WELDER SUPERVISOR I

JOB SUMMARY:

This working supervisor is responsible for assuming the lead role with a small group of trade workers on assigned projects as directed by the senior Supervisor II and/or Foreman. The supervisor has the authority to make decisions involved with carrying out the below referenced responsibilities on their assigned tasks, but with little deviation from plans and goals provided by the senior Supervisor II and/or Foreman or project management personnel. This position requires the ability to work long hours, including nights and weekends, on short notice

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Review, understand, and implement daily assigned plans to maintain the production schedule while minimizing the impact to the budget
2. Analyze and resolve day to day issues including personnel conflicts, safety concerns, quality issues, and material constraints
3. Assess areas of concern prior to assigning personnel to a task
4. Review concerns with the personnel
5. Implement a strategy to ensure compliance with all technical and safety requirements
6. Assists with the submittal of Condition Found Reports (CFRs) either to the Foreman for review or directly to the Project Manager/Superintendent on assigned projects
7. Assure organizational compliance with all safety, quality, and environmental, state, local and federal regulations
8. Performs other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

1. Ability to work with minor direction
2. Ability to determine appropriate actions, methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for expediting results by exercising independent judgment within defined practices and policies
3. Ability to follow an organized method in approach to work while being cognizant of the time needed to provide a service or product
4. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret, technical procedures and governmental regulations
5. Ability to write reports
6. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers
7. Strong communication skills, including oral, written and interpersonal skills are necessary for effective communication between management and customers
8. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
9. Ability to read and interpret blueprints
10. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
11. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

1. Ability to lift 50 pounds regularly and seek help with weights over 50 pounds.
2. Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs/vertical ladders; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

This is a physically demanding position and may accommodate some physical disabilities. Physical dexterity may be required when performing walk thru and inspection of job sites. In the performance of the walk thru you will be required to transverse steep stairwells, vertical ladders and bending or stooping thru tight spaces. There may be occasional lifting of materials weighing not more than 50 pounds.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

This position works on the jobsite. There is exposure to hostile environments, loud noises, hazardous chemicals/fumes and airborne particles, smoke, extreme temperatures moving mechanical parts: high, precarious places.

During work-site visits will be required to wear appropriate PPE including, but not limited to:

Hard hat

Ear plugs or attenuator Safety shoes

Dust mask or respirator

Gloves