Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.
Given the cryogenic and specialist materials on this project (including MAN-specified materials on the turbine train), you must understand the demands of low-temperature service, impact (Charpy) testing requirements, preheat and interpass control, consumable control and full weld traceability. The role is hands-on, safety-led and programme-focused.
Key Responsibilities
* Supervise and coordinate the daily activities of the site welding workforce (welders and pipefitters), allocating labour to the work fronts in line with the construction programme.
* Maintain the welder qualification register, weld map / weld register and consumable control records, ensuring full traceability of materials and consumables.
* Control welding consumables — issue, storage, baking and handling — particularly low-hydrogen and specialist consumables for cryogenic and alloy materials.
* Manage preheat, interpass temperature and any required post-weld heat treatment (PWHT) in accordance with the WPS.
* Liaise with QA/QC Inspectors and third-party / NOBO inspectors on weld audits, NDT results and the close-out of repairs and NCRs.
* Monitor weld quality and repair/rejection rates, identify trends and take corrective action with the welding team to drive down defects.
* Ensure all welding activities are carried out safely — hot work permits, fire watch, fume extraction, confined space and working-at-height controls — in line with the project HSEQ plan and CDM .
* Read and interpret isometrics, GAs, P&IDs and welding documentation to confirm joints are welded as designed.
* Support material control, spool receipt and the management of site/tie-in welds where spools are free-issued.
* Attend daily coordination meetings and report welding progress, manpower and constraints to the Superintendent.
Essential Requirements
* Proven experience as a Welding Supervisor on large-scale mechanical / piping construction projects.
* Recognised welding qualification — CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector, or IWS / EWS (International / European Welding Specialist), or time-served senior welding background with supervisory experience.
* Strong working knowledge of ASME B31.3, BS EN, BS EN and ASME IX, and the ability to read and apply WPS / PQR.
* Sound understanding of welder qualification, consumable control, preheat/interpass control and weld traceability.
* Ability to read and interpret isometrics, GAs, P&IDs and welding/NDT documentation.
* CCNSG Safety Passport.
* Result oriented, with a ‘right first time’ mentality — focused on weld quality, low repair rates and a clean inspection record accepted by QA/QC and the client.
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