Manufacturing Mentor & Safety Coach

Ohio Gratings, Inc.; Kentucky; On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohio Gratings, Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Mentor to support daily production operations and mentor team members across multiple departments.

This hands-on role combines production support, safety leadership, and associate mentorship to promote efficiency and quality in a steel fabrication environment. The role emphasizes training, coaching, and cross-training to build a strong culture of safety and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Team-oriented mindset with problem-solving abilities.
• Willingness to train others and support employee development.
• Mechanical aptitude and understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to coach and mentor others.
• Commitment to workplace safety, quality standards and continuous improvement.
• Previous manufacturing, fabrication, or production experience preferred.
• Basic computer and ERP system knowledge preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced industrial environment while maintaining safety and quality.
• Ability to lift, move and handle materials as required in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and support new and existing associates through hands-on training, cross-training, and onboarding activities.
• Demonstrate safe work practices and reinforce company safety standards to maintain a safe and productive work environment.
• Assist production teams with material handling, staging, loading, and unloading of steel and other manufacturing materials.
• Support machine setup and operation across multiple production areas while helping associates learn equipment processes and procedures.
• Operate shop equipment safely, including cranes, forklifts, saws, torches, grinders, plasma cutters and oxy-fuel cutting tools.
• Perform routine production tasks such as inspection, deburring, sorting, labeling, packaging, and finishing of parts and materials.
• Maintain efficient workflow by transporting materials, scrap, and consumables throughout the plant.
• Complete accurate ERP transactions for inventory tracking, material usage, labor reporting and production documentation.
• Assist with maintaining inventory accuracy and staging materials to support uninterrupted production flow.
• Promote teamwork, accountability, and communication between departments and shifts.
• Identify production, equipment, or quality concerns and communicate issues promptly to leadership.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment in accordance to company standards.
• Meet or exceed productivity, quality and departmental expectations.
• Perform additional duties as assigned to support plant operations and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Team-oriented

Mentoring

Mechanical aptitude

Leadership

Safety mindset

Manufacturing experience

ERP knowledge

Material handling

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Ohio Gratings, Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Mentor to support daily production operations and mentor team members across multiple departments.

This hands-on role combines production support, safety leadership, and associate mentorship to promote efficiency and quality in a steel fabrication environment. The role emphasizes training, coaching, and cross-training to build a strong culture of safety and continuous improvement.