Welding engineer

Very Competitve Salary, Apply to find out more. My client based in Workington is looking for a welding engineer. Key Accountabilities * The purpose of this role is to provide welding engineering technical expertise. * To maintain and improve the product quality and cost base. * Carry out duties in a safety conscious manner to contribute towards the achievement of the THE COMPANIES health and safety plan and compliance with the Health Safety Management System. * Monitor fabrication quality, inspection welding processes in use at THE COMPANIES to ensure compliance with agreed standards and cost assumptions. Investigate and resolve fabrication quality issues, taking or recommending appropriate corrective action. * Produce weld procedures from engineering drawings to enable fabrication in the most cost-effective manner. * Design qualify welding procedures to meet product and client requirements. * Maintain the welder qualification system and ensure that all welders are appropriately qualified for the work they are expected to carry out. * Establish methods and procedures for all heat treatment opportunities. * Investigate complaints relating to fabrication welding engineering issues and recommend appropriate corrective action. * Review and approve sub-contractor and supplier weld procedures and, on occasions, confirm correct application. * Expedite plant trials, report results and recommend action where appropriate. * Technically assess and purchase all welding consumables, control welding consumable stores to ensure consumable availability but subject to limitations of budgetary control. * Train workshops personnel on fabrication quality welding engineering issues new technologies. * Train new workshops personnel in accordance with the departmental induction procedure and also ensure they are fully conversant with necessary welding engineering quality issues. * Develop the workshops rsquo; capabilities for welding with respect to latest technology * Other duties as assigned. Qualifications /Experience Required / Person Attributes * Welding Engineer Qualification (EWE/IWE) * Detailed knowledge of the workshop fabrication and welding processes * Experience of steel and other material fabrication * Progress fabrication, welding and QA technical issues * Member of Relevant Professional Institute Very Competitve Salary, Apply to find out more