Welding Engineer - San Antonio, Texas

JCB•San Antonio, TX

About The Position

This position is responsible for leading and controlling the welding process across the factory. Involves recruitment, training and skill development for welders in manual and automated applications in heavy fabrications using the GMAW welding application mainly. We should be able to deploy the process of managing the effectiveness of welding across the shop floor to maintain reliability and productivity. This also involves alignment with global manufacturing sites and certification bodies to establish and maintain required regulatory documentation.

Requirements

Must pass any drug screens, background checks and any pre-employments tests as applicable.
Associate’s degree in field of welding technology
Three years of weld Engineering experience in relevant industry
Two years of experience in field of manual and automated welding
Proficient with welding technology, application and related processes
Ability to Train the workforce and qualify with certifications to suitUnderstanding of the standards (ASME/AWS etc)
Knowledge of materials, weldability and PFMEA in field of welding
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Impressive listening skills
Ability to influence the shop floor employees to drive safe working conditions
Ability to influence and manage the entire quality aspects of welding
Promote innovation, creativity and technology to improve the process
Ability to manage suppliers to deliver new technologiesMust wear Personal Protective Equipment as required
A good welder himself; having ability to weld manually to excellent quality standards
Must be able to work flexible schedule, including but not limited to 12-hour shifts/7 days a week
Must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 10lbs, frequently and/or move up to 35lbs, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50lbs
Must be able to perform continuous, repetitious physical activities. These activities may involve fine movements or large motions
Must be able to grasp/pinch small items, reach out and up, and turn wrist
Must be capable of keeping pace with current production speed
Must be able to push/pull with reasonable force
Must be able to perform the following requirements of bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, and standing for extended periods of time
Must be able to work in multiple climates including hot/cold temperatures, and dusty environment

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field and higher education/specialization in welding
Five years of Weld Engineering experience in a heavy Fabrication industry
Three years of experience in Manual and Robotic welding application as Welding Engineer
Any additional certification as Weld Trainer would be preferred

Responsibilities

Define standard welding process and parameters for the heavy fabrications
Understand and optimize the manual and automated welding applications
Must have experience in manual welding, robot and cobots in welding process
To recruit, train, improve and sustain the welding processes with the shopfloor welders
Reaching out to the colleges/schools to identify and develop the talent pool for potential shop floor employees
Implement safety processes and practices on the shop floor
Selection, deployment and monitoring of the equipment related to welding and safety of welders
Monitors the process parameters and control proactively to avoid weld defects
Monitor and improve the quality parameters for welding, lead zero defect drive
Conduct destructive and non-destructive testing of welds
Daily audits to ensure correct process adherence and critical to quality checks on shop floor
Qualification and requalification of the shopfloor personals for their welding skills required for job; monitoring the skill management program
Generate daily, weekly and monthly reports, statistics visualize and improve welding processes across the factory
Help supplier development in the areas related to welding processes
Select, approve and implement the welding accessories, consumables etc.
Develop, monitor and control the budget and cost related to welding
Create process to avoid rework, rejects and field issues for welded fabrications
Must be able to perform the MIG welding operation to demonstrate right quality and productivity to the shopfloor team.
Use of AR/VR applications for training
Monitor and optimize the asset Utilisation and productivity