Structural Steel Fabrication Lead

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The Structural Steel Fabrication Lead oversees daily shop activities, coordinating a team of fitters and welders, with a focus on production flow, quality, and safety.

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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)

Position Overview

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.

Responsibilities

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.
  • Work Environment

    This is a hands-on shop-floor leadership role for someone who can guide a fabrication team while remaining involved in day-to-day production, quality, and safety activities.

    Requirements

    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.
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    About the job

    Posted on
    Aug 11, 2026
    Job type
    Contract
    Location
    Cocoa, FLOn-site

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