Installation Lead

Lincoln Electric is a high-performance industrial machinery and technology leader who helps customers manufacture and maintain vital equipment and infrastructure. Lincoln Electric’s innovative solutions enable higher quality and productivity across a variety of processes including welding, cutting, brazing, machining, process automation, and field repair. The Company leverages proprietary technologies and expertise in materials science, power electronics, automation, and intelligent software to help customers build better and achieve resilience in their operations. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is the essential ‘Linc’ that keeps the economy running. The Company operates 71 manufacturing and automation facilities across 20 countries and serves customers in over 160 countries. For more information about Lincoln Electric and its products and services, visit the Company’s website at https://www.lincolnelectric.com .   Location: Shelby   Req ID:  29871     ​ Position Overview

The Site Lead / Site Supervisor is Fori's primary field authority at an active installation site and the first point of contact for the customer's plant team. This role directs the daily work of Fori personnel and third-party contractors, coordinates site logistics, enforces the site safety plan, verifies labor and progress, maintains accurate field documentation, and drives the installation toward safe completion and customer acceptance. The position reports project status, constraints, resource needs, and escalations to the Installation Supervisor and Project Manager. Key Responsibilities

Site Planning and Daily Execution

Develop and maintain the site staffing plan by personnel, trade, shift, and planned work hours; confirm adequate supervision and contractor coverage. Conduct a brief pre-shift lineup meeting with Fori personnel and contractor supervision to review the daily plan, assign work by trade, discuss prior-shift issues, confirm attendance, and address safety or access concerns. Direct daily installation activities against the approved installation plan and coordinate mechanical, electrical, controls, piping, rigging, and third-party supplier work. Track plan-versus-actual progress, percent complete, milestones, and short-term lookahead activities; identify recovery actions when work falls behind. Identify material, access, utility, drawing, information, labor, and customer constraints and escalate them before they affect safety, cost, schedule, or acceptance.

Site Logistics and Material Control

Coordinate inbound shipments, unloading, material routing from the dock to the work area, setting equipment in place, and temporary storage or handling when immediate placement is not possible. Coordinate with the customer to define responsibility for site security, inventory control, storage areas, and protection of Fori, contractor, and customer property. Confirm required drawings, site spares, tools, equipment, utilities, and third-party supplier support are available when needed. Maintain orderly work areas and verify contractor housekeeping, debris removal, and touch-up obligations are completed.

Safety and Equipment Control

Deliver or coordinate site-specific safety orientations and badge requirements; maintain orientation, Job Hazard Analysis, and toolbox-talk records. Hold and exercise stop-work authority when unsafe conditions or behaviors are observed; report incidents and near misses the same day in accordance with company and customer requirements. Manage equipment power states, including Power Off, Power On, Teach, E-Stop, and Moving/Try conditions, and coordinate lockout/tagout requirements with the customer plant team. Communicate emergency contacts, site rules, restricted areas, and escalation procedures to assigned personnel. Key Responsibilities (Continued)

Contractor Oversight and Scope Control

Direct contractor work and verify daily manpower by trade, start and