Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop welding techniques, procedures, and application of welding equipment to problems involving fabrication of steel weldments.
• Utilize knowledge of production specifications, properties and characteristics of metals and metal alloys, and engineering principles.
• Conduct research and development investigations to develop and test new fabrication processes and procedures.
• Develop new or modify current welding methods, techniques, and procedures, discover new patterns of welding phenomena, or to correlate and substantiate hypotheses.
• Prepare technical reports as result of research and development and preventive maintenance investigations and for PPAP requirements.
• Establish weld procedure specifications (WPS) and procedure qualification records (PQR) to guide production and welding personnel relating to specification restrictions, material processes, pre- and post-heating requirements, unusual fabrication methods, welding of critical joints, and complex post heating requirements.
• Evaluate new developments in the welding field for possible application to current welding problems or production processes.  Investigate and specify welding related equipment when required by management.
• Direct and coordinate technical and QA personnel in performing inspections to ensure workers’ compliance with established welding procedures, restrictions, and standards; in testing welds for conformance with national code requirements; or testing welding personnel for AWS certification or 1E099 qualification.
• Contact personnel of other agencies, testing laboratories, engineering personnel, clients or customers to exchange ideas, information, or offer technical advice concerning welding matters.
• May perform experimental welding to evaluate new equipment, techniques, and materials.
• Responsible for Maintenance of the Welding Scope Document to support all welding processes.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university or 5 years minimum field experience in the Weld Engineering field.

Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. 
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. 
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. 
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access) and A/S400 mainframe systems.