Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with Express Engineering, a leading Oil & Gas equipment manufacturer based in the North East, to support with their search for an experienced Senior Welding Engineer.
Overall Purpose:
*Provide technical leadership across all welding and materials engineering activities ensuring industry-leading quality, integrity, safety and efficiency from bid stage through to successful delivery.
*As the subject matter expert in welding engineering, you will play a critical role in business winning, execution, customer confidence and continuous technical improvement, directly influencing manufacturing quality, cost-efficiency and delivery performance.
Key Duties:
Business Winning & Customer Support:
*Support quotation and order kick-off stages with expert welding input to assess feasibility and identify qualification gaps or risks.
*Provide technical documentation and WPS/WPQR information for customer review & approval to support bids.
*Build and maintain strong technical relationships with key clients via internal and external meetings/site visits.
Order Execution & Technical Ownership:
*Define all technical requirements for welding and NDT, ensuring alignment with customer, regulatory and code requirements.
*Select or develop WPS and qualify new WPQRs where required to enable manufacturing.
*Prepare and issue all welding documentation and data packs for production and customer approval.
*Resolve welding-related technical issues promptly to protect quality and delivery performance.
Quality, Audit & HSE Assurance:
*Collaborate with Quality to verify compliance with all customer, code and internal standards.
*Support welding-related internal and external audits as required.
*Monitor weld quality, identify root causes of defects and drive preventative improvements.
*Promote and maintain continuous improvement and exemplary HSE standards.
Technical Improvement & Process Advancement:
*Investigate new welding processes, consumables and technologies to enhance capability, efficiency and productivity.
*Lead and support technical improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
*Provide technical guidance, training and development to trainee and junior welding engineers.
Key Requirements:
*An experienced IWE / EWE qualified Welding Engineer.
*Have extensive welding engineering experience in a relevant manufacturing / engineering environment.
*Have a strong background in oil & gas / offshore / subsea manufacturing ideally with an OEM or Tier 1 supplier.
*Possess advanced technical knowledge of welding processes, metallurgy and NDE for industry-standard materials.
The Package:
*From £55,000 per annum depending on experience.
*Monday-Thursday 7:30AM-4:30PM, Friday 7:30AM-1:30PM(some flexibility offered).
*25 days annual holiday in addition to statutory bank holidays.
*Holiday Buy and Sell scheme.
*Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme.
*Generous contractual sick pay scheme.
*Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay.
*Employee Assistance Programme.
*Cycle to Work scheme.
*Sports & Social Club.
*On-site parking.