Piping Fabrication Shop ForemanMcCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Job Summary
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
As a Piping Fabrication Shop Foreman you will be responsible for directly leading pipe fitting fabrication crews within a production-based fabrication shop. This role requires hands-on fabrication experience and proven ability to plan, sequence, and execute shop work safely, efficiently, and to quality standards.
This is not a field installation foreman position. Candidates must have prior experience working and leading crews in a pipe fabrication shop, producing installation-ready piping assemblies.
Key Responsibilities:Fabrication Execution (Primary Focus)
Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
As a Piping Fabrication Shop Foreman you will be responsible for directly leading pipe fitting fabrication crews within a production-based fabrication shop. This role requires hands-on fabrication experience and proven ability to plan, sequence, and execute shop work safely, efficiently, and to quality standards.
This is not a field installation foreman position. Candidates must have prior experience working and leading crews in a pipe fabrication shop, producing installation-ready piping assemblies.
Key Responsibilities:Fabrication Execution (Primary Focus)
- Lead daily pipe fitting fabrication activities on the shop floor
- Assign work to fitters and welders based on drawings, spool sheets, and work orders
- Plan and sequence fabrication tasks to meet production targets
- Coordinate materials, fittings, valves, and supports for assigned work
- Ensure fabricated assemblies are complete, accurate, and installation-ready
- Monitor productivity and labor hours for assigned crews
- Enforce shop safety rules, PPE requirements, and JHAs
- Lead daily stretch-and-flex and toolbox talks.
- Ensure work complies with drawings, specifications, and applicable codes.
- Verify proper fit-up and support quality inspections and weld coordination.
- Identify and correct quality issues before work leaves the shop.
- Provide direct supervision and day-to-day direction to fabrication crews.
- Set clear expectations for safety, quality, and productivity.
- Train and mentor fitters in fabrication best practices.
- Support onboarding of new shop personnel.
- Promote accountability, teamwork, and respect on the shop floor.
- Coordinate with the General Foreman, Shop Manager, and project teams.
- Communicate work status, material needs, and constraints.
- Support production planning and short-interval scheduling.
- Assist with workload balancing and shop flow.
- Fabrication Experience Required.
- Journeyman-level pipe fitting experience with significant fabrication shop time.
- Minimum 57 years of pipe fitting and piping fabrication experience.
- Prior experience as a shop lead, foreman, or acting foreman in a fabrication environment.
- Ability to read and interpret isometric drawings, spool sheets, and fabrication drawings.
- Strong understanding of fabrication workflows, materials, and tooling.
- Solid knowledge of shop safety and quality requirements.
- Experience in self-perform mechanical prefabrication
- Familiarity with model-based or VDC-supported fabrication
- Experience working with standardized work packages or production tracking
- Strong communication and planning skills
Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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