Welding Coordinator
Northamptonshire
Competitive
A metal fabrication business is looking for a Welding Coordinator to work alongside its IWE-qualified Responsible Welding Coordinator. The company builds complex welded fabrications and assemblies for high-precision, safety-critical industries. Work is short-batch and high-mix, across a wide range of materials, thicknesses and drawings dating back decades.
This is a hands-on role. Around half of the day is spent in the welding bays supervising welders, carrying out first-off inspections and solving problems, with the rest given to technical reviews, WPS and WPQR control and audit support. The business values people who take ownership and has a strong record of promoting from within.
Key responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day welding coordination and technical supervision across production
- Support and maintain compliance with ISO 3834-2 and DIN 2303
- Carry out welding technical reviews of customer drawings, specifications and standards as part of tender and contract review
- Identify WPS, WPQR, welder qualification, inspection, NDT, material and consumable requirements before work is accepted
- Develop, qualify and control WPS and WPQR documentation and run weld tests
- Maintain and monitor welder and welding operator qualifications
- Supervise welders directly on the shop floor, addressing technique, sequence and access issues
- Carry out first-off inspections with operators and support visual weld inspection
- Manage welding gases and check that stores consumables are correct
- Lead on welding non-conformances, investigations and corrective actions
- Support internal, customer and certification body audits
- Propose continuous improvement ideas and the investment needed to deliver them
Essential
- Completed IWS/EWS or IWT/EWT diploma, or actively studying with evidence of enrolment, completed modules and exam progress
- Proven welding coordination or welding supervision experience in a controlled manufacturing environment
- Strong practical knowledge of TIG, MIG and MAG across mild steel, stainless steel and aluminium, in thin sheet through to heavy plate
- Working knowledge of WPS, WPQR and welder qualification requirements
- Able to read engineering drawings and welding symbols, including older legacy drawings
- Experience of technical reviews of drawings and specifications
- Comfortable spending a large part of the day in the welding bays, not solely office-based
Desirable
- ISO 3834-2 and/or DIN 2303 experience
- Defence, Aerospace, Motorsport, strong fabrication background
- Visual weld inspection qualification (CSWIP 3.0 or TWI course); NDT
- Experience supporting customer and certification audits
- Experience building weld maps where no build book exists
Package
- salaried or weekly paid
- Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm
- Paid overtime when workload requires
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, taken around fixed annual shutdowns
- Workplace pension and annual salary review
Due to the nature of the work, applicants must be eligible to obtain UK security clearance; no sponsorship is available for this role.
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