Lead Welding Engineer

Client of Brunel; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Brunel partners with an oil and gas client in Abu Dhabi to recruit a Lead Welding Engineer for a contract role. You will own welding engineering across critical assets, ensuring alignment with project specifications, procedures and international codes while collaborating with multidisciplinary stakeholders and authorities.

Responsibilities include supervising welding activities, developing and approving WPS/PQR, ensuring compliance with ASME/API/AWS, and coordinating inspections and

Qualifications

• 13+ years of relevant welding experience.
• GCC work experience is mandatory.
• Lead or supervisory welding engineering experience on major projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead welding engineering activities per project specs, procedures and standards.
• Develop, review and approve WPS, PQR and related welding docs.
• Ensure welding activities meet ASME, API, AWS and project requirements.
• Coordinate welding for pipelines, piping, pressure vessels and structural facilities.
• Review materials, consumables and material traceability requirements.
• Supervise welders' qualifications and performance monitoring.
• Coordinate welding inspections with QA/QC, client reps and authorities.

Skills

Welding engineering

Pipeline welding

Process piping

Pressure vessels

Structural steel

WPS / PQR development

Welder qualification

ASME IX

ASME B31.3

AWS Dl.l

Tools

Welding procedures software

Job description

We are partnering with our client in the oil and gas sector who is seeking an experienced Lead Welding Engineer to join their team on a contract basis. In this high-impact role you will take ownership of welding engineering activities across critical assets ensuring full alignment with project specifications approved procedures and international codes and standards while working closely with multidisciplinary stakeholders and authorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise all welding engineering activities in accordance with project specifications approved procedures applicable codes and standards
• Develop review and approve Welding Procedure Specifications WPS Procedure Qualification Records PQR and related welding documentation
• Ensure welding activities comply with applicable standards such as ASME API AWS and relevant project requirements
• Coordinate welding activities for pipelines piping systems pressure vessels structural steel and other project facilities as applicable
• Review material specifications welding consumables base materials filler metals and material traceability requirements
• Supervise the qualifications certifications and performance monitoring of welders and welding operators
• Coordinate welding inspections with QA QC personnel client representatives third-party inspectors and relevant authorities

Qualifications

• 13+Years Minimum years of relevant experience. GCC work experience is mandatory.
• Minimum 5 years in a lead or supervisory welding engineering role, managing welding activities for major construction projects.
• Proven experience in pipeline welding, process piping, pressure vessels, structural steel, and associated facilities, as applicable to the project scope.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing, reviewing, qualifying, and implementing Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), and welder qualification documentation.
• Experience applying relevant international welding codes and standards, including ASME Section IX, ASME B31.3, ASME B31.4, ASME B31.8, API 1104, and AWS Dl.l, as applicable.