Welding Supervisor

Frey Consulting Group; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job description

A large, established automotive manufacturer is seeking a hands-on Weld Coordinator to provide frontline leadership within its weld and stamping operations. This is an opportunity to take ownership of daily production, develop employees, improve processes, and play an important role in a sophisticated Japanese manufacturing environment.

The ideal candidate has welding or weld-process experience combined with the ability to lead people in a fast-paced production setting. Current Welding Supervisors, Weld Team Leaders, Lead Welders, Production Supervisors, and experienced welders ready to advance into leadership are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Lead employees within the welding production area and coordinate daily workflow


• Assign work and ensure production, quality, safety, and delivery objectives are met


• Coach, train, and develop operators, welders, team leaders, and newer employees


• Monitor robotic and manual welding operations


• Identify weld-quality, equipment, tooling, and production issues


• Partner with maintenance, engineering, quality, and production management to resolve problems


• Support troubleshooting of weld cells, fixtures, robots, and related equipment


• Maintain standardized work, production records, schedules, and shift communication


• Promote continuous improvement through lean manufacturing, 5S, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions


• Help reduce downtime, scrap, rework, and production bottlenecks


• Enforce company safety procedures and quality requirements


• Provide hands-on support when production demands require it

Qualifications

• Previous welding, fabrication, weld-cell, or welding-production experience


• Experience leading, training, coordinating, or supervising employees


• Working knowledge of one or more welding processes, including MIG, GMAW, resistance welding, spot welding, robotic welding, TIG, or arc welding


• Ability to read production documents, work instructions, blueprints, or weld specifications


• Strong problem-solving, communication, and employee-development skills


• Comfortable working in a hands-on automotive manufacturing environment


• Ability to collaborate across production, quality, engineering, and maintenance departments


• Willingness to work additional hours based on production needs

Preferred Experience

• Automotive manufacturing or Tier 1 supplier experience


• Japanese manufacturing environment


• Robotic welding or automated weld-cell experience


• Welding supervision, team-lead, group-lead, or coordinator experience


• Familiarity with lean manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, standardized work, and root-cause analysis


• Experience with weld-quality standards, troubleshooting, or continuous improvement

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Take frontline ownership of an important welding operation


• Develop employees and build a stronger production team


• Work within an advanced, quality-focused manufacturing environment


• Gain exposure to automated equipment and sophisticated production processes


• Opportunity for additional income when working beyond 40 hours


• Strong platform for continued growth in manufacturing leadership

Qualified candidates with extensive welding experience may be considered even if their current title does not include “Supervisor” or “Manager.”