Pipe Fabrication Supervisor

Startec Compression & Process and Startec Service; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training

Competitive wages

Job summary

Startec Compression & Process is recruiting a Pipe Fabrication Supervisor for our Shepard Shop in Calgary, AB. The role oversees spooling operations, ensures safety, and maintains quality standards while coordinating with production, QA, and logistics teams to meet project schedules.

The ideal candidate holds a Journeyperson certificate in pipefitting or welding and has 5+ years of spooling production experience within Oil & Gas fabrication of compression or process packages.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of spooling production experience.
• Ability to read and interpret red-line markups and blueprints (Isometrics, P&ID's, G.A.'s).
• Working knowledge of the Alberta OHS Act, Regulation, and Code as it pertains to our industry.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
• Must have experience supervising a spooling department.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily operations of the spooling department, ensuring adherence to drawings, specifications, and procedures.
• Collaborate with Production Floor Supervisors, employees, and contractors to meet project schedules.
• Plan and allocate resources (labour, materials, equipment) for efficient production flow.
• Lead problem-solving, planning, and scheduling activities.
• Attend production meetings and provide department updates.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Reading blueprints

OHS compliance

Problem solving

Communication

Spooling supervision

Fast-paced environment

Education

Journeyperson Certificate in Pipefitting or Welding

Job description

Startec Compression & Process is dedicated to providing innovative solutions to meet your unique challenges and opportunities. We are an integrated project and engineering equipment fabricator specializing in the modularized design and packaging of process, refrigeration, and rotating equipment solutions. Most of our solutions are related to Energy Transition and carbon reduction industries.

Position Overview

Startec Compression & Process is currently recruiting a Pipe Fabrication Supervisor to work at our Shepard Shop (9423 Shepard Rd SE, Calgary, AB, T2C 4R6). The Pipe Fabrication Supervisor will be responsible for overseeing all spooling operations to ensure materials are processed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with quality standards. This role coordinates daily activities, supervises spooling personnel, enforces safety and procedural compliance, and works closely with production, quality, and logistics teams to meet schedule and client requirements. The supervisor also monitors equipment performance, addresses operational issues, and supports continuous improvement within the spooling area.

Qualifications

• Journeyperson Certificate in a related field (i.e., Pipefitting, welding)
• 5+ years of spooling production experience, ideally in Oil & Gas fabrication of compression or process packages
• Ability to read and interpret all red‑line markups and blueprints (Isometrics, P&ID's, G.A.'s)
• Working knowledge of the Alberta OHS Act, Regulation, and Code as it pertains to our industry
• Strong knowledge of assembly/fabrication/production processes, techniques, and quality control methods
• Excellent leadership and team management skills
• Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making abilities
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Must be able to work in a fast‑paced dynamic environment
• Must have experience in supervising a spooling department

Key Performance Indicators (KPI)

Production Management (Weighting 80%)

Operations Oversight

• Oversee the daily operations of the spooling department, ensuring adherence to technical drawings, specifications, welding procedures, etc.
• Collaborate with Production Floor Supervisors, employees, and contractors to ensure efficient delivery of project schedules
• Participate in problem‑solving, planning, and scheduling
• Manage and assign work to be completed
• Attend production meetings, providing department updates as required
• Prepare cross‑over reports with the afternoon shift to ensure productivity

Resource Management

• Plan and allocate resources, including labour, materials, and equipment, to ensure efficient production flow
• Communicate resource loading requirements to direct reports
• Liaise with shipping & receiving, ensuring parts and materials are received, tracked and ready in advance for installation

Leadership (Weighting 20%)

Team Management

• Directs, mentors and trains apprentices
• Oversee performance management of direct report employees
• Engage with and build good positive working relationships with all stakeholders including but not limited to Applications, Engineering, Design, Doc Control, QC, and Safety

Safety & Compliance

• Maintain a safe work environment, complete job hazard assessments, lift assessments, and safety walks, facilitate inspections and required maintenance, conduct weekly toolbox talks
• Participate in Safety, QC, and all other company programs

Benefits

We offer competitive wages, training, flexible, dynamic, and exciting work environment.