Welding Engineer

Core Talent Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Core Talent Recruitment in the United Kingdom is seeking a Welding Engineer who thinks beyond the weld to drive new ways of working, improved procedures and smarter manufacturing. You will own welding engineering activities, develop procedures, assess technologies, and support qualification while maintaining ISO 3834 compliance.

The role blends theory with shop-floor practice to deliver tangible improvements across production, quality and design teams, helping the business move forward with each

Qualifications

• Recognised welding engineering qualification or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge of welding processes, materials and metallurgy.
• Experience with ISO 3834 and related standards.
• Experience in developing, reviewing or qualifying welding procedures.
• Understanding of welding procedure qualification principles.
• Ability to interpret standards and apply them to real situations.
• Practical manufacturing/fabrication experience.
• Interest in innovation and continuous improvement.
• Confidence to challenge existing practices and introduce new ideas.
• Strong communication across engineering, production and quality.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of welding engineering activities.
• Develop, review and improve welding procedures and working methods.
• Identify opportunities for new processes, techniques, equipment and technologies.
• Challenge established methods and find smarter, more efficient ways of working.
• Provide technical guidance on welding processes, materials, defects and weld performance.
• Support the development and qualification of welding procedures and personnel.
• Ensure welding activities meet standards and customer requirements, including ISO 3834.
• Collaborate with production, quality, design and engineering teams to solve problems.
• Investigate welding issues and develop practical, technically sound solutions.
• Stay up-to-date with welding technology, standards and best practice.

Skills

Welding theory

ISO 3834 knowledge

Welding procedures

Manufacturing experience

Innovation & CI

Education

Welding engineering qualification

Equivalent experience

Job description

Technical Authority | Innovation | New Ways of Working

We’re looking for a Welding Engineer who thinks beyond the weld.

This isn’t a role for someone who simply follows procedures, maintains paperwork and keeps things compliant.

We’re looking for someone who understands why we weld the way we do — and has the knowledge, confidence and technical credibility to ask:

“Is there a better way?”

As our Welding Engineer, you’ll play a key role in developing and improving how we manufacture, weld and solve technical challenges. You’ll bring new ideas, new techniques and new ways of working, helping us become more efficient, capable and technically advanced.

Technical authority that means something

Working within the requirements of ISO 3834, this role carries genuine technical responsibility.

Your understanding of welding theory, materials, processes and qualification requirements will give you the technical authority to assess, develop and authorise appropriate welding procedures and methods within your area of competence.

That authority isn't about signing a document because a standard says you can.

It’s about having the knowledge behind the signature.

Understanding the metallurgy.

Understanding the process.

Understanding the heat input, materials, joint design and weld performance.

Understanding the risks — and knowing how to control them.

In other words, you’ll understand the theory behind the procedure, not just the procedure itself.

What you'll be doing

• Take technical ownership of welding engineering activities within the business.
• Develop, review and improve welding procedures and working methods.
• Identify opportunities for new processes, techniques, equipment and technologies.
• Challenge established methods and find smarter, more efficient ways of working.
• Provide technical guidance on welding processes, materials, defects and weld performance.
• Support the development and qualification of welding procedures and personnel.
• Ensure welding activities meet relevant standards, specifications and customer requirements, including ISO 3834.
• Work closely with production, quality, design and engineering teams to solve real manufacturing problems.
• Investigate welding issues and develop practical, technically sound solutions.
• Keep up to date with developments in welding technology, standards and best practice — and bring those ideas into the business.
• Act as a technical authority and source of knowledge for welding across the organisation.

This could be the role for you if…

You’re the person who looks at an established process and thinks:

“Why are we doing it like that?”

You enjoy understanding the science behind welding and using that knowledge to make better engineering decisions.

You’re curious about new technology.

You challenge conventional thinking.

You enjoy solving problems rather than simply working around them.

And you want your expertise to have a visible impact on how a business operates.

We’re particularly interested in someone who can combine strong welding theory with practical manufacturing experience — someone who can move comfortably between the technical detail and the shop floor.

What we're looking for

• Recognised welding engineering / welding technology qualification or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge of welding processes, materials and welding metallurgy.
• Experience working with ISO 3834 and relevant welding standards.
• Experience in developing, reviewing or qualifying welding procedures.
• A sound understanding of welding procedure qualification and the technical principles behind it.
• The ability to interpret standards and apply them intelligently to real engineering situations.
• Practical manufacturing / fabrication experience.
• A genuine interest in innovation and continuous improvement.
• The confidence to challenge existing practices and introduce new ideas.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence people across engineering, production and quality.

More than a compliance role

We don't want someone whose primary objective is to keep the welding system ticking over.

We want someone who can help us move it forward.

If you have the technical knowledge to understand why a welding procedure works, the curiosity to find out whether it could work better, and the confidence to turn that thinking into practical improvements, we'd like to hear from you.

Bring us your knowledge.

Bring us your ideas.

Challenge the way we do things.

Help us build the next generation of our welding capability.