Superintendent - Shop

Mid-State Machine•Van Wert, OH
•Onsite

About The Position

The Fabrication Shop Superintendent at Mid-State Industrial is responsible for leading daily operations within a custom steel fabrication environment. This role ensures safe, efficient, and high-quality production of custom metal products by managing personnel, coordinating job flow, and aligning shop activities with project schedules and customer specifications. You will be responsible for supervising shop leads and crews of welders, fitters, and mechanics as well as performing hands on work, as needed.

Requirements

  • Employee must be capable of working long hours
  • 5-10 years of Fabrication experience
  • 3 years of supervisory experience
  • Strong blueprint reading and welding knowledge.
  • Must be dependable and operate with a high-level of integrity.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
  • Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
  • Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
  • Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
  • Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
  • Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
  • Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
  • Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
  • Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
  • Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
  • Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
  • Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
  • Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
  • Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
  • Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
  • Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise, coordinate, and/or schedule the activities of shop employees.
  • Oversee all fabrication activities including structural steel fabrication, welding, cutting, forming, and assembly.
  • Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine maintenance requirements or to plan procedures.
  • Inspect work progress and shop areas to verify safety and ensure that specifications are met.
  • Coordinate with other departments such as; QA/QC, engineering and project teams.
  • Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
  • Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs.
  • Confer with managerial or technical personnel, other departments, or contractors to resolve problems or to coordinate activities.
  • Analyze worker or production problems and recommend solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans.
  • Train workers on fabrication methods, operation of tools/equipment, safety procedures, and/or company policies.
  • Record information such as personnel, production, or operational data on specified forms or reports.
  • Arrange for repairs of equipment or machinery.
  • Suggest or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or hires.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Vacation
  • Holiday pay
  • Employee Assistance Program
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