Lead Welder

You will coordinate day-to-day welding work, provide technical guidance to welders, and complete high-integrity stainless-steel fabrications. You will monitor compliance with approved procedures, quality requirements, traceability controls, and safety standards. You will support process improvements, training, issue resolution, workshop documentation, and communication of risks or non-conformances.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily welding activities according to workshop schedules and production priorities.
• Provide technical guidance on welding methods, sequencing, workmanship standards, and best practices.
• Weld high-integrity stainless-steel fabrications in accordance with ISO 5817 acceptance criteria.
• Follow welding procedures in accordance with ISO 15609.
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment and comply with site and legal requirements.
• Monitor shop-floor welding activities for procedural, quality, and traceability compliance.
• Support improvements to fabrication, welding, and workshop processes.
• Train and mentor welders and support their skills development.
• Help identify welding defects, investigate root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Contribute to NCRs, observations, quality investigations, and improvement actions.
• Maintain workshop documentation and material traceability.
• Escalate safety, quality, technical, and delivery concerns promptly.

Requirements

• Experience with welding processes and high-integrity stainless-steel fabrication.
• Previous welding qualifications in accordance with ISO 9606-1.
• Level 3 NVQ or equivalent.
• Knowledge of welding standards and quality requirements in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, weld maps, specifications, and welding procedures.
• Experience working to controlled processes, procedures, and specifications.
• Knowledge of nuclear safety and 5S or Lean practices.
• Coaching and mentoring skills.

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave, increasing by one day every two years to a maximum of 30 days, plus bank holidays.
• 8% employer pension contribution with a 1% employee contribution through salary sacrifice.
• Individual and family private healthcare.
• Employee dental insurance through BUPA.
• Cashplan Level 2 cover.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Professional body membership.
• Cycle to Work scheme through salary sacrifice.
• Generous family leave.