About This Role
This role is for a Certified Welding Inspector responsible for developing and improving welding processes, ensuring adherence to Nadcap guidelines, and accurately welding and inspecting weldments and structures. The inspector will also set up weld coupons for qualifications and maintain documentation according to customer, company, and certification standards.
Responsibilities
- Review models, drawings, or sketches for weldment details and assembly sequence
- Periodically audit the welding department, as scheduled by management, to ensure internal weld standards, procedures, safety requirements, and associated tasks are being followed
- Assist the welding department with processing customer parts when additional support is required; tasks may include welding, cutting, forming, and grinding
- Monitor calibration requirements and provide support as needed to schedule calibration for welding department equipment, tooling, and measuring devices
- Inspect weldments and document all details, assemblies, and finished products for conformance to blueprint and/or sketch dimensions
- Weld test plates to qualify and/or maintain weld process continuity as required
- Maintain and review training records for welders and visual weld inspectors, ensuring all required training is scheduled and completed
- Review WPSs and PQRs to set up weld coupons for qualification of welders
- Review drawings so that WPSs are called out correctly on work order
- Develop WPS by leading the efforts in PQR, PQTR, and Weld Maps
- Maintain the Welder’s Continuity Log
- Update the Weld Standard and other specifications under the direction of the Director of Quality
- Review Customer’s orders to ensure welding requirements are met
- Update Welders’ qualification records
- Monitor the welding process during the manufacturing FAIR process to ensure all applicable code requirements are met
- Inspect welds for Pre-weld joint geometry and Post weld inspection as required per the applicable code
- Disposition welding NCRs with respect to the applicable welding code
- Complete accurate manufacturing process documentation and identify critical process indicators in the welding operations
- Maintain knowledge of technical developments related to welding procedures and codes
- Evaluate, propose, and implement welding process improvements to increase welding efficiency and quality
- Provide technical assistance on welding during customer and third-party audits
- Provide hands-on welding support to welders and engineers
- Provide engineering support to the production department in troubleshooting and resolving technical problems as it relates to welding matters
