Steel Structure and Welding Supervisor

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise daily fabrication, structural assembly, welding, cutting, fitting, grinding, and preparation activities.
• Allocate work to welders, fabricators, fitters, technicians, and other workshop personnel.
• Review drawings, welding details, material specifications, work instructions, and project requirements.
• Ensure work is completed to approved drawings, dimensions/tolerances, procedures, and quality standards.
• Supervise welding using approved processes and ensure correct welding procedures, symbols, and sequences.
• Monitor fit-up, alignment, weld preparation, preheating, interpass temperatures, and post-weld requirements.
• Inspect completed work, support weld inspections/NDT, and manage corrective actions and documentation.
• Track material and consumable availability, equipment readiness, labour productivity, rework, and progress.
• Maintain daily records for production, manpower, inspections, and material usage.
• Ensure workshop safety, conduct toolbox talks/inspections, and enforce hot work controls, PPE, and environmental requirements.
• Support training, competency development, and preparation of structures for painting/surface treatment, transportation, and installation.

Requirements

• Technical qualification, diploma, or 10 years of experience in Welding, Steel Fabrication, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience supervising steel structure fabrication, welding, structural assembly, or heavy industrial workshop operations.
• Ability to read structural/fabrication drawings, weld symbols, material specifications, and inspection requirements.
• Knowledge of welding procedures, welder qualifications, consumables, joint preparation, welding sequences, and weld defect identification.
• Understanding of relevant welding, fabrication, structural, quality, and health & safety standards.
• Experience coordinating workshop teams and planning daily activities to meet production deadlines.
• Competence in dimensional and weld inspection, and awareness of NDT and quality documentation.
• Strong workshop safety knowledge, including hot work controls, lifting operations, and working-at-height requirements.