Fabrication Shop Coordinator

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada's infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that's well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada's infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada's Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA's Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) – Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine's Gold Winner for Canada's Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada's Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada's Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

We currently have an opening for a Fabrication Shop Coordinator at our Vaughan office. The Fabrication Shop Coordinator will support day-to-day shop operations by preparing cut lists, drawings, and material plans needed for production. They manage work orders, documentation, and inventory while ensuring clear communication between the shop, site teams, and management. The role also helps standardize processes and maintain accurate data to keep fabrication activities running smoothly and efficiently.

Duties and Responsibilities:

 Production:

• Develop cut lists and optimized material lists for fabrication, including CAD-based, hand-drawn, and saw-cut requirements.
• Produce all shop drawings required to support fabrication activities.
• Generate Pypeserver programs for WATTS plasma cutting.
• Run each order through the estimating program and ensure all data is captured accurately.
• Create and maintain work orders, enter details into the main database/Webduct system, and manage the overall work order schedule.
• Coordinate with site teams to address work-order inquiries and update changes promptly.
• Order and track materials, manage inventory, and update the shop team on stock levels in alignment with Modern Niagara procurement policies.
• Work with forepeople to develop as-built documentation and maintain accurate project folders.
• Scan and file packing slips for consumables and maintain organized documentation.
• Manage safety documentation with forepeople, including floor, crane, and forklift inspections, licenses, near-miss and accident forms, and related compliance files.
• Prepare weekly production reports and monthly planned vs. unplanned order summaries for the shop manager.
• Support the development and monitoring of maintenance schedules for shop equipment in collaboration with the shop foreperson.
• Drive consistency by supporting the standardization and continuous improvement of shop processes.

Administrative:

• Prepare minutes for the fabrication manager
• Aid the fabrication manager in everyday duties
• Assist & lead for safety & innovation
• Monthly productivity reports to include:
• Individual project reports on shop consumables
• Monthly report in chart form to include Victaulic & welded inches completed each month
• Aid the fabrication manager & shop foreman in everyday duties
• Assist in being part of the team for improving efficiencies, safety & innovation
• Assist in preparing binders for the preventative maintenance program

Qualifications and Experience:

• College / university degree in mechanical , a technical degree or equivalent experience
• At least 2 years experience in industrial, fabrication, or machine shops or experience in the manufacturing industry
• Proficient computer skills, advanced excel skills
• Strong communication skills, confident interacting with key contacts in verbal, written and electronic form
• Organized and detail oriented
• Ability to solve problems and work independently
• Willingness to work co-operatively with others to achieve team goals and objectives
• Drawing interpretation
• Knowledge of ERP systems

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, LGTBQ2S+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached