Lead Heavy Fabrication & Welding Supervisor

Energy Jobline CVL; Stockport; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Company sick pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Additional holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Cycle to Work

On-site EV charging

Half-day Fridays

Job summary

Energy Jobline CVL is seeking an experienced Fabrication Supervisor for a hands-on leadership role in Stockport. You will lead shop-floor teams in heavy fabrication and welding, ensuring safety, quality and output targets are met.

Role emphasizes supervision of fabricators and welders, workload planning, and collaboration with Engineering, Quality, Planning and Materials teams to maintain smooth workflow. On-site role with progression and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in Fabrication Supervisor, Welding Supervisor, Manufacturing Supervisor or Production Team Leader roles.
• Strong background in heavy fabrication, structural steelwork, coded welding or complex fabricated assemblies.
• Experience leading skilled manufacturing teams and managing workloads, production priorities and performance.
• Ability to read engineering/fabrication drawings, with understanding of welding processes, quality standards and Health & Safety.

Responsibilities

• Supervising daily fabrication, welding and manufacturing activity.
• Leading, supporting and developing a team of welders, fabricators and manufacturing operatives.
• Allocating workloads in line with production priorities, skills and available resources.
• Ensuring work is completed safely and in line with drawings, specifications and quality standards.
• Monitoring production progress, resolving bottlenecks and supporting recovery plans.
• Working closely with Engineering, Quality, Planning and Materials teams to maintain workflow.
• Managing team attendance, performance, training and development.
• Monitoring workmanship and supporting quality issues, non-conformances and corrective actions.
• Tracking productivity, labour utilisation and manufacturing KPIs.
• Driving continuous improvement to reduce waste, rework and downtime.

Skills

Fabrication supervision

Heavy fabrication

Welding

Team leadership

Health & Safety

Reading drawings

Job description

Energy Jobline CVL is seeking an experienced Fabrication Supervisor for a hands-on leadership role in Stockport. You will lead shop-floor teams in heavy fabrication and welding, ensuring safety, quality and output targets are met.

Role emphasizes supervision of fabricators and welders, workload planning, and collaboration with Engineering, Quality, Planning and Materials teams to maintain smooth workflow. On-site role with progression and benefits.