Job Description:
BUILD YOUR FUTURE WITH VOLT
Volt is immediately hiring a Welding Engineer in Altamont, NY.
As a Welding Engineer, you will:
- Create welding techniques and procedures to guide production and welding personnel on specification restrictions, material processes, pre- and post-heating requirements that involve use of complex alloys, unusual fabrication methods, welding of critical joints, and complex post-heating requirements.
- Train welders on proper welding techniques and best practices. Develop welding qualification testing for certifications.
- Direct and coordinate technical personnel in performing inspections to ensure compliance with established welding procedures, restrictions, and standards; in testing welds for conformance with national code requirements; or testing welding personnel for certification.
- Support manufacturing operations, providing direction to welders on correct techniques.
- Work closely with design, tooling, and engineering to improve welded designs for manufacturing.
- Perform statistical process analysis of welding processes.
- Define weld machine/specification requirements.
- Accurately report problems, solutions, and results, in concise written and oral communications.
- Support engineering and manufacturing with root cause analysis when necessary.
- Ensure work is done safely and meets quality standards.
- Outline plans and conduct research and development investigations to develop and test new fabrication processes and procedures.
- Develop new or modify current welding methods, techniques, equipment and procedures.
- Prepare technical reports as a result of research and development and preventive maintenance investigations.
- Evaluate new developments in welding field for possible application to current welding problems or production processes.
This is a full-time, direct-hire opportunity.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Bachelor's degree in welding or materials engineering, or another related field.
- 3-5 years of relevant experience including some hands-on fabrication, manufacturing, or testing experience of welded assemblies.
- Experience with ASME Codes (Section VIII, IX, B31.1, B31.3, B31.12, etc.) fluid process systems involving piping, plumbing, filtrations, heating, instruction, and controls a plus.
- Experience with auxiliary power generations systems, ASME Section III and NavSea a plus.
- Experience in a machining and/or welding manufacturing environment; hands on welding experience required.
- Experience interpreting engineering drawings, specifications and/or other technical material and/or then translating into practical procedural instructions.
- Experience with brazing, joining, and metallographic interpretations.
- Experience with operator training and certifications, welding and brazing fabrication, problem solving, and weld/braze inspection preferred.
- Knowledge and experience in primarily semi-automatic and manual processes, weld prep and plasma cutting.
- Knowledge and ability about how to cut, bend, drill, tap, and other similar operations required to fabricate intricate assemblies.
- Tooling design experience for welded assemblies to reduce part distortion and improve part consistency.
- Prior experience interfacing with a quality management system, ISO9001, NQA-1, etc.
- CWI credentials welcomed, but not required.
Salary Range: $70,000-90,000 per year
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.
Benefits: Since this is a Direct Hire role, benefits will be provided by the employer.
Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.
Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Volt is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please email hr_dept@volt.com or call (866) 898-0005. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed.
Volt does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.
