Welding Shop Supervisor
- St. Marys, ON, Canada
$32 to $40 CAD / hour · Full-time
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- $32 to $40 CAD / hour
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- Full-time
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- English
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Original job description
The Opportunity
All-Equip Repair & Service/Platinum Trailers is a growing family-run business. We are currently seeking an experienced Welding Shop Supervisor to oversee daily shop operations and support our welding team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring efficient workflow, maintaining a safe and organized work environment, and ensuring welders have all required materials and parts to complete jobs on schedule.
Please do not apply if you are not currently living in Canada.
Work Arrangement: Full-Time, Fully-On-site, Monday to Friday 7am-4pm.
Compensation
This is a hourly position paying $32-$40/hr depending on experience, plus a comprehensive benefit package. Overtime is available for those who want it.
About Us
All-Equip is a family-owned manufacturer. sector, we’ll find a way to build it. Founded in 2011, we’ve grown into a recognized leader in both trailer manufacturing and heavy equipment repair and service, and it’s that repair experience that gives us a real edge. We’ve seen what fails in the field, and what holds up under pressure. That knowledge is baked into everything we do.
Learn more about what we do: allequiprepair.ca and platinumtrailersmfg.com.
Key Responsibilities
- Shop Leadership & Workflow: Coordinate daily team workloads, schedule production runs, assign custom projects, and optimize shop efficiency.
- Quality Assurance & Inspection: Interpret fabrication drawings and engineering blueprints. Inspect welds and custom assemblies against Internal quality standards and customer specifications.
- Technical Mentorship: Act as the technical lead on the floor. Provide hands-on guidance regarding aluminum and steel welding techniques (MIG/TIG), fit-up challenges, and distortion/heat management.
- Prototyping & Jigs: Support the team during custom prototype builds. Oversee the creation and modification of jigs and fixtures to maximize manufacturing repeatability.
- Safety Enforcement: Maintain a clean, organized, and secure work environment. Proper PPE usage and adherence to safety protocols are non-negotiable.
- Experience: Minimum 5+ years of hands-on welding and fitting experience within a heavy equipment, trailer, or manufacturing environment.
- Leadership: 2+ years of experience in a supervisory, team lead, or lead hand role within a fabrication shop.
- Technical Mastery: Exceptional proficiency in aluminum and steel welding (MIG required, TIG strongly preferred). High-level blueprint and sketch reading skills are essential.
- Standards & Certifications: Deep understanding of weld quality standards (familiarity with CWB guidelines is a strong asset). Completion of a welding apprenticeship or equivalent trade certification is preferred.
- Soft Skills: Excellent problem-solving instincts, clear communication style, and the ability to keep a team organized under shifting production timelines.
- Comprehensive Health Benefits: Extended Health Care and Dental benefits.
- Financial Security: Company-matched RRSP contribution plan and bi-weekly direct deposit.
- Stability: Secure, full-time, year-round work with an established, growing Canadian business.
- Growth: A varied work landscape where your advanced technical problem-solving capabilities are genuinely value.
All Equip is a diverse and equal-opportunity employer.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Oversee daily shop operations by coordinating workloads, scheduling production, assigning projects, and ensuring welders have the materials and parts needed to meet deadlines. Lead and mentor the welding team, inspect work for quality, support prototypes and jig development, and enforce workplace safety and organization.
Requirements
Candidates need at least five years of hands-on welding and fitting experience and at least two years in a supervisory, team lead, or lead hand role. Strong aluminum and steel MIG welding skills, preferably including TIG, blueprint-reading ability, and knowledge of weld quality standards are required; welding apprenticeship or equivalent trade certification is preferred.
Skills
- Welding
- Aluminum Welding
- Steel Welding
- MIG Welding
- TIG Welding
- Metal Fitting
- Blueprint Reading
- Fabrication Drawing Interpretation
- Quality Inspection
- Shop Workflow Coordination
- Production Scheduling
- Team Leadership
- Technical Mentorship
- Prototype Building
- Jig and Fixture Design
- Workplace Safety
Benefits
- Extended Health Care
- Dental Benefits
- Company-Matched RRSP
- Bi-Weekly Direct Deposit
- Overtime Availability
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- Manufacturing
- Trades
- Management & Leadership
- Engineering
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Welding
- Aluminum Welding
- Steel Welding
- MIG Welding
- TIG Welding
- Fabrication
- Metal Fitting
- Heavy Equipment
- Trailer Manufacturing
- Blueprint Reading
- Fabrication Drawings
- Engineering Blueprints
- Weld Quality Standards
- CWB Guidelines
- Welding Apprenticeship
- Trade Certification
- Shop Operations
- Workflow Coordination
- Production Scheduling
- Quality Assurance
- Weld Inspection
- Prototype Builds
- Jigs and Fixtures
- Distortion Management
- Heat Management
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Workplace Safety
- Team Leadership