Senior Welding Engineer

Overview

Role - Senior Welding Engineer

Location - West Midlands

We are recruiting on behalf of our client for a Senior Welding Engineer who will be responsible for the operational welding governance ensuring that it meets the accreditation to the required standards.

Technical

• Project Welding Technical Review, lead and advise on all technical requirements pertaining to contract including (but not limited to) weld design, in-service performance, ease of manufacture, code and standard requirements and inspection requirements.
• Investigating and evaluating emerging technologies and consumables to further enhance Welding capabilities in line with business

Welding Management Systems & Compliance

• Develop and manage the Welding Quality Management System as and ensure alignment with the required standards
• Act as the primary contact for welding-related inquiries, developing Weld Procedure Specifications (WPS) and Procedure Qualification Records (PQR) for projects.
• Maintain periodic welder qualifications and coordinate subcontractor approvals to ensure compliance with project requirements.
• Project & Product Quality Assurance/Control Support project-specific QA/QC needs, ensuring alignment with ISO 9001 and contractual requirements.
• Oversee the database of WPS, WPQR, and WPQ and manage site audits for welder activities and subcontractor QA/QC.
• Conduct root-cause analysis for weld failures and contribute to process improvements.

Management System Policy and Framework

• Establish weld management frameworks and policies, integrating AE Group requirements.
• Ensure weld processes meet legislative, code, and regulatory standards and maintain up-to-date documentation.

Documentation Control & Maintenance

• Control and maintain welding documentation within the management framework, ensuring currency, approval, and periodic review.
• Provide expertise for product verification documentation and coordinate with customer representatives for welding inspection requirements.

Certification, Approvals, and Audits

• Manage all welding certifications, ensuring they are embedded within the management systems.
• Conduct and document audit schedules based on risk, ensuring all requirements are met and improvements are implemented.

Standards, Codes, Legislation

• Maintain processes to ensure welding documentation is controlled, managed, and updated per applicable standards.

Essential qualifications

• Degree qualified or equivalent in relevant engineering subject
• 5+ years in either Nuclear or Aerospace/Defence/Oil & Gas sector as a Welding Engineer
• Recognised Welding Qualification: EWT or EWE
• Demonstrable experience of product audit/verification of welding process and associated records (Essential)
• Demonstrable working knowledge of the main welding processes typically used for high integrity applications within a heavy engineering environment and familiarity with associated national and international codes and specification
• Comprehensive working knowledge of EN ISO 3834 and EN 1090.
• Member or recognised institution (The Welding Institute)
• Ability to interpret Engineering Customer Specifications and define Welding requirements in terms of Design, LQR needs, acceptance criteria, qualifications and approvals, Processes/procedures, Verification and Validation methods, Inspection and Test and resource needs.
• Knowledge and application of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Power point