Manufacturing Technologist - Welding

Hucknall, Nottinghamshire

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My busy international clients are currently seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Manufacturing Technologist – Welding Specialist for their large modern facility in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.

Essential Requirement:

Significant practical and technical welding experience within an engineering or manufacturing environment.
HNC/HND, Degree or equivalent demonstrable experience in Welding Engineering, Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Metallurgy or a related discipline.

Ideal candidates competencies:

Strong understanding of welding processes, process control and weld quality.
Technical experience in at least one of TIG, EBW, LBW or RSW.
Experience of welding procedure development, qualification and validation.
Experience of welding equipment qualification, validation and maintaining process capability.
Experience investigating and resolving welding defects, non-conformances and manufacturing problems.
Good understanding of weld metallurgy, including materials, joint design, welding parameters and resultant weld quality.
Ability to interpret engineering drawings, welding specifications, technical standards and customer requirements.
Ability to independently lead and deliver technical welding work packages.
Aerospace experience desirable, particularly supporting Rolls-Royce and/or Pratt & Whitney requirements.
Experience across multiple welding technologies, particularly TIG, EBW, LBW and/or RSW advantageous.
Experience of automated TIG welding desirable.
Familiarity with aerospace materials including nickel-based superalloys, titanium alloys and steels advantageous.
Knowledge of relevant aerospace welding standards and customer-specific requirements, including AWS D17.1 and ISO 24394 desirable.
Experience within a Nadcap-accredited welding environment, including supporting Nadcap and customer audits advantageous.

Job Duties:

Provide technical support across TIG, EBW, LBW and RSW welding processes.
Develop, review and maintain welding procedures, technical instructions, process controls and qualification records.
Support welding process and equipment qualification, validation and revalidation.
Support the introduction and qualification of new welding equipment and manufacturing capability.
Lead and support welding producibility and manufacturing development activities.
Provide technical leadership for welding non-conformances, investigations, root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
Support production in resolving welding-related technical and manufacturing challenges.
Support welder, welding operator, procedure and equipment qualification activities.
Support Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney customer requirements.
Support Nadcap Welding accreditation, customer audits and associated corrective actions.
Provide welding expertise to new product introduction, inload/offload and supplier activities.
Support the development of the long-term technical and equipment strategy for welding on site.
Work closely with Manufacturing Engineering, Materials & Processes, Quality, Non-Destructive Testing and production teams.

Hours of work:

Days – 37 hours per week working Monday to Friday.
Core hours: 08:00 - 16:12.

The successful candidate will be based at the client's site in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, working within a leading company in the global aeronautical industry.

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