Job Title: Welding Engineer
Location: Alness
Job Purpose
To provide technical support to the Technical Department, Operations, and Project Teams.
Key Accountabilities
QHSES (Quality, Health, Safety, Environmental & Security)
1. Ensure that health, safety, security, and environmental requirements are met in all activities.
2. Provide a safe and healthy working environment for employees, contractors, and visitors.
3. Ensure safe working practices, use of appropriate tools, and protection of the environment.
Activities/Operations
1. Comply with Health & Safety regulations and client's corporate policies.
2. Comply with Company Management Procedures.
3. Manage documentation related to weld procedure specifications, qualifications, welder qualifications, and welding consumables test certification.
4. Attend regular operations meetings, safety meetings, and other ad hoc meetings as required.
5. Review welding specifications at bid stages.
6. Continuously review and improve welding techniques/procedures to ensure effective service for clients.
7. Manage project welding procedure qualifications for all client facilities.
8. Prepare Weld Procedure Qualification documentation and welding manuals.
9. Perform ad hoc welding inspection duties.
10. Monitor production welding activities and troubleshoot any issues.
11. Evaluate causes of welding failures and implement corrective actions where possible.
12. Ensure welder qualification tests comply with code requirements and contract specifications.
13. Maintain weld procedure registers and welder qualification registers.
14. Inspect storage facilities and control welding consumables in conjunction with the Welding Supervisor.
15. Maintain minimum stock levels of all welding consumables to meet contract production requirements.
16. Ensure Risk Assessments are conducted for specific welding processes/method statements.
17. Liaise with other departmental managers and subcontractor representatives to ensure safe, quality, and efficient welding practices.
18. Raise non-conformances with the HSEQ Department to improve working methods.
19. Provide feedback and recommendations for continuous improvement.
Education
1. HNC in Fabrication, Welding, and Inspection or equivalent as a minimum.
Experience & Knowledge
1. Knowledge of automatic and/or manual welding of pipelines, welding engineering, or metallurgical experience/background.
2. Minimum 5 years of experience in welding engineering in a fabrication environment.
3. Working knowledge of various NDE techniques.
Core Competencies, Skills, and Aptitudes
1. Strong interpersonal and analytical skills.
2. Numeracy.
3. IT literate.
4. Ability to build and maintain strong internal and external relationships.
5. Good technical, oral, and written communication.
6. Up-to-date knowledge of the latest developments in welding engineering.
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