Weld Engineer ‎

AECON • Huntersville, NC

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About The Position

The Project Field Welding Engineer supports implementation of Aecon’s welding program at project sites and serves as a technical expert on welding-related codes and issues. The position supports nuclear projects and ensures welding activities comply with the company welding program manual, regulatory requirements, applicable codes, and contract requirements. The role may be assigned to day or night shift depending on project needs and schedule, and may involve travel between a home office and project sites, including remote support for supplier fabrication activities. The successful candidate must be able to secure unescorted access authorization to a plant site.

The role includes supporting project welding activities from design and planning through field execution, vendor fabrication, welder qualification, documentation, material control, and technical issue resolution. The engineer may also perform other mechanical and piping field engineering functions as needed to support project resources and schedules. The position requires prior or current nuclear power plant welding program experience, experience implementing electronic welding management software, and strong AWS and ASME welding knowledge.

Requirements

• Minimum two-year associate degree from an accredited college in Welding, Engineering, Materials Science, Welding Engineering Technology, or another applicable technology program, and 5–15 years of experience in a welding engineering-related position; alternatively, a four-year technical degree in a welding-related field and at least two years of experience in the nuclear power generation or federal nuclear industry.
• Experience with ASME Section IX and one or more of the following: ASME Sections I, II, VIII, B31.1, or AWS D1.1.
• Experience developing and qualifying welding procedures to meet design, construction, and regulatory requirements for power plant applications.
• Experience evaluating and resolving welding-related project and code issues.
• Experience developing project welding requirements and plans.
• Experience testing welders, supervising weld test shops, and performing destructive and nondestructive testing of welder performance qualification test coupons.
• Familiarity with weld filler material purchase requisitions, purchase specifications, procurement, and management of welding filler material issue stations.
• Familiarity with preparing, reviewing, and approving welder performance qualification records and continuity records.
• Familiarity with post-weld heat treatment processes and procedures and nondestructive examination processes and procedures.
• Must be able to secure unescorted access authorization to a plant site.
• Must be physically able to perform job duties, including walking, climbing stairs and ladders and scaffolds, wearing fall protection, entering confined spaces, seeing and hearing within legal limits, lifting up to 25 pounds, and properly wearing assigned PPE.
• Ability to effectively use required computer software, including welding management software for welding documentation.
• Prior or current nuclear power plant welding program and electronic welding management software implementation experience.
• High level of AWS and ASME welding knowledge.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with machine GTAW welding processes and equipment.
• Knowledge and experience with advanced machine welding systems and processes.
• Knowledge and experience with field machining and/or precision measurements for installation of piping and equipment.
• In-depth experience implementing and using an electronic welding management system.
• Participation in or membership of an ASME or AWS committee, subcommittee, or working group.
• Ability to interface directly with clients on welding program quality issues, concerns, regulatory compliance, and technical welding issues.
• Past experience troubleshooting and resolving welding technical issues.
• Nondestructive examination experience or day-to-day interaction with NDE processes or subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Ensure proper implementation and maintenance of the corporate or site Welding and QA Program.
• Support the Welding Program Manager in executing project welding activities in accordance with the company welding program manual, regulatory requirements, applicable codes, and contract requirements.
• Review contract and design specifications and develop project welding requirements, including the Project Technical Welding Requirements Document.
• Support constructability evaluations during project design.
• Support discipline work planners and field engineers with developing weld records and weld maps for construction work packages.
• Issue and control welding procedures, welding specifications, process control documents, and other technical welding documents.
• Support implementation of welding program management software at project sites in coordination with corporate offices.
• Travel to suppliers and vendors to support welding program activities, fabrication and technical issues, welding personnel qualification, and WPS qualification and documentation requirements.
• Facilitate availability of welding documentation and technical support for the Project Manager and Superintendents during field welding operations.
• Direct and implement the project welder qualification and welder status programs, including witnessing and supervising weld test shop performance qualification testing.
• Oversee the weld material issue program and provide consultation and technical responses on welding issues raised by regulatory bodies, clients, and internal staff.
• Set day-to-day direction for assigned welding engineers in support of project goals.
• Implement and support the project welding documentation database and issue weekly project welding status reports.
• Perform other mechanical and piping field engineering functions as needed, such as material inventory control and work package or datasheet reviews.
• Train project personnel in a formal setting on welding program procedures, processes, and requirements.
• Support welding technical subcontract activities, including specialty services such as welding machine rentals, NDE, PWHT, and machining.

Benefits

• Services and benefits intended to support employees’ and their families’ mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
• Aecon University.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Leadership Programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree