Welding Supervisor

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A Brief Summary of This Position

The Welding Supervisor is responsible for the supervision and direction of the site welding team. The incumbent works with suppliers, customers, and site leadership to identify, research, and develop welding and process improvement plans. The incumbent is responsible for regularly reviewing site-welding metrics and using root cause analysis and corrective actions to improve welding operations. The incumbent is responsible for managing and storing site welding records and documents per applicable quality procedures.

Essential Functions

• Reports to the Quality Manager, and dotted line into the Welding Management Team. The position also interfaces regularly with Operations, Quality, ME, IE, and Safety teams.
• Manages the site level welding team - typically the weld instructor & technician(s)
• Attends daily production meetings to ensure welding KPI's are met & sustained
• The ability to travel up to 20% of the time, locally
• A strong working knowledge of AWS Codes D1.1, D1.2, D1.4, and D1.5, & CSA standards
• Writes, reviews, approves, and controls welding procedures, work instructions, and other welding documents
• Interviews welding candidates and determines skill level through evaluation process
• Incumbent provides one-on-one coaching and training support to new and existing welding staff
• Assists with Qualification & Training of Welding personnel and associated recordkeeping
• Provides technical support for customer concerns, third party audits, and site concerns
• Analyzes QA reports and performs root cause analysis and corrective actions for welding processes
• Performs process audits to ensure compliance & performance
• Other duties as assigned

Other Important Details about the Role

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities) :

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications :

Working Environment and Physical Efforts :

Work is typically performed in an industrial shop setting. The incumbent is regularly required to stand for extended periods of time, as well as talk and listen on the phone in personal conversations or meetings. The environment is fast paced and demanding most of the time. Limited travel requirements for this position. The employee frequently is required to use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms while working in the shop. The employee is frequently required to move about the shop and site. Incumbent must utilize proper ergonomic safeguards when performing manual tasks such as welding. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds, with the most frequent lift up to 20 pounds, in working with materials and equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Working conditions may include abnormal temperatures including heat, cold, rain, snow and ice. Employee may also be exposed to jarring and bouncing, high noise areas, and other job related hazards. Employees are required to wear all necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) for the position.

Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family's overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following :

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