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Overview

The Piping Shop Supervisor is responsible for overseeing all activities related to piping fabrication, including assembly, safety, quality, and packaging. This role aims to maximize prefabrication potential and enhance productivity while minimizing costs.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with piping pre-construction personnel on spool sheets for assembly
  • Attend required meetings
  • Manage and prioritize work daily/weekly to meet construction schedules
  • Review all hand drawn spool sheets/drawings for all information required to build
  • Ensure the shop is stocked with consumables needed for daily operations
  • Monitor all materials being delivered to the shop for correctness and quantity
  • Evaluate tools for assembly to enhance productivity
  • Refine processes to increase quality and productivity
  • Re-evaluate manufacturing area for best flow of work
  • Conduct all QC inspections on products leaving the piping shop
  • Perform regular QA/QC inspections on manufactured items coming into manufacturing
  • Reinforce established QA/QC standards and inspect items for conformance prior to shipment
  • Conduct all required pressure testing of piping and related items
  • Ensure the shop has the correct WPS for current welding procedures
  • Verify all shop welders have the correct certifications
  • Maintain current welding procedures and welder certifications
  • Maintain weld mapping of all spool sheets
  • Assist estimators and PMs as needed
  • Bill customers that work directly with the shop
  • Track current and incoming fabrication in the shop
  • Review current fab personnel for skill level and mix
  • Supervise all employees for productivity and quality
  • Hire employees as needed and manage counseling and termination per company policies
  • Mentor, train, praise, and discipline employees as necessary
  • Answer questions from shop employees in a timely manner
  • Notify tool maintenance for needed repairs
  • Hold a minimum MiG welding certification
  • Draw isometrics and sketches for fabrication
  • Assist with design, kitting, and packaging
  • Send completed material drawings to shipping and receiving for organization
  • Schedule outside trucking vendors when needed
  • Assist in loading piping onto trailers
  • Prepare bill of laden for outside delivery services
  • Inspect shop and yard daily for organization
  • Conduct safety meetings
  • Adjust time clock as needed
  • Visit jobsites to assist with scope of work determination

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in Pipe Fit-up and welding, including MIG and Stick
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business and technical documents
  • Ability to write reports and business correspondence
  • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts and percentages
  • Ability to use scheduling software and Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
  • Ability to use Maxwell job cost software
  • Ability to solve practical problems with limited standardization
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, or diagram form
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How this job compares in Chandler, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Chandler, AZ currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$36/hr across 12 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 Chandler, AZ

We're tracking 63 other active welding openings in Chandler, AZ right now, from 27 different employers. 33 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 501 other active welding openings from 238 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chandler, or widen the search to Arizona.

Comfort Systems USA Southwest currently has 3 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (33), EZARC (22), and Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tolleson at $38/hr, Tempe at $32/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

See all lead welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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