Fabrication Lead

Position: Fabrication Lead

We are looking for a highly skilled professional to join our Production team as a Fabrication Lead who can work in flexible shifts. The successful candidate will have following responsibilities as an individual contributor

Your responsibilities

• Lead and supervise all fabrication activities during the assigned shift to ensure safe and efficient operations.
• Execute the daily production plan and achieve production targets while meeting Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD) objectives.
• Allocate manpower, monitor attendance, and optimize workforce utilization to maximize productivity.
• Ensure fabrication activities are carried out as per engineering drawings, work instructions, welding procedures, and quality standards.
• Monitor fit-up, welding, grinding, assembly, and inspection activities to ensure compliance with customer and company requirements.
• Coordinate with Planning, Stores, Machine Shop, Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance teams to ensure smooth production flow.
• Identify production bottlenecks and implement corrective actions to improve throughput and reduce cycle time.
• Ensure timely availability of materials, tools, fixtures, welding consumables, and equipment for uninterrupted production.
• Monitor machine utilization and coordinate preventive and breakdown maintenance to minimize downtime.
• Enforce compliance with EHS regulations, conduct toolbox talks, and promote a strong safety culture on the shop floor.
• Review production progress, maintain shift reports, and communicate issues and action plans during shift handovers.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through Lean manufacturing, 5S, waste reduction, productivity enhancement, and process standardization.
• Reduce rework and rejection by ensuring adherence to quality standards and root cause analysis for recurring issues.
• Train, mentor, and develop operators and welders to improve technical skills, productivity, and discipline.
• Ensure proper housekeeping, material traceability, and compliance with company policies and statutory requirements.
• Support new product development, process improvements, and implementation of new fixtures, tooling, and manufacturing methods to enhance operational efficiency.

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of fabrication processes, including fit-up, cutting, grinding, assembly, and heavy structural fabrication.
• Proficiency in welding processes such as SMAW, GMAW (MIG/MAG), GTAW (TIG), FCAW, and SAW.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, fabrication drawings, GD&T, welding symbols, and Bill of Materials (BOM).
• Knowledge of Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), and Welder Qualification Records (WQR).
• Familiarity with welding quality standards, visual inspection techniques, and dimensional inspection methods.
• Experience with fabrication fixtures, jigs, welding manipulators, positioners, and material handling equipment.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of Experience in Heavy industrial equipment manufacturing OEM is preferable.
• Strategic thinking on risk management.
• Good communication skills both written & spoken to deal with global and internal cross functional team based in India and overseas.
• A team player with matrix organization experience.

What we offer

• Competitive benefit package including Health Insurance, Personal Accident / Disability, Group Term Life Insurance, Annual health check-up, and voluntary insurance options.
• Time to recharge through 30 days PTO (with up to 10 days carry forward as Earned Leave stock)
• Work-life balance with a flexible work schedule so you can focus on professional and personal priorities.
• Financial support for continuing education
• Employee Assistance Program
• A global network of supportive colleagues and growth opportunities