Welding Engineer

Volt Management Corp • Altamont, NY

439d • $70,000 - $90,000

About The Position

The Welding Engineer at Volt Management Corp. is responsible for creating and implementing welding techniques and procedures, training welders, and ensuring compliance with welding standards. This role involves direct coordination with technical personnel, support for manufacturing operations, and conducting research and development to improve welding processes. The position requires a blend of engineering knowledge and hands-on experience in welding and fabrication.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in welding or materials engineering, or another related field.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience including some hands-on fabrication, manufacturing, or testing experience of welded assemblies.
• Experience with ASME Codes (Section VIII, IX, B31.1, B31.3, B31.12, etc.) fluid process systems involving piping, plumbing, filtrations, heating, instruction, and controls a plus.
• Experience with auxiliary power generation systems, ASME Section III and NavSea a plus.
• Experience in a machining and/or welding manufacturing environment; hands-on welding experience required.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings, specifications and/or other technical material and/or then translating into practical procedural instructions.
• Experience with brazing, joining, and metallographic interpretations.
• Experience with operator training and certifications, welding and brazing fabrication, problem solving, and weld/braze inspection preferred.
• Knowledge and experience in primarily semi-automatic and manual processes, weld prep and plasma cutting.
• Knowledge and ability about how to cut, bend, drill, tap, and other similar operations required to fabricate intricate assemblies.
• Tooling design experience for welded assemblies to reduce part distortion and improve part consistency.
• Prior experience interfacing with a quality management system, ISO9001, NQA-1, etc.
• CWI credentials welcomed, but not required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with operator training and certifications, welding and brazing fabrication, problem solving, and weld/braze inspection preferred.
• CWI credentials welcomed, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Create welding techniques and procedures to guide production and welding personnel.
• Train welders on proper welding techniques and best practices.
• Develop welding qualification testing for certifications.
• Direct and coordinate technical personnel in performing inspections to ensure compliance with established welding procedures.
• Support manufacturing operations by providing direction to welders on correct techniques.
• Work closely with design, tooling, and engineering to improve welded designs for manufacturing.
• Perform statistical process analysis of welding processes.
• Define weld machine/specification requirements.
• Accurately report problems, solutions, and results in concise written and oral communications.
• Support engineering and manufacturing with root cause analysis when necessary.
• Ensure work is done safely and meets quality standards.
• Outline plans and conduct research and development investigations to develop and test new fabrication processes and procedures.
• Develop new or modify current welding methods, techniques, equipment, and procedures.
• Prepare technical reports as a result of research and development and preventive maintenance investigations.
• Evaluate new developments in the welding field for possible application to current welding problems or production processes.

Benefits

• Salary range of $70,000-90,000 per year based on various factors.
• Direct hire opportunity with benefits provided by the employer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administrative and Support Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree