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Job Summary:

This is a working supervisor position and is responsible for performing steel mesh, rebar, and steel-cage fabrication alongside the crew while directing daily steel-shop activities and ensuring all required steel is safely completed and ready for production each day.

Responsibilities will be as follows, but not limited to:

Working Supervisor Duties:

• Work directly alongside steel-shop employees while maintaining active supervision, direction, and support throughout the shift.
• Plan, assign, and prioritize daily steel-shop work based on production schedules, drawings, staffing, material availability, and required completion times.
• Communicate daily goals, work instructions, drawings, hazards, controls, and quality requirements, and confirm employees understand the work before starting.
• Monitor work progress, attendance, productivity, conduct, and quality; provide coaching and direction and escalate unresolved concerns to management.
• Ensure employees are trained, competent, and authorized before operating cranes, rigging, fabrication machinery, welding equipment, power tools, or other specialized equipment.
• Lead required toolbox talks and job-hazard reviews and enforce PPE, safe-work procedures, machine guarding, lockout/tagout, hot-work, hoisting, rigging, and housekeeping requirements.
• Verify required pre-use inspections are completed, remove defective tools, equipment, and rigging from service, and stop or correct unsafe work before it continues.
• Inspect work in progress and completed steel cages and components for compliance with drawings, dimensions, engineering details, and quality-control requirements.
• Report hazards, near misses, incidents, injuries, equipment damage, production delays, and quality concerns, and assist with investigations and corrective actions.
• Maintain required supervisory and production records and coordinate with management, Production, Quality Control, Maintenance, and Health and Safety to resolve issues and maintain workflow.

Hands-On Steel Shop Duties:

• Fabricate, assemble, and install rebar and steel components required for precast concrete panels.
• Perform assigned hands-on steel-shop tasks while maintaining supervisory oversight and meeting production, safety, and quality standards.
• Measure, cut, bend, and prepare rebar and steel materials according to design specifications and production requirements.
• Manufacture individual parts used in the fabrication of steel cages with accuracy and consistency.
• Build complete steel cages in various shapes, sizes, and levels of complexity without assistance.
• Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, manuals, and production specifications to ensure correct assembly of reinforcement.
• Operate hand tools, power tools, and specialized fabrication equipment safely and efficiently.
• Use rebar tying tools, cutters, benders, and welding equipment (if applicable) to construct reinforcement systems.
• Set up, position, and secure reinforcement within molds to meet structural, dimensional, and quality-control requirements.
• Hands-On Steel Shop Duties (continued):
• Operate overhead cranes up to 25 tons to lift, move, and position rebar bundles, cages, and steel components safely.
• Inspect materials for defects and ensure all reinforcement meets engineering and quality standards.
• Collaborate with production teams to maintain workflow, meet deadlines, and resolve reinforcement-related issues.
• Follow all health, safety, and quality procedures while maintaining a clean, organized, and hazard-free work area.
• Perform daily housekeeping duties to support efficiency, safety, and compliance.
• Document completed work and communicate progress, delays, material needs, hazards, or quality concerns to management and Quality Control personnel.

Job Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience performing steel, rebar, mesh, or steel-cage fabrication in an industrial or precast-production environment.
• Previous supervisory, lead-hand, or crew-lead experience with the ability to assign work, coach employees, and remain accountable for crew performance.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, fabrication details, bar lists, and production specifications.
• Working knowledge of Ontario health and safety requirements and steel-shop hazards, including machinery, welding, overhead cranes, rigging, material handling, and suspended loads.
• Required training, competency, and authorization for the equipment and tasks assigned to the role, including crane, rigging, welding, or fabrication equipment where applicable.
• Self-starter who can manage daily priorities from clear directions, goals, drawings, and production requirements.
• Team-oriented with strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to safely perform regular physical work and lift materials weighing up to 50 lb when required.
• Ability to safely navigate the active steel shop and production worksite daily.
• Valid Ontario G-class driver's licence and clean driving abstract.

TKL Group Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require an accommodation to apply or are contacted for an assessment process, please advise us if you require accommodation.

Pay: $26.00-$35.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person