Job Description

Structural Steel Fabrication Lead

Location: Cocoa Beach, FL
Job Type: Contract-to-Hire
Starting Pay: $30.00/hour (Higher pay available based on experience)

Seeking an experienced Structural Steel Fabrication Lead to coordinate daily shop activities and support a team of fitters, welders, and fabrication employees. This is a hands-on leadership position focused on production flow, quality, safety, and meeting project schedules.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily fabrication activities to meet production and delivery schedules.
• Lead and support fitters, welders, and fabrication personnel on the shop floor.
• Assign work and balance workloads to maintain productivity.
• Provide hands-on guidance with fit-up, welding, layout, and blueprint interpretation
• Troubleshoot fabrication and production issues and communicate concerns to shop leadership.
• Monitor workflow and provide updates on production progress and schedule changes.
• Reinforce safety procedures, quality requirements, and shop policies
• Coordinate with maintenance personnel to help minimize equipment downtime.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area.
• Support employee training, onboarding, and performance development
• Work with Quality Control to verify fabricated steel meets required standards.
• Assist with dimensional checks, inspections, and production documentation
• Perform other shop leadership responsibilities as needed.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience leading or supervising structural steel fabrication teams.
• Strong hands-on experience with welding, fit-up, layout, and structural steel fabrication
• Experience operating or working around CNC fabrication equipment and shop machinery
• Ability to read and interpret fabrication drawings and blueprints
• Understanding of production workflows, quality requirements, and workplace safety practices.
• Tekla EPM/GO experience preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work overtime, weekends, or flexible schedules when production requirements call for it.

Work Environment