Senior Welding Supervisor

• Supervise schedule and coach a team of welders fabricators and robotic welding cell operators across manual and automated work centers.
• Set daily/weekly production priorities in line with schedules capacity and customer delivery commitments.
• Conduct performance reviews provide coaching and corrective action and support hiring onboarding and training of welding personnel.
• Act as the primary escalation point for welding-related production issues quality concerns and equipment downtime.

• Oversee manual welding processes including MIG (GMAW) TIG (GTAW) stick (SMAW) and flux-core (FCAW) across a range of materials and thicknesses.
• Ensure welders follow approved Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) and are qualified to the relevant procedures.
• Monitor weld quality fit-up and workmanship against drawings GD&T callouts and applicable codes/standards.

• Supervise operation of robotic welding cells ensuring uptime throughput and weld quality targets are met.
• Work with controls/automation engineering and integrators to troubleshoot robotic welding cell faults fixturing issues and program deviations.
• Support or perform offline/online robot program edits weld path and parameter adjustments (wire feed voltage travel speed) to optimize cycle time and weld quality.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance and calibration schedules for robotic welding equipment positioners and fixtures with maintenance/automation teams.
• Identify opportunities to expand automated welding capacity and support justification trials and commissioning of new welding automation projects.

• Champion a safety-first culture; ensure compliance with all workplace health & safety regulations PPE requirements and welding/fume-extraction standards.
• Partner with Quality to investigate weld defects non-conformances and customer returns; drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Lead or support continuous improvement initiatives (5S lean kaizen) to reduce scrap rework and cycle time in welding operations.
• Maintain accurate documentation: WPS/PQR records welder qualification records production reports and downtime tracking.
• Own and report on key performance metrics for the department including OEE first-pass yield scrap rate on-time delivery and safety KPIs (e.g. recordable incident rate near-miss reporting).

• 7 years of progressive welding experience including significant hands-on work with both manual and robotic/automated welding processes.
• 3 years in a supervisory or lead role within a manufacturing or fabrication environment.
• Strong working knowledge of MIG TIG and/or flux-core welding processes on steel and/or aluminum.
• Practical experience with robotic welding cells (Cloos OTC Universal Robots (UR) FANUC ABB and/or KUKA).
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings weld symbols and GD&T.
• Solid understanding of welding-related safety standards and fume/ventilation requirements.
• Strong leadership communication and conflict-resolution skills with the ability to manage a diverse shop-floor team.
• High School Diploma or GED required; Associates degree or technical/trade school certificate in Welding Manufacturing or a related field preferred. Equivalent combination of hands-on welding and supervisory experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.

• AWS certification (e.g. AWS Certified Welder) and/or AWS CWI/CWE credential or equivalent.
• Familiarity with industry welding codes and standards (e.g. AWS D1.1 Structural Steel AWS D1.2 Aluminum AWS D1.6 Stainless Steel ASME Section IX or applicable API standards) is a plus.
• Experience developing or reviewing Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) and Procedure Qualification Records (PQR).
• Exposure to offline robot programming software and weld cell simulation tools.
• Experience supporting integration or commissioning of new robotic welding cells.
• Familiarity with ERP/MES systems for production tracking and reporting.
• Familiarity with CAD software (Creo SolidWorks and/or AutoCAD) for reading and interpreting engineering drawings.
• Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement certification/training.

• Primarily shop-floor based with regular exposure to welding operations noise heat and fumes; PPE required at all times.
• May require occasional flexibility to support off-shift operations troubleshooting or urgent production needs.
• Physical requirements include standing/walking for extended periods and occasional lifting consistent with a manufacturing environment.

The Coats Company is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race color national origin religion ancestry sex (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) age marital status disability veteran status citizenship status sexual orientation gender identity or expression and other characteristics protected by law.