Weld Engineer

CHART COOLER SVC CO INC; Alabama; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Chart Cooler Service Co. Inc. in Theodore, Alabama is seeking a Weld Engineer to develop, maintain, and implement welding processes for our manufacturing facility.

You will work closely with design engineering, quality, drafting, and production management to resolve production issues and improve weld quality and capacity. The role requires a BS degree in Weld Engineering or related field and at least 3 years of weld engineering experience, with strong knowledge of GTAW, GMAW, FCAW, SAW and SMAW,

Qualifications

• BS degree in Weld Engineering or related field is required.
• Minimum 3 years’ Weld Engineer experience in production or field construction.
• Familiarity with statistical control fundamentals.
• Familiarity with GTAW, GMAW, FCAW, SAW and SMAW for aluminum, stainless, and carbon steel.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD, Excel, Word and weld programs such as C-Spec.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities and management training.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and implement weld processes to support the Theodore facility.
• Collaborate with design engineering, quality, drafting, and production management to resolve issues.
• Assign and control essential WPS/PQR/WPQR per ASME IX and AWS D1.1 using GTAW, GMAW, FCAW, SAW and SMAW processes.
• Provide ongoing testing, training, process implementation, and shop floor activities.
• Prepare AFE justifications and issue purchase orders for weld equipment as needed.
• Generate reports on shop floor activities and project outcomes.

Skills

GTAW

GMAW

FCAW

SAW

SMAW

ASME IX knowledge

EN 15614-1,2 knowledge

Statistical process control

NDE basics (RT, UT, LPT, MPT, VT)

Leadership abilities

Education

BS degree in Weld Engineering or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Excel

Word

C-Spec Weld Software

Job description

The Weld Engineer will provide technical resources to develop, maintain, and implement weld processes to support the Theodore, Alabama facility. The Weld Engineer will work close with design engineering, quality, drafting, and production management/staff to resolve production issues.

What Will You Do?

• Assign and control WPS/PQR/WPQR on aluminum, stainless and carbon steel alloys, filler metals/fluxes and shielding gases in compliance with ASME IX, EN 15614-1,2 and AWS D1.1 using GTAW, GMAW, FCAW, SAW and SMAW processes.
• Control and maintainWPQ's, and continuity/prolongation logs as required for GTAW-AC/DC, GMAW semi-automatic, GMAW machine, FCAW, SAW and SMAW in compliance with ASME IX, EN 9606-1,2 and AWS D1.1.
• Identify and resolve production problems, related to design engineering, quality control, drafting, sales and production supervision.
• Provideongoing needs for testing, training, process implementation or other shop floor activities.
• Specify, provide justification, and generate AFE for purchase of new or replacement weld, cutting or fabrication equipment as required for process improvement of increased capacity. Issue purchase orders as required for normal or other production requirements
• Provide reports of ongoing shop floor activities, training, perceived areas needing special attention or other areas related to quality, production or other deficiencies as well as reports to identify projects which have been successfully implemented.
• Other duties as assigned

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require…

• Frequent sitting and walking and occasional standing, stooping, bending, twisting
• Repetitive hand movements
• Work in an office and industrial manufacturing environment with possible exposure to temperature extremes, overhead objects, material with rough edges odors associated with cutting and welding

Your Experience Should Be...

• Minimum BS degree in Weld Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Material Sciences
• Minimum 3years’ experience as Weld Engineer in shop production or field construction
• Familiarity with fundamentals of statistical control.
• Familiarity with all aspects of the GTAW, GMAW, FCAW, SAW and SMAW weld processes as related to aluminum, stainless and carbon steel welding.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD, Excel, Word and weld programs such as C-Spec.
• Demonstrated management and leadership training or demonstrated management abilities.
• Familiarity with NDE basics including RT, UT, LPT, MPT and VT