Sheet Metal Fabrication Leadman - Modular Buildings

Job Description

The Sheet Metal Fabrication Foreman manages the shearing and custom-bending lines that produce the protective enclosure skin of the modular building. This position coordinates machine schedules to supply both high-volume standard panels and unique custom interior and exterior profiles to downstream building lines. The Sheet Metal Fabrication Foreman is accountable for the precision shearing, cutting, bending, and pre-fabrication of both standard and custom interior and exterior building panels. This role ensures a continuous, defect-free supply of custom-formed sheet metal components is ready for downstream assembly in the work shop and construction yard.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

The following list of responsibilities is not all inclusive, additional projects and/or tasks may be assigned to meet operational needs. MCG retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position should operational needs warrant. 

• Crew Leadership: Direct a specialized team of Sheet Metal Leadmen and machine operators across the manual and CNC hydraulic shear and press brake work stations. 
• Standard & Custom Panel Forming: Program, set up, and operate shears and press brakes to accurately cut and bend heavy-gauge sheet metal into specified high-volume standard dimensions or unique, low-volume custom panel profiles. 
• Material & Scrap Management: Optimize sheet layouts and blank shearing schedules according to engineering drawings, tracking sheet metal inventory and coil/plate utilization to minimize scrap material. 
• Documentation Synchronization: Interface with the Design Support Specialist to immediately log any sheet metal gauge variances, bending radius adjustments, or flat-pattern drawing errors found during work shop fabrication. 

Qualifications

Required Knowledge/Experience:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience running sheet metal fabrication lines, manual shears, and hydraulic press brakes. 
• Expert proficiency in calculating sheet metal bend allowances, flat patterns, and blank lengths. 
• Experience leading machine operators or sheet metal fabrication tradespeople. 

Supervisory Requirements

• Direct a specialized team of Sheet Metal Leadmen and machine operators across the manual and CNC hydraulic shear and press brake workstations. 

Preferred Experience 

• Experience programming and adjusting modern multi-axis CNC press brake software controllers. 
• Background fabricating specialized commercial wall siding systems or interlocking panel skins. 

Success Measures 

• Precision angular consistency and dimensional alignment across all custom-bent wall panels. 
• High machine utilization rates coupled with minimized metal coil or plate scrap profiles. 
• On-time supply of interior and exterior panel counts to the active assembly crews. 

Additional Information

A Note to our Recruitment Partners: We really appreciate the interest, but MCG currently manages hiring through our internal team. We love getting to know our candidates directly! Because of this, we don’t accept unsolicited resumes from agencies at this time. If we ever need an extra hand, we’ll be sure to reach out to the community. Thanks for understanding!

MCG is an equal opportunity employer prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, and any other protected classes stated by applicable federal and state laws. MCG is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities and to act in accordance with regulations and guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Compensation: 32 to 36 (USD) (HOURLY)