Fabrication Lead (Structural)

comfortsystemsusa; Missouri City (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

TAS, a Houston-headquartered company and part of Comfort Systems USA, seeks a Fabrication Lead to direct the fabrication and assembly of pipe products in a fast-paced shop environment. You will supervise a work team, coordinate multiple work orders, and ensure timely, safe, and high-quality production.

Applicants should have at least a high school diploma and two years of pipe/structural fabrication experience, with strong blueprint-reading and resource-planning skills.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• Minimum two years of pipe or structural fabrication experience.
• Ability to read blueprints and follow product specifications.
• Experience planning resources based on work orders and production plans.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate pipes to required customizations.
• Manage all work orders associated with fabrication.
• Supervise work team in planning and execution of fabrication tasks.
• Plan resource requirements based on work orders and production plan.
• Foster teamwork within the department and monitor performance.

Skills

Leadership

Fabrication

Blueprint reading

Work order management

Safety awareness

Team coordination

Education

High school diploma

Job description

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Fabrication Lead directs the fabrication and assembly of pipe products.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Fabricate pipes to required customizations
• Manage all Work Orders associated with fabrication
• Supervises work team in the planning and execution of a wide variety of fabrication.
• Plans resource requirements based on Work Orders and production plan.
• Fosters a spirit of teamwork within the department.
• Tracks, assigns, and monitors work orders.
• Ensure timeliness, safety and quality of material movement.
• Responsible for safe work practices, maintaining a safe work environment and ensuring work crews follow safe practices and HSE programs, including Lock-out Tag-out.
• In conjunction with the Production Supervisor and EHS Manager, trains employees on changes in safety regulations, work policies, and standards.
• Develops skills and abilities of team members.
• Ensures all department employees complete required training.
• Any other duties as assigned by TAS.

JOB SKILLS:

• Knowledge of team leading practices and techniques.
• Ability to effectively coordinate and supervise multiple work orders.
• Able to make decisions.
• Commitment to the concept of continual improvement and effective quality management systems.
• The employee exhibits a professional manner in dealing with others and works to maintain constructive working relationships.
• Ability to read blueprints and follow product specification instructions
• Understanding the production and Work Order process
• Managing people

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

High school diploma

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Two years of pipe or structural fabrication experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work performed in a non-climate-controlled shop environment
• Exposed to any number of elements such as hot and cold temperatures, but with none present to the extent of being disagreeable
• Ability to stand and/or walk for extended periods throughout the workday, up to 10 hours per day (with a lunch break in between), up to 6 days per week
• Regularly required to stand, walk, bend, twist, reach (forward and overhead), and maintain balance.
• Occasional sitting, kneeling, crouching, and crawling may be required
• Frequent bending at the waist and twisting movements are required
• Physical effort includes frequent lifting of materials up to 50 pounds, including lifting from floor to shoulder height and from waist to shoulder height
• Occasional carrying, pushing, and pulling of up to 50 pounds over short distances (up to 30 feet).
• Frequent use of hands for handling, grasping, and coordination tasks is required
• Requires normal vision, hand-eye coordination, and absence of color blindness
• Hearing ability is required to safely and effectively perform job duties, with the use of earplugs recommended
• Climbing ladders may be required frequently; climbing stairs or steps may occur occasionally.
• Proper PPE which includes steel-toe boots, safety glasses, and TAS provided hard hat is required in the manufacturing facility

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do! When you join TAS, you join a Houston-headquartered company that is part of a large Houston-headquartered publicly traded company, Comfort Systems USA, with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus. We offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds: a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company.

TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems that are engineered and manufactured in one of our Houston, TX facilities and utilized in data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications. TAS has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX and has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2m sq. feet with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways. TAS manages all logistics and transportation facilitating accelerated construction at customer's facilities.

TAS' fastest growing business is the data center market. By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics, and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery.

With our tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, entrepreneurial culture as well as a talented and productive workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals. More information is available on the company website at: www.tas.com .

IMPORTANT NOTICE: TAS has a tobacco-free workplace policy, under which individuals are not allowed to smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products on the TAS premises, while conducting TAS business off premises or take "smoking" breaks during working hours. "smoking" and "tobacco or nicotine products" includes, but is not limited to, products such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, vaping, all forms of smokeless tobacco (chewi