Welding Inspector

• Review and issue work instructions where required in support of the projects and service coordinator, to required timetables in a manner that is clear to recipients and meets agreed customer specifications, internal standards and legal requirements
• Review and improve standard work instructions as necessary
• Conduct in-process quality inspections and checks and aid production staff and suppliers in completing work to specifications
• Advise managers/staff when there are issues
• Conduct quality audits/checks to plan and report on findings
• Perform formal recorded goods-in process and final inspections where required and prepare for/coordinate external inspection visits and non-destructive testing (NDT) tests such that these get completed to plan without contract failures
• Collate required internal contract quality and warranty claim records and statistics, warning management of issues
• Initiate and participate in warranty and quality problem investigations
• Provide customer/external inspector with agreed external documentation needs
• Assess warranty claims and internal quality incidents and coordinate the response/corrective action to internal standards and in a manner that is acceptable to the customer
• Record quality incidents in the required manner and communicate these as required to the management team with proposals for improvements
• Maintain the calibration system to internal standards
• Advise management/staff where there are health and safety hazards/issues observed and to stop unsafe actions.

The person:

• Ideally time-served in a welding/fabrication role
• Certification Scheme for Personnel (CSWIP) 3.1 or higher is a minimum requirement
• Previous experience in a similar role is essential
• Demonstrable experience in quality control, evaluation and improvement in a production environment
• Knowledge of welding processes and standards
• Understanding of metallurgy and process technology in the field of welding
• PCN Level 2 for magnetic particle inspection (MPI) or dye penetrant inspection (DPI) would be appropriate.
  
  

MTrec Recruitment, MTrec House, 8 Market Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6QQ