Senior Welding Engineer

Baltic Recruitment Limited; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Oil & Gas equipment manufacturer is seeking an experienced Senior Welding Engineer to provide technical leadership across all welding and materials engineering activities. The role requires advanced knowledge in welding processes and a background in oil & gas manufacturing. Responsibilities include assessing feasibility, maintaining quality standards, and leading process improvements. The package includes a competitive salary of up to £55,000 per annum, 25 days holiday, and salary sacrifice pension plan.

Benefits

Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay

25 days annual holiday

Qualifications

• Extensive welding engineering experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Strong background in oil & gas, offshore, or subsea manufacturing.
• Advanced technical knowledge of welding processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across welding and materials activities.
• Defining technical requirements for welding and NDT.
• Collaborate with Quality to ensure compliance with standards.
• Investigate new welding processes and technologies.

Skills

Welding processes

Metallurgy

NDE for industry-standard materials

Education

IWE/EWE qualified

Job description

Up to £55000 per annum + Pension, Additional benefits

Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with Express Engineering, a leading Oil & Gas equipment manufacturer based in the North East, to support with their search for an experienced Senior Welding Engineer.

Overall Purpose

• Provide technical leadership across all welding and materials engineering activities ensuring industry-leading quality, integrity, safety and efficiency from bid stage through to successful delivery.
• As the subject matter expert in welding engineering, you will play a critical role in business winning, execution, customer confidence and continuous technical improvement, directly influencing manufacturing quality, cost-efficiency and delivery performance.

Key Duties

Business Winning & Customer Support

• Support quotation and order kick-off stages with expert welding input to assess feasibility and identify qualification gaps or risks.
• Provide technical documentation and WPS/WPQR information for customer review & approval to support bids.
• Build and maintain strong technical relationships with key clients via internal and external meetings/site visits.

Order Execution & Technical Ownership

• Define all technical requirements for welding and NDT, ensuring alignment with customer, regulatory and code requirements.
• Select or develop WPS and qualify new WPQRs where required to enable manufacturing.
• Prepare and issue all welding documentation and data packs for production and customer approval.
• Resolve welding-related technical issues promptly to protect quality and delivery performance.

Quality, Audit & HSE Assurance

• Collaborate with Quality to verify compliance with all customer, code and internal standards.
• Support welding-related internal and external audits as required.
• Monitor weld quality, identify root causes of defects and drive preventative improvements.
• Promote and maintain continuous improvement and exemplary HSE standards.

Technical Improvement & Process Advancement

• Investigate new welding processes, consumables and technologies to enhance capability, efficiency and productivity.
• Lead and support technical improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
• Provide technical guidance, training and development to trainee and junior welding engineers.

Key Requirements

• An experienced IWE / EWE qualified Welding Engineer.
• Have extensive welding engineering experience in a relevant manufacturing / engineering environment.
• Have a strong background in oil & gas / offshore / subsea manufacturing ideally with an OEM or Tier 1 supplier.
• Possess advanced technical knowledge of welding processes, metallurgy and NDE for industry-standard materials.

The Package

• From £55,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Monday-Thursday 7:30AM-4:30PM, Friday 7:30AM-1:30PM(some flexibility offered).
• 25 days annual holiday in addition to statutory bank holidays.
• Holiday Buy and Sell scheme.
• Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay.