About the role

You will lead a crew of welders, fabricators, and shop support personnel to safely build high-quality SMR modules on schedule. You’ll own daily execution on the floor: Lead people, Champion safety, quality, and flow—coordinating with Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering to meet Production milestones / targets, reduce rework, and drive continuous improvement.

What you'll do

• Lead shop personnel: Assign work, set expectations, coach, and develop cross-skills (welding/fitting/assembly).
• Champion a zero-incident culture; enforce PPE, housekeeping (5S), and safe crane/forklift use; lead incident response and corrective actions.

• Build staffing plans and shift rotations; approve timecards; manage attendance and performance (including union interfaces if applicable).
• Conduct skills assessments; assign WPS-appropriate welders based on WQTRs and process (GTAW/SMAW/FCAW/GMAW/SAW).

• Ensure travelers/routers are followed; maintain pace to takt; call and clear holds; coordinate with material handlers for kitting/ staging.

• Hold the standard on quality and workmanship 
• Verify documentation is complete and legible for audits.

• Partner manufacturing engineering to optimize facility and processes.

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years in heavy fabrication/welding or pressure boundary manufacturing
• Demonstrated leadership of welders, fabricators, and assemblers in a high mix / low volume, high consequence environment.
• Proficiency reading blueprints, weld symbols, WPSs, and travelers; experience coordinating NDE activities.
• Comfortable with ERP/MRP, basic Excel, and shop-floor data capture.
• Strong safety mindset; experience with LOTO, hot work, rigging, and crane operations.

Preferred 

• 2+ years in a lead/supervisor role.
• Experience in SMR (nuclear) or critical pressure equipment manufacturing.
• Experience working within ASME Section III / VIII, NQA‑1 QA programs
• AWS CWI/CWS, or welder qualification management experience.

Physical

• Stand/walk 8–10 hours; lift/push/pull up to 50 lbs; bend/reach frequently; operate material handling equipment; work in a warehouse environment with seasonal temperature variation.