Principal Welding Engineer

Job Overview:

The Principal Welding Engineer is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex Welding-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Welding Engineer may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in Welding. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in Welding as well as broad knowledge of the Welding discipline within the Engineering function.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Guide the Welding Engineering discipline and Metallurgical consultative welding services to the operations group and PMT for onshore & offshore projects
• Responsible for various deliverables from the Welding Engineering group, listed (but not limited to) below:
• Project Welding Qualification Execution Plan that defines the full scope of Weld Procedures required, schedule of qualification, and quantity of welding consumables and materials required for qualification
• Ensure that proper priorities relevant to project schedules are established and review progress
• Review and approval of all Project Weld Procedures through direct and indirect communications with the customer and Certifying Authority
• Appropriate selection of electrodes based on their physical, chemical, and corrosion properties as well as considering their weldability and economics
• Review project schedules, material control reports, and welding consumable estimates to determine changes to the welding execution plan
• Manage welding school facility for the training and development of the workforce to improve the welding methodology and good workmanship practices
• Assist in the support and development of automatic welding systems
• Review and estimates for bids
• Complete Welding consumable project-specific requirements estimation, requisitioning, and monitoring Forecast of DOE consumables
• Complete Readiness review for important offshore campaigns
• Work with Fabrication Management, Yard Welding Dept, Marine Group, and AWS group on future R&D developments and the latest technology available related to welding of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous materials
• Maintain contact with internal and external technical groups such as Global Welding Group, TWI, DNV, EWI, Welding Equipment and Consumable manufacturers, and similar organizations for updates on the latest technology
• Assist in resolving Metallurgical, Welding, and Quality-related problems, by investigating causes of failures and prescribing fit-for-purpose
• Initiate 'Fit for Purpose' evaluations of nonconforming work
• Evaluate the performance of Welding Engineers reporting directly to them and make decisions regarding their training needs, changes in classification, and compensation
• Visit the vendor’s facility for technical evaluation
• Ensure input for bidding is given through the Welding Engineering Group
• Monitor projects during the execution stage

Liaise with Operations Manager (Fabrication / Marine), Discipline Managers, PMT, Customers, Operations /Field Engineers, QC/NDT Engineers, Engineering Group, Certifying Authority, Consulting firms like TWI, DNV, etc., Global Welding Technology Group, Bidding group, and Project Management

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• MS/M Tech/ME in Welding
• BS /BE/B Tech in Welding/Metallurgy/Mechanical Engineering
• 8+ years directly related to Welding, Metallurgy and Materials, subsea pipelines
• C Eng./SenMemWeldI/Member of professional body preferred
• Welding Inspection Qualification preferred