Welding Technical Manager

Alternative Heat Ltd; Banbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Alternative Heat Ltd in Banbridge is seeking a Welding Technical Manager to provide technical leadership across welding activities, advise on welding processes, fabrication methods, and quality requirements to ensure manufacturing excellence.

You will develop, verify and qualify weld procedures, support production and quality teams, resolve technical challenges, and drive continuous improvement while coordinating with design and project teams to deliver high-quality fabrication and pressure

Qualifications

• Weldering expertise with leadership experience required.
• Strong focus on quality, compliance and continuous improvement.
• Ability to influence best practice and provide practical welding solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across welding activities and advise on processes and quality requirements.
• Develop, verify and qualify weld procedures with thorough qualification records.
• Work with Production and Quality to resolve technical challenges and implement corrective actions.
• Support customer audits, inspections and technical reviews to ensure compliance.
• Coach and mentor teams to develop welding capability and uphold manufacturing excellence.

Skills

Welding expertise

Quality compliance

Continuous improvement

Technical leadership

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Welding procedures

Job description

Application Deadline: 26 October 2026

Department: Fabrication

Location: Banbridge Feeder Sites

Description

Why Join Us

You'll join a team that is committed to high standards, continual improvement, and deliver reliable, compliant, and high-performing solutions. Working closely with manufacturing, engineering, and project teams, you'll have the opportunity to make a visible impact on quality performance across the business.

About the Role

• A welding expert who enjoys solving problems and raising standards.
• Someone who is passionate about quality, compliance and continuous improvement and who wants to play a key role in delivering high-quality fabrication and pressure systems projects.
• A trusted technical leader who can support production teams, influence best practice and provide practical solutions to welding challenges across the business.
• Someone who enjoys variety and collaboration,working closely with Quality, Production, Design and Project teams to ensure successful project delivery.

Job Title | Welding Technical Manager

Location | Banbridge Feeder Sites

Hours | Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-3pm

Salary | Competitive, depending on experience

Responsible to | Quality Manager

What You'll be Doing

Provide technical leadership and authority across welding activities, advising on welding processes, fabrication methods, quality requirements and best practice to ensure manufacturing excellence. Develop, verify and qualify weld procedures, maintaining accurate qualification records and technical documentation to support compliance. Work closely with Production and Quality teams to resolve technical challenges, investigate issues, identify root causes and implement effective corrective and preventative actions. Support customer audits, inspections and technical reviews while championing continuous improvement to enhance welding quality, productivity and performance. Collaborate across departments to ensure projects are manufacturing-ready and delivered safely to the highest standards, while developing welding capability through coaching, training, guidance and technical leadership.