Welding Inspector

Prodrive Recruitment Consultants Ltd; Pershore; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Health and wellbeing programme

Cycle-to-work scheme

Early finish on Fridays

Overtime at enhanced rates

Job summary

Prodrive Recruitment Consultants Ltd are seeking an experienced Welding Inspector to join our client in Pershore, Worcestershire, a defence sector manufacturer of safety-critical parts. You will ensure welding and fabrication comply with customer specifications and relevant codes.

You will inspect from start to finish, review FAI and QA records, verify welder qualifications, support audits, and help maintain ISO 9001/QMS documentation.

Qualifications

• CSWIP 3.1 - Essential for Welding Inspector role.
• CSWIP 3.2 - Desirable
• PCN Level III - qualification for inspection expertise
• Experience with ISO 9001, ISO 3834, EN 15085, and DIN 2303 is advantageous
• IOSH/NDТ inspection knowledge is desirable

Responsibilities

• Carry out first article inspections and visual inspections across welding operations.
• Verify welder qualifications and compliance with welding procedures.
• Prepare inspection reports and QA documentation to high standard.
• Support internal/external audits and raise non-conformances as needed.
• Maintain calibration and ensure welding equipment meets standards.

Skills

Attention to detail

Reading engineering drawings

MS Office proficiency

Education

CSWIP 3.1

PCN Level III

CSWIP 3.2 (Desirable)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Prodrive Recruitment Consultants Ltd are seeking an experienced and detail-orientated Welding Inspector to join our well-established clients based in Pershore, Worcestershire who are leading manufacturers of complex and safety-critical engineering parts for the defence sector.

The successful candidate will have an opportunity to lead and be responsible for ensuring that all welding and fabrication activities comply with customer specifications, defence industry standards and relevant codes to ensure that the highest company quality standards are met. The Welding Inspector will play a pivotal role in supporting the manufacture of mission critical and precision-grade products by carrying out inspections throughout production and maintaining accurate and detailed quality records.

Main Responsibilities

• Carry out efficient first off Welding Inspections of components to ensure that products meet with approved design data and quality control company requirements
• Carry out 1st article inspections and customer witness inspections
• Verification of welder qualifications and strictly ensuring that only approved welding procedures are used
• Carry out inspection of welding and fabrication activities in accordance with approved Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) and individual customer requirements
• Conduct visual inspections throughout welding operations from start, mid-weld and at the end of the process
• Complete inspection reports including FAI reports and quality documentation to a high standard
• Support internal and external audits and liaise with Quality supervision to raise non-conformance reports for products that do not conform to specification whilst assisting with subsequent Root Cause analysis
• Assisting with and coordinating the preparation of systems documentation to meet with the requirements of statutory and regulatory bodies, including versions of ISO 9001, 3834, EN 15085 and DIN 2303 (and applicable others)
• Ensuring all welding equipment is maintained to a high standard in line with the calibration system requirements
• Identifying opportunities for training and promote awareness and use of the Business Management System/s.
• Assist management in maintaining production output to match customer requirements.

Experience

• Proven experience in a similar position within a metal fabrication and assembly environment on aluminium, steel and stainless steel working with international regulatory standard: ISO 9001 and current experience working to ISO 5817 and ISO 10042
• Good IT proficiency with MS Office applications
• Ability to read, interpret and understand engineering drawings and specifications
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment while adhering to deadlines with a strong commercial awareness

Qualifications

• CSWIP 3.1 - National Accreditation Welding Inspector - Essential
• CSWIP - National Accreditation 3.2 - Desirable
• PCN Level III

Desirable

• Current experience of working with international regulatory standards; ISO 9001, ISO 3834, and EN 15085, DIN 2303, or equivalent
• NDT inspection and Internal Auditor Trained / IOSH

Salary

Salary: £18.00 - 20.00 p/hr DOE + company benefits

Hours of work

Hours of work: Monday to Thursday 07:45 - 17:15, Friday 07:45 - 13:00 (Early Finish)

Temporary to Permanent Contract

Benefits Include

• An opportunity to work on challenging, safety-critical and high-quality projects
• Opportunity to work overtime on enhanced rates of pay (up to £40.00 per hour)
• Clear career development opportunities within a stable defence engineering environment
• Early finish on Fridays and cycle-to-work scheme
• Health and Well-being programme
• Free on-site parking
• Life Assurance / Company Pension
• Referral programme
• Enhanced Holiday entitlement of up to 33 days a year after 5 years

Prodrive Recruitment Consultants Ltd are a local independent family run business and an equal opportunities employer who want to help people in their search for work in both temporary and permanent positions.

It is our policy that employment is based on merit and the legitimate business needs of the organisation and do not discriminate based on any of the protected character