Welding Lead Person

Austin Engineering - STREAMLINE • Mills, WY

8d • $0 - $38

About The Position

Austin Engineering designs and manufactures customized haul truck bodies, buckets, water tanks, and other equipment for the mining industry. The company operates manufacturing facilities across Australia, North America, Indonesia, and South America and emphasizes safety, quality, innovation, teamwork, and employee training and development.

The Welding Lead Person leads, coaches, and mentors welders and fabricators building haul truck bodies while also performing hands-on production work. The role requires planning ahead, making sound decisions, and keeping work moving safely and efficiently, along with reliable attendance and respectful treatment of others. The position works with the Supervisor to coordinate daily goals and assignments and to maintain production during the Supervisor’s absence.

Candidates must be able to perform the essential duties satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Classification guidelines apply, and management determines whether qualifications are met using methods compatible with good practice.

Requirements

• Experience leading welders and/or fabricators in a production shop environment.
• Experience with flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), air carbon arc gouging, and print reading.
• Three to five years of combined experience and/or a minimum of two years at Austin.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, engineering drawings/prints, and procedures; write routine reports; and clearly explain directions to employees.
• Ability to use whole numbers, fractions, decimals, rates, ratios, and percentages for labor hours, weights, part locations, weld sizes, and center points.
• Ability to solve practical production problems, interpret written, oral, diagram, and schedule instructions, and assign work appropriate to employee ability and classification.
• Demonstrated sound judgment, planning, problem-solving, teamwork, and respectful leadership.
• Ability to regularly or frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
• Ability to stand on steel or concrete; reach to grind, weld, and move parts; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl to weld or use hand tools.
• Ability to use close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and adjust focus.

Responsibilities

• Perform production work required by the assigned classification and stage parts for assembly to minimize downtime.
• Work with the Supervisor to understand daily goals, coordinate assignments, and maintain production in the Supervisor’s absence.
• Monitor output, support team projects, and help resolve workflow, design, material, equipment, safety, and personnel issues.
• Test equipment operations and setups.
• Train employees in safe equipment use and help interpret prints, directions, procedures, and policies.
• Assist with incident and near-miss reports, production reports, maintenance requests, material issue tickets, and daily timesheet updates in Visual.
• Follow and enforce company policies and safety guidelines, correct and report hazards, and keep the work area clean and organized.
• Perform the physical duties of the assigned work area and classification.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed