gas City Shop Supervisor leads and coordinates daily fabrication, welding, machine repair, equipment rebuilding, and refurbishment activities. The supervisor ensures work is completed safely, efficiently, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with established quality standards. The role requires setting clear expectations, developing employees, maintaining accountability, resolving issues, and fostering a culture of safety, quality, productivity, teamwork, and continuous improvement. The position is dedicated to fabrication, machine repair, equipment refurbishment, estimating, and shop leadership operations. The supervisor plans shop work, coordinates people and resources, oversees repair and fabrication processes, prepares estimates, monitors costs, enforces safety and quality requirements, and coordinates materials, parts, tooling, vendors, and outside services. The role also includes employee coaching and development, performance management, production planning, documentation, and improvement of shop efficiency and project profitability.

Requirements

Five or more years of experience in industrial fabrication, welding, machine repair, equipment rebuilding, industrial maintenance, or a related field.
Three or more years of supervisory or leadership experience in a shop, manufacturing, repair, or industrial environment.
Proven ability to lead, motivate, develop, and hold skilled tradespeople accountable.
Strong working knowledge of welding, fabrication, mechanical systems, machining processes, and industrial equipment repair.
Ability to read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, repair specifications, and fabrication details.
Experience estimating labor, materials, outside services, and project costs.
Strong decision-making, communication, conflict-resolution, planning, and problem-solving skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Ability to work in an active industrial fabrication and machine repair shop environment.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, climb, and lift materials or components as required.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and follow shop safety rules.
Ability to review work at machines, fabrication tables, welding stations, and repair areas.

Nice To Haves

Experience with conveyor systems, material-handling equipment, gearboxes, pumps, process equipment, or custom machinery.
Welding, machining, industrial maintenance, or safety certifications.
OSHA 30 certification.
Experience working with both union and non-union skilled trades.
Experience with CAD drawings or fabrication-detailing software.
Union affiliation or prior experience working in a union environment; preferred but not required.
Experience operating, programming, troubleshooting, and optimizing CNC plasma cutting tables.

Responsibilities

Provide daily leadership and direction to fabricators, welders, mechanics, machinists, and other assigned shop personnel.
Set performance expectations, work standards, priorities, and accountability measures.
Lead by example and coach, mentor, train, and develop employees.
Address performance, attendance, conduct, and conflict issues; identify future shop leaders and support succession planning.
Promote teamwork, employee engagement, open communication, and continuous improvement.
Plan, organize, and supervise fabrication, welding, fitting, machining, assembly, and repair activities.
Oversee fabrication of structural steel, machine components, platforms, guards, supports, conveyors, and specialty assemblies.
Review drawings, blueprints, specifications, work orders, and customer requirements before work begins.
Coordinate labor, materials, tooling, equipment, and subcontracted services to meet production schedules.
Monitor labor productivity, workflow, equipment utilization, and schedule performance, and maintain an orderly, safe, efficient shop.
Lead diagnosis, repair, rebuilding, and refurbishment of industrial machinery and equipment.
Develop repair scopes, work plans, labor requirements, material lists, and testing requirements.
Oversee equipment disassembly, inspection, troubleshooting, machining, welding, fabrication, reassembly, alignment, and operational testing.
Coordinate outsourced machining, balancing, coatings, heat treatment, and specialty repair services when needed.
Verify repaired or refurbished equipment meets customer, operational, quality, and safety requirements before release.
Prepare labor and material estimates for fabrication, machine repair, rebuilding, and refurbishment projects.
Develop material takeoffs, labor-hour forecasts, vendor requests, and subcontractor cost comparisons.
Support proposal development, scope clarification, production planning, and project handoffs.
Compare actual labor and material costs with estimates, identify corrective actions, and help improve estimate accuracy, shop efficiency, and project profitability.
Promote and enforce company safety policies, shop procedures, and applicable OSHA requirements.
Conduct toolbox talks, safety meetings, work-area inspections, and corrective-action follow-up; ensure use of required PPE and safe work practices.
Inspect work throughout fabrication and repair processes and verify compliance with drawings, specifications, and customer requirements.
Reduce rework through planning, training, inspection, root-cause review, and process improvement; maintain job documentation, inspection records, and testing results.
Coordinate steel, repair parts, welding supplies, shop consumables, and production tooling; monitor usage and inventory.
Work with purchasing personnel and vendors to obtain competitive pricing and timely delivery.
Protect and maintain shop tools, production equipment, and company assets assigned to the operation.