Konecranes

Overview

Konecranes is seeking a hands-on Fabrication Team Lead to oversee fabrication personnel responsible for manufacturing custom-engineered crane structures in Houston, Texas. The role requires strong leadership to ensure safety, productivity, quality, and adherence to engineering requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct welders, fitters, fabricators, and production personnel.
• Establish clear performance expectations and hold employees accountable for safety, quality, productivity, and attendance.
• Promote a culture of craftsmanship, ownership, discipline, and continuous improvement.
• Provide coaching, training, and development opportunities for fabrication employees.
• Support employee development and succession planning within the department.
• Foster teamwork and collaboration between Fabrication, Engineering, Quality, Planning, and Assembly teams.
• Maintain a visible presence on the shop floor and actively support daily operations.
• Oversee fabrication, fit-up, welding, grinding, structural assembly, and material handling activities.
• Coordinate manpower, equipment, and resources to meet production schedules and customer delivery commitments.
• Monitor workflow and remove obstacles impacting productivity and throughput.
• Ensure fabrication processes are executed in accordance with approved drawings, work instructions, and welding procedures.
• Manage daily production priorities and communicate progress, risks, and resource needs to management.
• Drive labor efficiency while maintaining quality and safety expectations.
• Coordinate with engineering and quality personnel to resolve fabrication issues and drawing discrepancies.
• Ensure all welding activities are performed in accordance with approved Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), quality requirements, and AWS D14.1 standards.
• Verify weld quality through proper fit-up, joint preparation, welding practices, and visual inspection standards.
• Ensure welders maintain required qualifications and certifications.
• Drive first-pass weld quality and minimize weld repairs and rework.
• Review weld defects, nonconformances, and repair activities and implement corrective actions.
• Work closely with Quality personnel to ensure compliance with inspection and testing requirements.
• Promote workmanship standards that result in safe, structurally sound crane components.
• Ensure fabricated structures meet engineering drawings, specifications, and customer requirements.
• Maintain strict control of dimensional tolerances, structural alignment, and fabrication accuracy.
• Verify girder geometry, wheel alignment, rail alignment, span dimensions, camber requirements, and structural squareness.
• Ensure fabricated components transition to assembly operations without quality-related delays.
• Drive first-time quality and reduce fabrication-related rework.
• Support root-cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions for recurring quality issues.
• Ensure all required inspection documentation and production records are completed accurately.
• Lead and promote a strong safety-first culture throughout fabrication operations.
• Ensure compliance with all Konecranes safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct routine safety observations, audits, and corrective actions.
• Promote safe welding, cutting, rigging, lifting, and material handling practices.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and efficient work environment utilizing 5S principles.
• Actively investigate incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions and implement corrective measures.

Additional Information

• This position will be located on the factory floor.