Welding Engineer
We are looking for a Welding Engineer on behalf of our high-integrity fabrication client in the Bournemouth area. Our client provides crucial and withstanding assemblies within Aerospace, Motorsport, Military, Electronics and other sectors.
The Welding Engineer job is part of a team which provides a world class welding engineering input to the business – at shop floor, office and client level.
Duties and Responsibilities:
As part of the welding engineering team you may be required to undertake to following tasks. Individual tasks will be assigned on a regular basis.
Welding Engineer
* Prepare preliminary weld procedures in accordance with project requirements. Liaise with client and peers to gain approval.
* Own all assigned PQR activities – this includes preparation of pWPs and liaison with client to gain approval, preparation of shop routing. Liaison with and selection of 3rd party witness (arrange PO), identify all testing and arrange orders. Progress all testing. Write up the PQR and obtain 3rd party endorsement. Gain client approval
* Preparation of quality plans for welding procedure qualification activities.
* Identify the need for procedure qualification activities.
* Manage assigned welding qualification activities to meet agreed project completion dates.
* Maintain WPS, PQR and WQ records.
* Identify the need for and instigation of welder qualification activities including monitoring, testing and creation of records.
* Prepare NDT procedures.
* Liaise with suppliers, customers and inspection authorities on all aspects of welding.
Technical/Projects-related:
* Review and understand the requirements of client orders and the assign the correct welding procedures for said positions.
* Maintain awareness of changing code requirements in order to ensure on going compliance of weld procedures and welder/welding operator qualification.
* Select relevant WP and PQRs and send to client for approval. Respond to any client queries and comments until a mutually satisfactory outcome has been achieved.
* Support quality personnel in technical/quality audits.
* Interpret and prepare NDT procedures. Liaise with clients to gain approval.
* Maintain an involvement in the selection of new welding equipment.
* Advise on the selection of welding consumables.
* Support the quality manager by assisting in the review of contract documentation.
Technical/Non Project-related:
* Provide a full-time workshop/office presence
* Maintain the welder/welding operator qualification register.
* Provide technical support to production and quality depts. For example, improvements in shield gas management or parameter monitoring.
* Provide support for production management in the identification and implementation of day-to-day production improvements.
* Carry out continuous shopfloor improvements.
* Defect analysis – support to the quality department in the specification of corrective and preventive action.
* Support the maintenance and production depts in planning the layout of new welding equipment.
Business Based Considerations:
* Maintain an awareness of welding developments and identify areas which will benefit and develop the business.
* Identify suitable areas of training in order to sustain the business objectives.
* Develop the company’s welding capability and welding engineering capacity so that the business can develop and offer solutions to clients which can use the business’ welding technology as a competitive advantage.
* Maintain involvement in strategic decisions concerning the business future.
Hours:
08:00AM - 17:00PM Monday – Thursday
08:00AM – 13:00PM Friday
If this sounds like the role for you then please apply today and if successful I will be in touch shortly