A welding engineer has responsibility for providing daily expert technical oversight for welding procedures, weld technicians and associate welding production issues. Also responsible for the managing of welding qualifications, creating and maintaining welding procedures, analyzing designs for welding requirements and reviewing customer welding specifications.

Responsibilities

This position is primarily responsible to:

• Reviewing weld procedures, processes and documentation
• Reviewing customer welding specification for estimating and production welding
• Basic understanding of industry codes (ASME, API, AWS, DNVGL, etc.)
• Basic understanding of destructive testing, NDE method and arc welding procedures
• Technical contact for vendors such as welding equipment, mechanical testing, welding material, etc.
• May perform experimental welding to evaluate new equipment, techniques and materials
• Evaluate current welding procedures and make recommendations for improvements.
• Read and interpret CAD data, blueprints, GD&T, CMM reports, customer weld specifications.
• Ensures all welding processes meet safety requirements
• Prepare technical reports.
• Support of weld technicians through participating in the professional development, technical resource and mentoring.
• Support engineering team as needed including welding, design, materials, manufacturing, etc.

Required Skills and Experience:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities necessary to meet the minimum job requirements of this position.

• Education Required: BS Engineering degree, Mechanical Engineering degree or other from accredited engineering program
• Required Experience: Level 1: 0-1 year experience, practical hands on experience strongly preferred
• AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) preferred
• Good communication skills; capable of instructing and training other welders or welding operators
• Training on safety, welding procedures, drawings, shop routers or work instructions as needed
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks and work flexible hours

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Requires the ability to stand for long periods of time. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Must be able to regularly lift/move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift/move up to 100 pounds with assistance. 

Work Environment/Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• This position will require working primarily indoors in a manufacturing facility but may also require the employee to be outdoors on occasion. Indoor locations are partially climate controlled.
• Occasional assignments require evening or weekend schedules
• Frequent planned and unplanned overtime.
• The noise level is usually moderate. Employee will occasionally work near moving mechanical parts.
• On-Site presence is required.

Candidates are required to be authorized to work in the United States. All employees must be able to comply with the company Drug and Alcohol Policy, which includes participation in Company random drug testing. Employment is subject to background checks appropriate to the position.