Role Overview
An experienced Responsible Welding Coordinator (RWC) is required to join a specialist welding, fabrication and pipeline services business based in Cwmbran. This is a key technical position with responsibility for welding quality, compliance and coordination across the company's fabrication operations. The business provides specialist engineering services to the gas and utilities sector, including P9 welding, welded hot tapping and live gas connections, mainline pipeline welding and fabrication, steel and pipework fabrication, gas outlet pipework, shot blasting and coating, hydrostatic pressure testing, and pipeline and pressure-system services. The successful candidate will work closely with production, quality and project teams to ensure welding activities are properly planned, executed, inspected and documented in accordance with applicable standards, client specifications and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Acting as the designated Responsible Welding Coordinator in accordance with BS EN ISO 14731
- Supporting compliance with the company's BS EN ISO 3834 welding quality management system
- Reviewing and approving Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS)
- Overseeing Procedure Qualification Records / WPARs and PQRs
- Managing welder qualification and certification records
- Ensuring welder qualifications remain within the required validity periods
- Reviewing engineering drawings, isometrics, material certificates and joint designs
- Ensuring weldability and code compliance prior to fabrication
- Coordinating pre-heat, interpass temperature and PWHT requirements
- Coordinating NDT activities and reviewing inspection reports
- Carrying out and signing off visual weld inspections where appropriate
- Liaising with clients, third-party inspectors and certification bodies
- Supporting audits, inspections and WPAR/PQR witnessing
- Maintaining welding quality documentation, including ITPs, travellers and NCRs
- Providing technical guidance to welders, supervisors and project teams
- Supporting continual improvement across welding and fabrication activities
Key Experience
- Recognised IWS, IWT or IWE welding qualification - EWF/IIW certified
- Current welding inspection qualification such as CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector or higher, or equivalent
- PCN Level 2 in Visual Testing (VT) or equivalent
- Previous experience as a Responsible Welding Coordinator or senior welding inspector
- Experience within pipework, pressure systems or a similar fabrication environment
- Strong working knowledge of BS EN ISO 3834
- Strong understanding of BS EN ISO 15614
- Knowledge of relevant welding and pressure-system standards
- Practical understanding of common NDT methods and acceptance criteria
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and isometrics
- Strong technical documentation and organisational skills
- Desirable: CSWIP 3.2 Senior Welding Inspector
- Desirable: Additional PCN Level 2 qualifications in MT, PT, UT or RT
- Desirable: Experience with BS EN 13480
- Desirable: PED 2014/68/EU knowledge
- Desirable: ASME B31.3 experience
- Desirable: ASME IX experience
- Desirable: Experience within gas transmission or distribution
- Desirable: Pipeline welding experience
- Desirable: P9 welding knowledge
- Desirable: Experience of welded hot tapping and live gas connections
- Desirable: Previous involvement with ISO 3834 certification audits
- Desirable: Experience within an ASME U-Stamp or similar certification environment
What's On Offer
- Salary DOE
- Additional package
- Permanent employment
- Company pension
- Ongoing professional development and CPD support
- Varied technical workload across gas, pipeline and industrial projects