Welding Supervisor - Bridgwater

Altrad UK, Ireland & Nordics; Hinkley (CA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Altrad UK, Ireland & Nordics seeks a Welding Supervisor to lead and supervise welding operations at Hinkley Point C. You will deliver toolbox talks, promote safety culture, and plan workloads for the welding team, ensuring quality and traceability of welds.

You will coordinate with engineers and subcontractors for NDT, heat treatment, and materials supply, while managing equipment, consumables, and staff performance. A supervisory role with strong safety focus is required.

Qualifications

• Full Apprenticeship in welding or NVQ 3 or equivalent in Welding.
• NVQ / QCF 3 or above in Supervisory Management.
• CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector.
• ECITB SMTD Modules as required.
• CCNSG Safety Passport or IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH Cert.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise site welding operations, ensuring safe and effective task execution.
• Deliver toolbox talks and promote safety culture, including hazard awareness and error prevention.
• Plan and allocate workloads, monitor performance, and maintain productivity across the welding team.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, carry out inspections, and manage weld documentation and traceability.
• Support investigations into weld repairs and share lessons learned through internal processes.
• Liaise with engineers and subcontractors to coordinate activities such as NDT, heat treatment, and materials supply.
• Manage consumables and equipment, including estimation, ordering, and storage.
• Handle first-line personnel issues, assessments, and reporting to senior management.

Skills

Team supervision

Safety awareness

Welding knowledge

Documentation & traceability

Education

Full Apprenticeship in welding or NVQ 3 or equivalent in Welding

NVQ / QCF 3 or above in Supervisory Management

CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector

ECITB SMTD Modules as required

CCNSG Safety Passport or IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH Cert

Tools

Internal Welding system

Job description

Job Title:

Welding Supervisor

Location

Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom

Start Date:

TBC

Salary:

£33,23 p/h

Role Details

Weekly Working Hours & OT

10 on 4 off 06:15 - 17:30. 40 min break.

O/T on Sat first 4hrs @1.4 & 4.5hrs@1.8, Sun OT1.8

possible opportunity to work on a non-working day( Friday and Monday) at OT rates

*Overtime will not come into effect until your first full working week*

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise site welding operations, ensuring safe and effective task execution.
• Deliver toolbox talks and promote safety culture, including hazard awareness and error prevention.
• Plan and allocate workloads, monitor performance, and maintain productivity across the welding team.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, carry out inspections, and manage weld documentation and traceability.
• Support investigations into weld repairs and share lessons learned through internal processes.
• Liaise with engineers and subcontractors to coordinate activities such as NDT, heat treatment, and materials supply.
• Manage consumables and equipment, including estimation, ordering, and storage.
• Handle first-line personnel issues, assessments, and reporting to senior management.

Key Requirements

• 3 years experience as a production welder with 6 months experience in operating welding stores.
• 1 year experience as a charge hand
• Knowledge on how to use Internal Welding system
• Working knowledge / experience of TIG, MMA, FCAW, MIG and applications
• Experience of supervising in manufacturing, thermal, petrochemical and nuclear environments.
• Basic estimation and ordering of welding consumables via materials control.
• Ordering and deploying welding power sources and ancillary equipment.
• Mentoring and coaching trainees.

Qualifications

• Full Apprenticeship in welding or NVQ 3 or equivalent in Welding
• NVQ / QCF 3 or above in Supervisory Management
• CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector
• ECITB SMTD Modules as required
• CCNSG Safety Passport or IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH Cert