Fabrication & Welding Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Location

Decatur, AL

Wage

$25 – $30/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG Welding
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Posted on October 19, 2026

Job Description

Overview

We are currently seeking a skilled, motivated, and dependable Fabrication & Welding Supervisor to lead our 2nd shift manufacturing team. This is a great opportunity for someone who brings extensive hands-on welding experience, strong leadership abilities, and a passion for helping others succeed.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise, motivate, train, and mentor fabrication and welding employees while promoting a positive, productive work environment.
  • Coordinate workflow, assign tasks, and ensure production schedules and deadlines are met.
  • Monitor welding and fabrication processes to ensure finished products meet company specifications and quality expectations.
  • Use your welding and fabrication knowledge to troubleshoot production challenges and assist employees with technical questions.
  • Oversee the safe and efficient use of welding machines, robotic welders, torches, grinders, saws, cranes, and other fabrication equipment.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce downtime, improve workflow, and increase productivity.
  • Ensure employees follow safety procedures and maintain clean, organized work areas.
  • Provide coaching, constructive feedback, and support to help team members grow and succeed.
  • Review production reports, employee labor records, work orders, and other required documentation.
  • Communicate production updates, staffing needs, equipment concerns, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Participate in lean manufacturing initiatives, including 5S practices, to improve overall operations.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8 years of hands-on welding experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing setting.
  • Strong knowledge of welding and fabrication processes, including MIG, TIG, and GMAW welding.
  • Experience working with fabrication equipment, welding machinery, and manufacturing production processes.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, work orders, and production routers.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and team-building skills.
  • Ability to manage production schedules, prioritize assignments, and meet deadlines.
  • Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
  • Understanding of manufacturing safety procedures and quality standards.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
PTO

How this job compares in Decatur, AL

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Alabama, whose middle half runs $21–$34/hr across 44 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 52% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Decatur, AL

Decatur, AL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 96 other active welding openings from 61 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Alabama.

Vervic Inc. currently has 2 other openings live in Alabama, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Blue Origin (9), Austal USA (8), and Staffmark (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Fabrication & Welding Supervisor - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.