Job Description

Overview

Riley Power group, LLC is a full-service maintenance and capital construction services company headquartered in Rock Hill, SC, working nationwide on challenging construction and maintenance projects in the industrial sector. They are hiring a skilled Supervisor for multiple sites in the US.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise the activity of up to 12 structural welders.
  • Conduct thorough pre-job briefs and communicate daily priorities, hazards and production expectations with a focus on safety.
  • Ensure welders follow procedures verbatim and monitor workmanship with a focus on first-time quality.
  • Enforce safety and environmental regulations.
  • Conduct routine weld inspections to ensure welds are to specs.
  • Inspect final welds prior to calling for QC inspection.
  • Maintain an exceptional relationship with the client.
  • Participate in onboarding new hires and training employees.
  • Appraise performance, reward and discipline employees, and address complaints.
  • Monitor processes, materials, and surroundings.
  • Evaluate information to determine compliance with NAVSEA standards.
  • Instruct employees to use equipment or perform technical procedures.
  • Keep detailed records of employees' attendance and hours worked.
  • Use Microsoft Excel to enter, manipulate, and format data.
  • Use Microsoft Outlook and company email to correspond with clients and co-workers.
  • Monitor all crafts daily to ensure the highest quality standard.
  • Perform daily random audits on craftsmen to ensure compliance with RPG and RPG Client policy/procedures.
  • Ensure PPE is readily available and submit purchase orders to replenish PPE as needed.
  • Keep up to date safety metrics on employees along with attendance and hours worked.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of proven supervisor experience.
  • Strong understanding of NAVSEA requirements and documenting experience.
  • Medical qualifications that may include a respirator fit test and clean shaven face as per OSHA standards.
  • Ability to lead a crew of up to 12 people.
  • NAVSEA/DoD experience.
  • Strong communicator.
  • Willingness and ability to complete and pass all pre-employment and employment screening requirements.
  • Ability to frequently walk, climb, or balance; regularly stand; and occasionally sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.
  • Ability to work in high, precarious places and exposure to various risks.

Additional Information

  • Background check and Drug Screen (Hair Follicle) test are required.
  • RPG participates in the E-Verify program.
  • Equal Opportunity employer.

Benefits

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How this job compares in Goose Creek, SC

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across South Carolina currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$36/hr across 50 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 Goose Creek, SC

Goose Creek, SC currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 97 other active welding openings from 78 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Goose Creek, or widen the search to South Carolina.

Riley Power Group currently has 2 other openings live in South Carolina, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Vertiv (4), Classic Collision (4), and Parker Hannifin (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • NAVSEA — the Naval Sea Systems Command welding standards used on US Navy shipbuilding and repair. Qualification is yard-specific and typically comes with a background check.

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