Fabrication Lead

Position: Fabrication Lead

We are looking for a highly skilled professional to join our Production team as a Fabrication Lead who can work in flexible shifts. The successful candidate will have following responsibilities as an individual contributor

Your responsibilities

• Lead and supervise all fabrication activities during the assigned shift to ensure safe and efficient operations.
• Execute the daily production plan and achieve production targets while meeting Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD) objectives.
• Allocate manpower, monitor attendance, and optimize workforce utilization to maximize productivity.
• Ensure fabrication activities are carried out as per engineering drawings, work instructions, welding procedures, and quality standards.
• Monitor fit-up, welding, grinding, assembly, and inspection activities to ensure compliance with customer and company requirements.
• Coordinate with Planning, Stores, Machine Shop, Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance teams to ensure smooth production flow.
• Identify production bottlenecks and implement corrective actions to improve throughput and reduce cycle time.
• Ensure timely availability of materials, tools, fixtures, welding consumables, and equipment for uninterrupted production.
• Monitor machine utilization and coordinate preventive and breakdown maintenance to minimize downtime.
• Enforce compliance with EHS regulations, conduct toolbox talks, and promote a strong safety culture on the shop floor.
• Review production progress, maintain shift reports, and communicate issues and action plans during shift handovers.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through Lean manufacturing, 5S, waste reduction, productivity enhancement, and process standardization.
• Reduce rework and rejection by ensuring adherence to quality standards and root cause analysis for recurring issues.
• Train, mentor, and develop operators and welders to improve technical skills, productivity, and discipline.
• Ensure proper housekeeping, material traceability, and compliance with company policies and statutory requirements.
• Support new product development, process improvements, and implementation of new fixtures, tooling, and manufacturing methods to enhance operational efficiency.

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of fabrication processes, including fit-up, cutting, grinding, assembly, and heavy structural fabrication.
• Proficiency in welding processes such as SMAW, GMAW (MIG/MAG), GTAW (TIG), FCAW, and SAW.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, fabrication drawings, GD&T, welding symbols, and Bill of Materials (BOM).
• Knowledge of Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), and Welder Qualification Records (WQR).
• Familiarity with welding quality standards, visual inspection techniques, and dimensional inspection methods.
• Experience with fabrication fixtures, jigs, welding manipulators, positioners, and material handling equipment.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of Experience in Heavy industrial equipment manufacturing OEM is preferable.
• Strategic thinking on risk management.
• Good communication skills both written & spoken to deal with global and internal cross functional team based in India and overseas.
• A team player with matrix organization experience.

What we offer

• Competitive benefit package including Health Insurance, Personal Accident / Disability, Group Term Life Insurance, Annual health check-up, and voluntary insurance options.
• Time to recharge through 30 days PTO (with up to 10 days carry forward as Earned Leave stock)
• Work-life balance with a flexible work schedule so you can focus on professional and personal priorities.
• Financial support for continuing education
• Employee Assistance Program
• A global network of supportive colleagues and growth opportunities
• We encourage applicants of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply- the more diverse our employees are, the stronger our team is.  
• As an equal opportunity employer, FLSmidth embraces diversity and equality by promoting an environment of inclusion. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply - the more diverse our employees are, the stronger our team is. In our commitment to equal opportunity and eliminating bias, we kindly request that you exclude personal information such as age, ethnicity, marital status, number of children, and photographs from your application materials.

FLSmidth is a full flowsheet technology and service supplier to the global mining and cement industries. We help our customers to improve performance, lower operating costs and reduce environmental impact. – for more information please visit FLSmidth.com/careers.

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