Jobs at Standard Iron

Manages Division 05 architectural and miscellaneous metals detailing for stairs, railings, ladders, embeds, canopies, and supports. Oversees Tekla Structures models, shop drawings, quality control, BIM standards, fabrication coordination, estimating support, budgets, outsourced detailers, and detailing staff. Provides design, fabrication, constructability, code, and connection guidance while coordinating with architects, contractors, project managers, engineering, fabrication, and field teams.

Provides administrative, organizational, and coordination support for architectural metals fabrication projects from award through closeout. Maintains schedules, documentation, project logs, purchase orders, submittals, change orders, and status reports. Coordinates communication among project managers, customers, vendors, engineering, purchasing, production, shipping, and installation teams. Tracks materials, approvals, milestones, costs, and outstanding actions while identifying potential delays and supporting project delivery within schedule, budget, quality, and customer expectations.

Supports manufacturing engineering, new product introduction, process design, quality investigations, corrective actions, process optimization, production troubleshooting, technical documentation, and cross-functional project coordination. The role promotes defect-free production, cost reduction, sustainability, safety, compliance, and lean manufacturing practices while providing engineering support to production and customer quality initiatives.

Drives continuous improvement across heavy equipment manufacturing operations, especially welding, by analyzing cycle times, bottlenecks, capacity, labor, flow, and waste. Partners with cross-functional teams to implement standard work, root-cause solutions, layouts, and process improvements. Supports new product introductions, production launches, data tracking, and sustainment of shop-floor improvements while working hands-on in an active manufacturing environment.

Supports mechanical product development from concept through production, including CAD models, drawings, specifications, prototypes, testing, validation, production launches, design improvements, and manufacturing problem-solving. Collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and sales teams while contributing to continuous improvement, cost reduction, and innovative product and process development in a hands-on manufacturing environment.

Drives continuous improvement across manufacturing operations, especially welding, by conducting cycle-time studies, analyzing processes, identifying bottlenecks, reducing waste, and improving production flow. Partners with operations, engineering, quality, and production teams to implement standard work, support product launches, evaluate capacity, facilitate root-cause analysis, and track improvements in throughput, productivity, quality, and delivery. Requires regular shop-floor engagement and use of CAD, data analysis, and production systems.

Analyzes material costs, product pricing, customer and market data to protect profitability. Manages repricing, surcharge and tariff initiatives, supports ERP product setup and revisions, and ensures pricing accuracy. Collaborates with Sales, Purchasing, Operations, and Engineering while managing multiple strategic projects.

Design and implement manufacturing processes for new products, develop technical drawings and work instructions, and lead quality investigations and corrective actions. Optimize production methods, throughput, cost, and sustainability while providing engineering support on the production floor. Manage documentation, project milestones, technical reviews, customer quality concerns, compliance, safety, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Leads quality activities for new product introduction and manufacturing launches using APQP and PPAP. Serves as the customer-facing quality representative, develops PFMEAs, control plans, process flows, inspection plans, and approval documentation. Reviews drawings and applies GD&T, leads root cause analysis and corrective actions, analyzes SPC data, supports audits, and ensures compliance with ISO, UL, and ETL requirements.