Machine Repair Foreman (Press Repair)

Founded in 1989, Lee Industrial Contracting is a 100% employee-owned company based in Pontiac, Michigan. We are the premier industrial contractor of choice for a broad variety of equipment installation, construction, and service projects. As employee-owners, we all strive to demonstrate the core values of Safety, Teamwork, Integrity, and Dedication each and every day. As a team, our mission is to provide our customers with the finest people, material, and equipment available. We encourage anyone who shares our values to apply today! 

 We are proud to offer our employees: 

• Apprenticeship and Comprehensive Training Programs


• Paid Holidays Upon Hire


• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance


• HSA with Employer Contribution


• Paid Time Off


• Company Paid Short-Term Disability & Life Insurance


• Safety Bonus Program


• Employee Stock Ownership Program


• Work Travel Incentive


• Holiday Bonus


• Company provided tools


• And so much more!

Responsibilities: 

• Lead projects effectively and efficiently  


• Allocate general and daily responsibilities to apprentices, machine repairman, and other foreman 


• Train and develop apprentices and machine repairman  


• Understanding design layouts and blueprints  


• Keep the job site clean and well-organized  


• Assist with coordination of materials, labor, and equipment  


• Ensure attention to detail and follow safety standards  


• Communicate with supervisor, estimator, PMs, and customers on the status of projects  


• Financial awareness- seeking opportunities to optimize financial costs and investments while working on projects  


• Monitor, and report daily work progress through written summaries and job site pictures   

Requirements: 

• Job layout and processes for job completion  


• Inspect mechanical or industrial equipment to locate damage, defects, or wear 


• Able to disassemble and repair stamping presses  


• Able to perform and delegate as required piping repairs – lube system repairs, thread pipe, tubing and steam fitting work 


• Able to verify run-out on spindles and shafts  


• Knowledge of bearing installation  


• Previse measurement of thickness, diameter, length, and width of machine components for installation, repair and quality control  


• Align, level and anchor machinery  


• Independently responsible for quality control  


• Select rigging components and develop rigging procedures for general load handling activities and delegate, if necessary  


• Attach rigging to a load based upon a pre-planned rigging method or delegate support as required 


• Estimate the weight and center-of-gravity of a load or delegate support as required  


• Identify suitable rigging points for the load to be handled or delegate support as required  


• Select the rated rigging components based on its anticipated tension or delegate support as required  


• Analyze and understand the effects of angles on rigging components or delegate support as required 


• Understand proper procedures for load handling equipment dynamics and the associated hazards  


• Perform the positioning of chain fall, hoist, blocks, rope, jacks, chains, and rigging or delegate support as required  


• Able to perform inspection of cables, ropes, pulleys, winches, blocks, slings, and sheaves according to weight and size of load to be moved or delegate support as required  


• Rigger 2 certified & qualified  


• Torch cutting  


• Blueprint reading  


• Pneumatic and hydraulic schematic reading  


• Confined space entrant  


• Able to perform inspection of cables, ropes, pull 


• Ability to work effectively with all personality types  


• Ability to understand and carry out verbal and written instructions  


• Self-directed and can work independently  


• Valid Driver’s License  

Preferred Requirements: 

•  Stick (arc) welding  


• Confined space attendant/supervisor   


• Chauffeurs license & DOT Med Card - 

Equipment experience: 

• Aerial – lift Operation – Boom & Scissor lift  


• Forklift Operation – Material handling up to 5000# 


• Trailer loading and securing of material & equipment  


• Precision measuring equipment (ID/OD micrometers, calipers, dial indicators)  


• Overhead crane certified & qualified (NCCER/NCCCO ) 


• Material handling equipment (I.E. Skates, power dolly’s, jack & slides – Preferred)  


• Operation of equipment (Lathe, mill, saw, drill press, etc.)  


• Laser alignment (Preferred)  


• CAD Software (SolidWorks, AutoDesk – Preferred)  


• Microsoft Suite (Preferred) 

Tool experience: 

• Standard Industrial tools (Pliers, wrenches, drills, etc. ) 


• Hytorc  


• Mag Drill  


• Hydraulic jacks  

This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, and herein restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.