NDT Technician

Shirley Parsons; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift allowance

Overtime pay

Globally recognised employer

Job summary

Shirley Parsons are supporting a leading engineering and manufacturing organisation within the defence sector to recruit an NDT Technician (Welding Biased) to join a growing Technical Quality team. This role offers exposure to a wide range of inspection activities across weldments, forgings, machined components, pipework and fabricated structures.

The NDT Technician will carry out MPI, DPI and Visual Inspections, interpret drawings and ensure compliance with standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in MPI, DPI, and Visual Inspection across engineering products.
• Ability to interpret complex fabrication drawings and welding symbols.
• Familiar with ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent management systems.
• Knowledge of welding processes and related standards.

Responsibilities

• Carry out MPI, DPI and Visual Inspection across engineering products.
• Conduct visual welding inspections and dimensional verification against drawings.
• Analyse inspection results and document findings.
• Raise and support investigations of non-conformances and quality issues.
• Work with welding, engineering and quality teams to maintain standards.
• Support QC and inspection activities related to welding and non-destructive testing.

Skills

NDT inspection

PCN Level 2

Welding knowledge

Drawing interpretation

ISO 9001 experience

Job description

Shirley Parsons are supporting a leading engineering and manufacturing organisation within the defence sector to recruit an NDT Technician (Welding Biased) to join a growing Technical Quality team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced NDT professional looking to work on highly complex, safety-critical engineering products within a heavy engineering environment. The role offers exposure to a wide variety of inspection activities across weldments, forgings, machined components, pipework and fabricated structures, supporting major long-term defence programmes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI), Dye Penetrant Inspection (DPI) and Visual Inspection activities across a range of engineering products.
• Conduct visual welding inspections and dimensional verification against engineering drawings and industry standards
• Analyse inspection results, identify defects and document findings accurately
• Raise and support the investigation of non-conformances and quality issues
• Work closely with welding, engineering and quality teams to maintain the highest standards of product quality and compliance.
• Support quality control and inspection activities relating to welding, fabrication and non-destructive testing operations.

What we're looking for:

• Minimum, experience in ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent Management systems
• PCN Level 2 (Minimum), Sector 2, Method 21 - MPI (Pre and in-service inspection),
• Knowledge of welding processes (TIG, MAG, FCAW, MCAW),
• Able to interpret complex fabrication drawings and welding symbols,
• Familiar with BS EN ISO 15614-1, BS EN ISO 15614-6 (Welding procedure qualification),
• Familiar with BS EN ISO 9606-1 (Welder qualification)

Whats on offer:

• Opportunity to join a well-established, globally recognised engineering business
• Varied and technically challenging work
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Regular overtime and enchanced overtime rates
• 2 week shift pattern (combination of early and late shifts) - Shift allowance included

Due to the nature of the work, applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be eligible to obtain the required security clearance