Lead Workshop Supervisor: Fabrication & Welding

seek.co.nz; Papakura; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora New Zealand is seeking a hands-on Workshop Supervisor / Leading Hand to oversee daily workshop operations, while actively contributing to fabrication, welding, and machinery assembly. The role blends leadership with practical, hands-on work in a busy manufacturing environment.

You will coordinate with engineering, sales, warehouse, and operations teams to keep projects moving safely, efficiently, and on schedule, with a focus on quality and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification in fabrication, boilermaking, welding, or fitting (or equivalent industry experience).
• Minimum 3+ years' relevant fabrication, manufacturing, or heavy engineering experience.
• Strong MIG (GMAW) and stick/arc (SMAW) welding capability.
• Experience supervising, leading, or coordinating workshop staff.
• Confidence reading and interpreting technical and fabrication drawings.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily workshop operations and allocate work across the team
• Ensure jobs are completed safely, efficiently, on time, and to a high standard
• Act as the key point of communication between the workshop, engineering, sales, warehouse, and management teams
• Track labour hours, job costs, and project progress, providing regular schedule updates
• Re-prioritise workshop activities as project requirements change
• Lead by example with hands-on fabrication, welding, fitting, and machinery assembly
• Interpret technical drawings, fabrication drawings, and specifications
• Organise preparation of steel and metal components, including cutting, shaping, drilling, and bending
• Supervise welding, alignment, bolting, fitting, and assembly processes
• Inspect welds, fabricated components, and completed assemblies for quality and dimensional accuracy

Skills

Fabrication

Welding (MIG/SMAW)

Supervisory experience

Reading drawings

Time management

Hands-on approach

Education

Trade qualification in fabrication, boilermaking, welding, or fitting

Job description

Jora New Zealand is seeking a hands-on Workshop Supervisor / Leading Hand to oversee daily workshop operations, while actively contributing to fabrication, welding, and machinery assembly. The role blends leadership with practical, hands-on work in a busy manufacturing environment.

You will coordinate with engineering, sales, warehouse, and operations teams to keep projects moving safely, efficiently, and on schedule, with a focus on quality and timely delivery.