Welding Engineering Technician

Babcock International; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Bristol is seeking a Welding Engineering Technician to support welding processes. You will coordinate testing, maintain qualifications, and perform welding surveillance. Candidates should have HNC or equivalent, fabrication experience, and familiarity with Word and Excel. This full-time role offers generous benefits, including holiday allowance and pension schemes.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship or proven experience in Fabrication & Welding.
• Knowledge of Word & Excel packages.
• Structural welding experience is preferred.
• Experience with Portable Arc Monitoring Systems.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordination of NDT and Mechanical testing for procedure qualification.
• Conduct planned welding surveillance requirements before, during and after welding.
• Maintenance of welder qualifications and training and qualification of sub-contract welders.
• Monitoring application of welding procedure specifications.

Skills

Fabrication & Welding Experience

Knowledge of Word & Excel packages

Portable Arc Monitoring System experience

Structural welding experience

Education

HNC or equivalent in welding fabrication

Job description

As a Welding Engineering Technician, you will have the opportunity to enhance and further develop your technical knowledge within a supportive environment. Day-to-day, you'll support the Welding Engineer and Welding Development Manager with tender review re-equipment status, procedure qualification and welder qualification, as well as implementation of test programme.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordination of NDT and Mechanical testing for procedure qualification.
• Conduct planned welding surveillance requirements before, during and after welding.
• Maintenance of welder qualifications and training and qualification of sub-contract welders.
• Review consumable certification and authorisation for issue from stores.
• Monitoring application of welding procedure specifications and Provide welding Research and Development trials to facilitate production improvements in welding both structural and pipe joints.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Ashton Vale, Bristol.

Essential Experience

• Apprenticeship or proven experience in Fabrication & Welding.
• Knowledge of Word & Excel packages.
• Portable Arc Monitoring System experience.
• Structural welding experience.

Qualifications

• HNC or equivalent in welding fabrication.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Welding Engineering Technician at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock International For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.