Job Description

Overview

The Spooling Lead-Fabrication is responsible for leading a team of 10 to 20 production workers, ensuring timely completion of work orders while adhering to safety and quality standards. Enerflex is a global provider of energy infrastructure solutions, committed to integrity, safety, and employee success.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure fitters, welders, and helpers have necessary tools and materials.
  • Coordinate with the Fabrication Supervisor, Planner, and QA/QC to execute deliverables per schedule and project requirements.
  • Confirm work orders in a timely fashion.
  • Review scope of work and communicate recommendations of fabrication planned hours.
  • Document any rework and report it to the Fabrication Planner and Supervisors.
  • Maintain cleanliness and organization of immediate work areas.
  • Ensure all spools are free of debris and safe prior to operation.
  • Mentor and train welders, fitters, and helpers.
  • Address personnel issues with direct reports professionally.
  • Lead daily safety meetings with the spooling team.
  • Document employee call-ins and communicate with Kronos Admin and Supervisor.
  • Ensure devices in the area are online at shift end.
  • Perform safety responsibilities in the area.
  • Maintain and lead the 6S program in the area.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma/GED or 2-year technical diploma/vocational certificate desired.
  • Minimum of 5-10 years of relevant industrial experience.
  • Ability to lead and direct the work of others.
  • Exceptional attendance and safety record.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$37/hr across 86 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 341 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 192 different employers. 94 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 596 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (29), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (23). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Midlothian at $38/hr, Irving at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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