Machining & Fabrication Shop Leader — Safety Focus

Novelis Group; Bay Minette (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Growth Programs: Paid parental,

Employee Assistance Programs

Wellness Programs

Diabetes Management Program

Pet insurance

Identity Theft Protection

PerkSpot Discount Program

Tuition assistance and career dev.

Job summary

Novelis is seeking an experienced Machine Shop & Fabrication Shop Supervisor for its Bay Minette operation. The role leads machinists, welders, fabricators, and contractors across two shops, driving safe, on-time production with quality workmanship.

You will prioritize work based on safety and production impact, coordinate planning and parts delivery, and ensure compliance with drawings and standards while developing your team and supporting maintenance and reliability efforts.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of industrial machine-shop, fabrication-shop, maintenance, or heavy-manufacturing experience.
• Two or more years leading skilled trades, shop personnel, contractors, or multi-craft work.
• Working knowledge of machining, welding and fabrication, mechanical drawings, tolerances, precision measurement, material identification, and shop safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead machinists, welders, fabricators, technicians, and assigned contractors across both shops.
• Build a zero-injury culture through visible safety leadership, pre-job planning, LOTO, machine guarding, hot-work controls, lifting and rigging, compressed-gas safety, and housekeeping.
• Prioritize work based on safety, production impact, equipment criticality, job readiness, and customer need.
• Manage shop work from request intake and scope definition through planning, material coordination, execution, inspection, delivery, and closeout.
• Ensure parts, repairs, weldments, and fabrications meet approved drawings, tolerances, material requirements, welding requirements, and inspection standards.
• Maintain the readiness of machine tools, welding and cutting equipment, saws, cranes, hoists, tooling, fixtures, and precision measuring equipment.
• Develop employees through coaching, qualification plans, cross-training, performance feedback, and clear accountability.
• Support commissioning, shutdowns, emergency repairs, contractor work, and field modifications while protecting safety and quality.
• Monitor backlog, schedule attainment, rework, labor use, overtime, contractor support, and material and tooling costs.
• Develop standard work, inspection checklists, tool-control practices, material traceability, drawing revision controls, and shop performance measures.
• Support root-cause investigations and reliability improvements with repair-method, dimensional, fabrication, and maintainability input.
• Maintain compliance with company policies and applicable safety, environmental, fire-protection, and quality requirements.

Skills

Machining

Welding

Leadership

Safety

Planning

Education

Associate or bachelor’s degree in related technical or business field

Tools

SAP PM

CMMS

Lean manufacturing

Job description

Novelis is seeking an experienced Machine Shop & Fabrication Shop Supervisor for its Bay Minette operation. The role leads machinists, welders, fabricators, and contractors across two shops, driving safe, on-time production with quality workmanship.

You will prioritize work based on safety and production impact, coordinate planning and parts delivery, and ensure compliance with drawings and standards while developing your team and supporting maintenance and reliability efforts.