Lead - Welder - Telecom Days

Sabre Industries, Inc.; Conroe (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401(k) with Company Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Life and Disability Coverage

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Sabre Industries, Inc. is seeking a Lead Welding Supervisor to guide a team of production welders on the shop floor. You will manage daily tasks, monitor labor hours, and ensure safety, quality, and on-time delivery of welded components.

The role requires 2–4 years welding manufacturing experience, ability to read blueprints, and proficiency with Epicor/Vantage ERP and MES systems. Strong leadership and attendance are essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required or preferred.
• 2–4 years progressive welding manufacturing experience.
• Ability to operate material handling equipment (cranes, forklifts, pallet jacks).
• Must pass welding requirements and weld at Certified B Welder level.
• Knowledge of steel fabrication and reading blueprints.
• Proficient with Epicor/Vantage ERP and MES systems.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills.
• Regular and timely attendance.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and delegates daily tasks to welding staff across work stations.
• Tracks labor hours and process data using MES/ERP systems.
• Ensures safety, quality, and productivity targets are met.
• Trains employees on welding techniques as needed.
• Maintains accurate daily production cards and cost centers.
• Ensures proper housekeeping and tool management in bays.
• Communicates via Outlook within and outside department.
• Assists in reading prints and welding symbols as required.
• Solves production issues and suggests policy improvements.
• Provides cross-training opportunities and supports overtime decisions as needed.

Skills

Welding operations

Leadership

Bilingual

Material handling equipment

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Reading blueprints/weld symbols

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Epicor/Vantage ERP

MES systems

Overhead cranes/Forklifts

Job description

Brief Description

At Sabre Industries, we connect and power America’s communities with world-class utility and telecom solutions. We reliably build a better world together; one customer, one team, and one community at a time.

Brief Description

Our teams live out the organization's core values of integrity, commitment, innovation, and connection. That's how we continuously exceed our high standards of enterprise excellence - by creating a space for our engaged employees to thrive.

With consistent hiring opportunities nationwide and countless career levels, chances are the next big step on your career path starts here. We work with our employees to create customized career paths and development in all facets of the organization. People will always be our greatest asset and we place emphasis on enhancing the lives of our employees.

Scope Of Responsibility

The lead person works under the direction of the Plant Manager to provide training, guidance and direction to assigned employees in an efficient, clean, safe, and cost-effective manner in order to achieve the goals and key performance metrics of the company’s objectives.

Essential Duties

• Oversees and delegates daily tasks to assigned production welding employees to work stations.
• Efficiently uses the company’s computer system to collect labor hours and track process information on each job.
• Supervises employee duties to ensure Safety, Quality, and Productivity goals are met.
• Trains production employees as needed on welding technical items.
• Ensures all daily production cards are filled out properly with the correct cost centers, part numbers, job number, and time worked on parts on MES.
• Ensures housekeeping is maintained in bay areas.
• Utilizes Microsoft Outlook (email) to communicate within and outside of the department.
• Checks the fit up of each assembly within their area of responsibility.
• Operates various material handling equipment, to include but not limited to, overhead cranes, forklift, and pallet jacks
• Ensures machinery, tools and equipment are in good working order, and all tools are retuned to shadow boards at the end of each shift. Reports and replaces any damaged or missing tools immediately.
• Assists employees in reading blue prints and interpreting weld symbols.
• Solves production issues as they arise.
• Ensures all company policies and procedures are being followed and gives input in development of new policies and procedures for continuous improvement as needed
• Provides cross training opportunities to capable/qualified individuals0
• Assigns work to meet daily priorities, helps to determine if departmental overtime is needed to meet customer ship dates and provides any other assistance as directed by management.
• Observes and documents employee performance for management.
• Conducts Daily Safety and Startup meetings as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

Education: High school diploma or GED is preferred

Experience: 2 to 4 years progressive experience in welding manufacturing operations environment

Skills & Abilities

• Bilingual preferred but not required
• Must possess the ability to operate various material handling equipment, to include, but not limited to: overhead cranes, forklifts, and pallet jacks
• Must have the ability to pass all welding requirements and be able to weld at a Certified B Welder level
• Knowledge of manufacturing of steel or metal fabricated structures is preferred
• Must learn how to effectively use the Epicor/Vantage ERP computer system to report data, check job schedules, inventory levels, routings, bill of materials, as well as, train new and existing employees
• Must have the ability to analyze, evaluate, and comprehend construction documents to include: drawings, specifications, blue prints, weld symbols, safety rules and various manuals in English
• Competent in Microsoft Office and other industry computer applications including a strong understanding of ERP systems and their operations
• Must possess exceptional leadership and team-building skills
• Regular and timely attendance is required

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds, frequently exerting 30 pounds of force,
• Must have the ability to climb in and out of the forklift
• Must be able to perform work functions while standing for long periods of time
• Must be able to reach, grasp, bend, stoop, crawl under or climb over product
• Must be able to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving entire body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, bending, twisting and handling of materials
• Must be able to work in a production environment exposed to heat
• Position requires manual dexterity, arm-hand steadiness and a safety-minded individual
• Must be able to pass Commercial Driver’s vision test requirements

Benefits

At Sabre Industries, we invest in your future with a competitive benefits program. As a full-time employee, you are eligible for:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Continuing Education & Tuition Reimbursement
• Life and Disability Coverage
• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Health and Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

Sabre Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer: M/F/Vets/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity