Welding Coordinator

Kinet Railway Solutions Limited; Latur; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinet Railway Solutions Ltd. in India seeks a Welding Coordinator to oversee all welding activities from contract review to final inspection, ensuring alignment with EN 15085, ISO 3834, and customer specs.

You will verify welder qualifications, manage WPS/PQR/WQR, and drive continual improvement while coordinating inspections and documentation on the shop floor. The role demands rigorous quality control and safety adherence.

Responsibilities

• Act as the responsible Welding Coordinator in accordance with EN 15085 requirements.
• Coordinate all welding activities from contract review through final inspection.
• Ensure welding activities comply with approved WPS, engineering drawings, quality plans, and customer specifications.
• Review welding requirements during project kick‑off and production planning.
• Verify that only qualified welders and approved welding procedures are used for production.
• Ensure compliance with EN 15085 certification requirements for railway vehicle and component manufacturing.
• Implement and maintain the Factory Production Control (FPC) system related to welding activities.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 3834 quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials.
• Support surveillance audits, renewal audits, customer audits, and third‑party inspections.
• Maintain readiness for certification assessments.
• Prepare, review, approve, and maintain: Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS)
• Prepare, review, approve, and maintain: Procedure Qualification Records (PQR)
• Prepare, review, approve, and maintain: Welder Qualification Records (WQR/WPQR)
• Coordinate welding procedure qualification trials.
• Ensure welding procedures remain valid for the applicable materials, joint designs, welding positions, and processes.
• Plan qualification and requalification of welders.
• Verify validity of welder qualification certificates.
• Maintain a welder qualification matrix and skill records.
• Conduct periodic competency evaluations and identify training requirements.
• Monitor welding activities on the shop floor.
• Ensure compliance with approved process parameters.
• Verify correct identification of weld joints and weld maps.
• Monitor production quality, welding productivity, and repair rates.
• Provide technical guidance to supervisors and welders.
• Verify welding consumables are approved and suitable for the applicable welding procedure.
• Ensure correct storage, baking, drying, and issue of electrodes and filler materials.
• Maintain complete consumable traceability.
• Verify material certificates and heat number traceability before welding.
• Coordinate visual inspection and NDT activities.
• Review inspection reports and ensure acceptance criteria are met.
• Coordinate repair welding activities where required.
• Ensure repair procedures comply with approved standards.
• Maintain and control: WPS, PQR, Welder Qualification Records, Weld Maps, Traceability Records, NDT Reports, Inspection Reports, Calibration Certificates, Welding Consumable Records, Daily Welding Logs
• Ensure documentation is complete before product release.
• Investigate welding defects and customer complaints.
• Lead root cause analysis using methods such as 5 Why and Fishbone Analysis.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor effectiveness of implemented actions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce rework and welding defects.
• Ensure welding machines are calibrated and maintained.
• Verify calibration status before production.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance schedules.
• Ensure welding accessories remain in suitable working condition.
• Promote safe welding practices.
• Ensure compliance with company safety procedures.
• Verify correct use of PPE.
• Ensure safe handling of shielding gases and welding consumables.
• Promote housekeeping and safe work practices.
• To coordinate, control, and continuously improve all welding activities associated with railway products, ensuring compliance with EN 15085, ISO 3834, customer specifications, approved Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), applicable international standards, and statutory requirements. The Welding Coordinator is responsible for maintaining welding quality, ensuring product safety, and supporting certification requirements throughout the manufacturing process.
• Lead a nationally significant railway project with transformative potential.Engage with advanced technologies and industry‑leading experts.Thrive in a dynamic, supportive, and growth‑oriented work environment.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Welding Coordination

• Act as the responsible Welding Coordinator in accordance with EN 15085 requirements.
• Coordinate all welding activities from contract review through final inspection.
• Ensure welding activities comply with approved WPS, engineering drawings, quality plans, and customer specifications.
• Review welding requirements during project kick‑off and production planning.
• Verify that only qualified welders and approved welding procedures are used for production.

EN 15085 & ISO 3834 Compliance

• Ensure compliance with EN 15085 certification requirements for railway vehicle and component manufacturing.
• Implement and maintain the Factory Production Control (FPC) system related to welding activities.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 3834 quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials.
• Support surveillance audits, renewal audits, customer audits, and third‑party inspections.
• Maintain readiness for certification assessments.

Welding Procedure Qualification

• Prepare, review, approve, and maintain: Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS)
• Prepare, review, approve, and maintain: Procedure Qualification Records (PQR)
• Prepare, review, approve, and maintain: Welder Qualification Records (WQR/WPQR)
• Coordinate welding procedure qualification trials.
• Ensure welding procedures remain valid for the applicable materials, joint designs, welding positions, and processes.

Welder Qualification & Competency

• Plan qualification and requalification of welders.
• Verify validity of welder qualification certificates.
• Maintain a welder qualification matrix and skill records.
• Conduct periodic competency evaluations and identify training requirements.

Production Monitoring

• Monitor welding activities on the shop floor.
• Ensure compliance with approved process parameters.
• Verify correct identification of weld joints and weld maps.
• Document Number: HR‑FRM‑003K‑JobDes Revsion:0, Date 12‑Apr‑24 Status: Released Page 1 of 2
• Monitor production quality, welding productivity, and repair rates.
• Provide technical guidance to supervisors and welders.

Material & Consumable Control

• Verify welding consumables are approved and suitable for the applicable welding procedure.
• Ensure correct storage, baking, drying, and issue of electrodes and filler materials.
• Maintain complete consumable traceability.
• Verify material certificates and heat number traceability before welding.

Inspection & Testing

• Coordinate visual inspection and NDT activities.
• Review inspection reports and ensure acceptance criteria are met.
• Coordinate repair welding activities where required.
• Ensure repair procedures comply with approved standards.

Quality Documentation

• Maintain and control: WPS, PQR, Welder Qualification Records, Weld Maps, Traceability Records, NDT Reports, Inspection Reports, Calibration Certificates, Welding Consumable Records, Daily Welding Logs
• Ensure documentation is complete before product release.

Root Cause Analysis & Continuous Improvement

• Investigate welding defects and customer complaints.
• Lead root cause analysis using methods such as 5 Why and Fishbone Analysis.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor effectiveness of implemented actions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce rework and welding defects.

Equipment Management

• Ensure welding machines are calibrated and maintained.
• Verify calibration status before production.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance schedules.
• Ensure welding accessories remain in suitable working condition.

Health, Safety & Environment

• Promote safe welding practices.
• Ensure compliance with company safety procedures.
• Verify correct use of PPE.
• Ensure safe handling of shielding gases and welding consumables.
• Promote housekeeping and safe work practices.

Your profile

To coordinate, control, and continuously improve all welding activities associated with railway products, ensuring compliance with EN 15085, ISO 3834, customer specifications, approved Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), applicable international standards, and statutory requirements. The Welding Coordinator is responsible for maintaining welding quality, ensuring product safety, and supporting certification requirements throughout the manufacturing process.

Why us?

Lead a nationally significant railway project with transformative potential.
Engage with advanced technologies and industry‑leading experts.
Thrive in a dynamic, supportive, and growth‑oriented work environment.

About us

Kinet Railway Solutions Ltd., an Indian manufacturer of electric passenger trains, was established to manufacture and maintain 1,920 Vande Bharat sleeper coaches. In partnership with RVNL and Indian Railways, Kinet is driving India’s railway modernization by integrating cutting‑edge technology, enhancing passenger experience, and strengthening rail infrastructure. Committed to local manufacturing, regional suppliers, and workforce development, the company operates a state‑of‑the‑art factory in Latur and an engineering center in Hyderabad. A maintenance depot is already under construction in Jodhpur, with further facilities planned in Delhi and Bengaluru – shaping the future of rail travel in India.