NDT Technician

Shirley Parsons Ltd; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

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

The role offers exposure to a wide range of inspection activities across weldments, forgings, machined components, pipework and fabricated structures, supporting long-term defence programmes.

Qualifications

• ISO 9001:2015 experience or equivalent quality system

Responsibilities

• Carry out MPI, DPI and Visual Inspection across engineering products
• Conduct visual welding inspections and dimensional verification against drawings and standards
• Analyse inspection results, identify defects and document findings accurately
• Raise and support investigations of non-conformances and quality issues
• Collaborate with welding, engineering and quality teams to uphold product quality and compliance
• Support QC and inspection activities relating to welding, fabrication and NDT operations

Skills

MPI

DPI

Visual inspection

Drawing interpretation

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
• CSWIP Level 3.1 (Minimum) - Weldments
• PCN Level 2 (Minimum), Sector 6, Method 22 - DPI (Weldments)
• 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 (phone number removed), BS EN ISO (phone number removed) (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
• Long-term career development opportunities
• 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