Steel Fabrication Supervisor

Big Top Manufacturing • Flower Mound, TX

76d • Onsite

About The Position

For over four decades, Big Top has manufactured and installed high-performance fabric structures in the United States, delivering American-made quality, innovation, and reliability. We don’t just build shelters - we engineer solutions that optimize operations, safeguard assets, and provide a competitive edge for companies worldwide. With the support and financial backing of Altamont Capital Partners, we are in an exciting phase of growth, expansion, and innovation.

Requirements

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to build accountability, coach employees, manage conflict, develop talent, and guide a diverse team.
• Ability to lead through clear expectations, timely feedback, documented follow-up, and consistent accountability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to read and interpret fabrication drawings, blueprints, work orders, travelers, specifications, tolerances, dimensions, cut lists, and technical instructions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and decision-making abilities.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to balance short-term production demands with long-term employee development, training, standard work, equipment readiness, material control, and process improvement priorities.
• Ability to create, track, interpret, and improve departmental KPIs and performance measurements.
• Ability to accurately use ERP/MRP systems, production tracking tools, production travelers, work orders, labor reporting, inventory transactions, material records, quality records, and production documentation.
• Ability to use ERP and operational data to identify constraints, evaluate performance, improve data accuracy, and support decision-making.
• Knowledge of steel fabrication processes, cutting, fitting, forming, drilling, grinding, measuring, material handling, shop equipment, and fabrication safety requirements.
• Working knowledge of dimensional inspection tools, tolerances, layout methods, and fabrication quality expectations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, and related business systems.
• Reasoning ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, interpret technical instructions, evaluate options, and draw valid conclusions.
• Mathematical ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and apply fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, proportions, angles, dimensions, and production calculations to practical situations.
• Language skills sufficient to read and interpret procedures, technical requirements, safety standards, work instructions, reports, business correspondence, and regulatory guidance; ability to write reports, procedures, correspondence, and employee documentation as required.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum 5 years of steel fabrication, structural fabrication, metalworking, or related manufacturing experience required.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of shop-floor KPIs, labor efficiency, schedule attainment, first-pass quality, material utilization, scrap and rework reduction, 5S, Lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement practices preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of demonstrated leadership, supervisory, lead, or equivalent shop leadership experience preferred.
• Experience hiring, coaching, developing, managing performance, and addressing employee accountability preferred.
• Experience developing employees, leading training, maintaining qualification expectations, and building bench strength preferred.
• Experience implementing process improvements, solving recurring operational problems, and improving department performance preferred.
• Experience using ERP/MRP, production reporting, labor tracking, inventory transactions, quality records, work orders, production travelers, or manufacturing data systems preferred.
• Experience with fabrication equipment, dimensional inspection, material control, and drawing-driven manufacturing preferred.
• Experience in a quality-driven manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Owns steel fabrication department performance for safety, quality, delivery, productivity, labor effectiveness, material utilization, cost control, and employee capability.
• Leads Steel Fabricator I, II, and III employees by setting clear expectations, assigning work, coaching performance, addressing gaps, and enforcing consistent accountability.
• Plans and adjusts daily department execution by aligning labor, employee skill, equipment, materials, drawings, work orders, priorities, and constraints to meet production commitments.
• Verifies work requirements by reviewing drawings, blueprints, work orders, travelers, specifications, tolerances, cut lists, bill-of-material requirements, quality standards, and delivery expectations before and during execution.
• Owns safe execution of cutting, fitting, forming, drilling, grinding, material handling, equipment operation, and related fabrication work through compliance with PPE, equipment authorization, safety practices, documented procedures, and required inspections.
• Owns fabrication quality and department conformance through first-piece checks, in-process inspections, dimensional verification, drawing conformance, handoff verification, and corrective action on nonconformance, rework, scrap, or recurring defects.
• Plans work sequencing and material flow to reduce handling, waiting, bottlenecks, excess work-in-process, and disruptions to downstream welding, finishing, and assembly operations.
• Identifies production risks and develops recovery plans that protect safety and quality while maintaining schedule, throughput, and customer commitments.
• Investigates nonconformance, schedule misses, excess scrap, material loss, and recurring process failures; leads root-cause analysis, corrective action, verification, and follow-up.
• Develops workforce capability through onboarding, training, cross-training, equipment authorization, qualification tracking, skills matrix maintenance, development planning, and succession and bench-strength preparation.
• Supports full-cycle talent management for the fabrication department, including workforce planning, recruiting support, interviewing, selection input, onboarding, performance reviews, corrective action, and retention in partnership with Human Resources.
• Creates, tracks, monitors, and improves department KPIs tied to safety, quality, delivery, productivity, labor efficiency, material utilization, scrap and rework reduction, training completion, schedule performance, equipment readiness, and continuous improvement.
• Uses ERP, production, labor, inventory, material, quality, equipment, and employee-capability data to identify risks, set priorities, allocate resources, solve constraints, and communicate department performance to plant leadership.
• Owns ERP discipline and data integrity for labor reporting, production reporting, routing compliance, traveler completion, material transactions, work order execution, rework and scrap reporting, and employee transaction compliance.
• Identifies and corrects reporting errors, transaction gaps, routing issues, inventory discrepancies, material shortages, process breakdowns, and data integrity concerns that affect operational reliability.
• Owns fabrication department SOPs, work instructions, standard work, setup requirements, inspection methods, training requirements, and operating procedures by ensuring they are implemented, followed, audited, updated, and improved.
• Converts tribal knowledge and undocumented fabrication practices into repeatable standards in partnership with Quality, Safety, Engineering, Welding, Operations, and plant leadership.
• Ensures saws, drills, punches, brakes, shears, cutting equipment, grinders, fixtures, measuring tools, material-handling equipment, and supporting assets are inspected, maintained, calibrated as required, available, and escalated before risks affect safety, quality, or delivery.
• Maintains accurate department records for production output, labor hours, material usage, training, qualifications, employee performance, rework, scrap, quality findings, safety concerns, equipment issues, downtime, and corrective actions.
• Builds a disciplined and engaged work environment by promoting teamwork, addressing conflict early, reinforcing accountability, and correcting performance or behavior issues promptly.
• Leads continuous improvement actions that improve safety, quality, flow, throughput, labor utilization, material utilization, standard work, employee capability, equipment reliability, and overall department performance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• health, dental and vision insurance at no cost – the premiums are 100% employer-paid!
• 401(k) with company match
• free short-term and long-term disability
• life insurance
• employee assistance program
• generous vacation allowance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED