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What they do
A Machine Shop Supervisor supervises employees working in a machine shop, including CNC and PLC machining. Requires experience in machining and supervising other machinists. Monitors activities to ensure safety of workers and quality of products. Analyzes job scope and engineering part prints to determine information for finished machined parts. May train new machinists, develop training, work and safety procedures for the shop.
$68,300 / year median in Texas
+7% projected growth
Job Description
What You'll Own:
Leadership of day-to-day fabrication operations across the shop and yard, with accountability for safety, quality, productivity, schedule execution, housekeeping, and workforce performance. Manpower management, including staffing plans, interviewing, hiring, employee performance, discipline, termination, attendance, retention, and overtime management. Development of approximately eight frontline supervisors into effective leaders who build capable, accountable teams. Implementation and execution of workforce development, training, cross-training, skill progression, and succession planning for critical fabrication positions. Execution of applicable procedures within Alamo's AISC Quality Management System and Quality Manual, working closely with Quality Control to maintain certification and disciplined shop processes. Production execution across material receiving and staging, CNC processing, cutting, fitting, welding, inspection, coating/finishing, staging, loading, shipping, and yard operations. Daily and weekly execution of production priorities established with the Production Manager, including identification and resolution of manpower, material, equipment, and workflow constraints. Productivity and cost performance, including labor efficiency, earned-versus-actual hours, throughput, overtime, rework, equipment utilization, and schedule attainment. Continuous improvement of workflow, shop layout, material handling, equipment utilization, production sequencing, and supervisor effectiveness. Techology -Enabled Fabrication:
Alamo utilizes Tekla PowerFab as our production-control platform and Steel Coded in conjunction with PowerFab for inventory management, material tracking, digital cut sheet management, material traceability, and quality-control processes. The Shop Superintendent is expected to drive disciplined shop-floor use of these systems and use production data to improve visibility, accountability, and performance.Why Alamo:
Alamo Structural Steel has called North Waco home since the early 1940s. Our business has grown through relationships, quality workmanship, dependable execution, and a simple philosophy that continues to guide how we operate: Do the Right Thing. This role is an opportunity to have a meaningful impact on a well-established structural steel fabricator that is continuing to grow. The right Superintendent will help build a shop that is safer, more disciplined, more productive, and increasingly scalable—while developing the supervisors and skilled workforce who will carry Alamo forward.Qualifications Qualifications & Requirements:
The ideal candidate is an experienced structural steel fabrication leader who understands both the craft and the business of running a high-performing shop. 10+ years of structural steel or heavy fabrication experience preferred, with 5+ years in progressively responsible shop leadership. Proven experience leading multiple supervisors and a substantial hourly workforce in a production-driven environment. Strong working knowledge of commercial structural steel fabrication, including shop drawings, material flow, fitting, welding, CNC processing, quality requirements, and production sequencing. Experience working within an AISC Certified fabrication facility and familiarity with AISC Quality Management Systems; working knowledge ofAWS D1.1
preferred. Demonstrated ability to manage manpower, hiring, employee performance, workforce development, production schedules, labor productivity, and changing priorities. Experience with Tekla PowerFab or similar structural steel production-control software preferred. Familiarity with Steel Coded or comparable digital inventory, cut sheet, material-tracking, and quality-control systems is a plus. Strong leadership, communication, organization, decision-making, and problem-solving skills. Must be a visible, hands-on leader who can develop supervisors, hold people accountable, make difficult decisions, and earn the respect of the workforce. Ability to work within an active fabrication shop and yard environment and work additional hours as production requirements dictate. Most importantly, we're looking for a leader who understands that successful fabrication is built through people, discipline, accountability, and consistent execution - not daily firefighting. How Success isMeasured:
Safety- Schedule attainment
- Labor productivity
- Shop throughput
- Quality and rework
AISC/QMS
compliance- Overtime
- Hiring and retention
- Workforce development
- Supervisor performance
- Equipment utilization
- Continuous improvement Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.