Welding Coordinator

A metal fabrication business is looking for a Welding Coordinator to work alongside its IWE-qualified Responsible Welding Coordinator. The company builds complex welded fabrications and assemblies for high-precision, safety-critical industries. Work is short-batch and high-mix, across a wide range of materials, thicknesses and drawings dating back decades.

This is a hands-on role. Around half of the day is spent in the welding bays supervising welders, carrying out first-off inspections and solving problems, with the rest given to technical reviews, WPS and WPQR control and audit support. The business values people who take ownership and has a strong record of promoting from within.

• Provide day-to-day welding coordination and technical supervision across production
• Support and maintain compliance with ISO 3834-2 and DIN 2303
• Carry out welding technical reviews of customer drawings, specifications and standards as part of tender and contract review
• Identify WPS, WPQR, welder qualification, inspection, NDT, material and consumable requirements before work is accepted
• Develop, qualify and control WPS and WPQR documentation and run weld tests
• Maintain and monitor welder and welding operator qualifications
• Supervise welders directly on the shop floor, addressing technique, sequence and access issues
• Carry out first-off inspections with operators and support visual weld inspection
• Manage welding gases and check that stores consumables are correct
• Lead on welding non-conformances, investigations and corrective actions
• Support internal, customer and certification body audits
• Propose continuous improvement ideas and the investment needed to deliver them
• Completed IWS/EWS or IWT/EWT diploma, or actively studying with evidence of enrolment, completed modules and exam progress
• Proven welding coordination or welding supervision experience in a controlled manufacturing environment
• Strong practical knowledge of TIG, MIG and MAG across mild steel, stainless steel and aluminium, in thin sheet through to heavy plate
• Working knowledge of WPS, WPQR and welder qualification requirements
• Able to read engineering drawings and welding symbols, including older legacy drawings
• Experience of technical reviews of drawings and specifications
• Comfortable spending a large part of the day in the welding bays, not solely office-based
• ISO 3834-2 and/or DIN 2303 experience
• Defence, Aerospace, Motorsport, strong fabrication background
• Visual weld inspection qualification (CSWIP 3.0 or TWI course); NDT
• Experience supporting customer and certification audits
• Experience building weld maps where no build book exists

• salaried or weekly paid
• Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm
• Paid overtime when workload requires
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, taken around fixed annual shutdowns
• Workplace pension and annual salary review

Due to the nature of the work, applicants must be eligible to obtain UK security clearance; no sponsorship is available for this role.

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