Welding Engineer

🛠️ Job Description: Welding Engineer – Steel Casting Foundry
📌 Position Overview
The Welding Engineer will be responsible for developing, qualifying, and overseeing welding processes in a steel casting foundry environment. This role ensures that welded joints meet metallurgical, mechanical, and quality standards while supporting production efficiency, compliance, and customer requirements.
🎯 Key Responsibilities
- Process Development & Optimization
- Design, qualify, and implement welding procedures for cast steel components (including super duplex and critical alloys).
- Select appropriate welding techniques (SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, SAW) based on material and application.
- Optimize parameters to minimize defects such as porosity, cracking, or distortion.
- Quality Assurance & Compliance
- Ensure welding processes comply with international standards (ASME, AWS, ISO, ASTM).
- Conduct procedure qualification records (PQRs) and welder performance qualification tests (WPQTs).
- Review and approve welding documentation, WPS (Welding Procedure Specifications), and inspection reports.
- Metallurgical & Technical Support
- Provide guidance on preheat, interpass temperature, and post-weld heat treatment (PWHT).
- Collaborate with metallurgists to analyze weld microstructures and mechanical properties.
- Troubleshoot welding-related defects and recommend corrective actions.
- Production & Shop-Floor Support
- Train and mentor welders on best practices and safety.
- Support foundry operations in repair welding of castings, including defect removal and re-welding.
- Coordinate with machining, heat treatment, and inspection teams to ensure smooth workflow.
- Customer & Project Interface
- Liaise with clients and third-party inspectors for welding approvals and audits.
- Prepare technical reports and documentation for customer submissions.
- Support project managers in meeting delivery timelines and quality commitments.
📚 Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical/Mechanical/Production Engineering (or equivalent).
- 5+ years of experience in welding engineering, preferably in steel casting or heavy manufacturing.
- Strong knowledge of welding metallurgy, NDT methods (RT, UT, PT, MT), and defect analysis.
- Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems and documentation practices in foundry operations.
💡 Skills & Competencies
- Expertise in welding processes for ferrous alloys (carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, duplex).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for root cause analysis.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, welding symbols, and standards.
- Effective communication and leadership skills for training and cross-functional collaboration.
- Knowledge of preventive maintenance for welding equipment and consumables.
🧭 Reporting Structure
- Reports to: Foundry Operations Head / Quality Head
- Works closely with: Metallurgy, Production, Quality Assurance, and Customer Service teams
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