Welding Engineer

Babcock Poweris an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V).

Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc. designs and fabricates high quality Pressure Vessels and Heat Transfer Equipment for the power generation and process industries worldwide. This position is responsible for all welding related activities this includes review of customer specifications, identifying project specific welding procedures, communicating with customer to resolve welding related comments or issues. The Welding Engineer will also be maintaining existing weld procedures, creating new weld procedures as required, testing of welders, and creating and maintaining welder qualification documentation.

• Oversee shop floor welding technician activities.
• Review customer specifications, identify welding requirements and ask for clarification on those requirements that differ from TEi standards.
• Identify welding procedures to be used on each project and included in the Approved Procedures Listing (APL).
• Perform R&D on new welding techniques, equipment, processes, etc., for increased efficiency.
• Monitor welder performance and provide corrective action when performance issues arise.
• Oversee welding related training to all welders, fitters and assemblers as required.
• Monitor inventory of weld filler metal and PO requisitions for project specific specialty materials as required.
• Provide weld efficiency rates to Sales for quoting and estimating data.

• Bachelor’s degree of Engineering or Science. Welding or Metallurgy degree is preferred.
• 3-5 years working experience in related field.
• Knowledge of general steel fabrication practices and processes.
• Knowledge and experience in technical writing.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Must be organized and be able to work under pressure to meet deadlines and be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of general steel fabrication practices, particularly welding, heat treatment, and mechanical testing.
• Knowledge of relevant manufacturing codes including ASME Section I, VIII, B31.1, API specifications. ASME Section III knowledge and experience is a plus.
• Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) credentials is preferred.
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio or equivalent process flow software.