Welding Engineering UM

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Welding Engineering Unit Manager  -  BWX Technologies, Inc.  -  Barberton, Ohio

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for leading a diverse group of welding engineers, technicians and other specialists within the Welding Engineering (W.E.) department to achieve all company and customer commitments as related to the fabrication of NOG components. Responsible for ensuring the W.E. unit is properly aligned and supportive of all company objectives as it relates to the development, staffing, execution and overall quality of the weld process and associated operations. This alignment includes all aspects of Safety, Quality, Schedule and Cost associated with the weld process.  
• Coordinates and controls welding engineers’ job functions to provide uniform, coordinated direction of the company’s short and long range goals.
• Assures staffing levels to support administrative and shop management needs including personnel proposal, requisitioning, interviewing and hiring activities.
• Works collaboratively and takes the lead in assuring welding equipment and welding cells can be operated in a safe manner free of injury.
• Reviews engineering drawings to assure they provide for economic fabrication of highest quality.
• Works within and outside department to pre-plan future needs to assure the timeliness of equipment, weld development, weld and welder qualifications, training, execution, testing and any other aspect of the job associated with the weld overall process.   
• Assures technical welding engineering support for shop welding surveillance for all welding processes.
• Works collaboratively with other departments, as required, to identify funding needs, constraints, equipment/parameter problems for assuring the timely completion of the weld process relative to the overall schedule needs.
• Works collaboratively with Operations to define the weld process capability, weld process robustness and weld process limitations to establish expectations associated with the efficient deposition of the weld, while achieving first time quality.
• Works to decrease (or “improve”) weld and associated non-weld repair rates through an active and collaborative management style.
• Works within W.E. unit and department to specify welding processes and procedures to be employed through preparation of weld data sheets in accordance with contract requirements.
• Initiates welding procedure qualifications to support contract requirements.
• Evaluates welding performance through analysis of the Weld Defect Report.  Initiates necessary corrective actions after considering economic, scheduler and quality impact.
• Responds to shop welding and welding metallurgical problems to effectively resolve the problem and yet maintain work within contractual obligations and corporate commitments.
• Identifies areas for improving overall weld operation efficiency through a collaborative understanding of the equipment, set-up, personnel, training and weld process capabilities vs the weld process robustness to assure first time quality.
• Provides technical justification for DSRs (Degradation of Specification Reports) and RARs (Repair Approval Requests) on all contracts.
• Identifies the risks associated within the contract and within shop operations associated with welding and works collaboratively to resolve concerns.  
• Coordinates and supports proposal activities to assure all aspects of Safety, Quality, Schedule and Cost can be achieved and a gap analysis with guidance where risks exist.
• Organizes and supports the preparation of technical weld related comments to documents referenced in proposals.
• Participates in negotiations, as required, with customer to facilitate fair and equitable solutions assuring schedule, technical and price commitments are achievable and have the appropriate risks identified and accounted for.
• Establishes, analyzes, and negotiates programs or technical changes that result from customer inquiries or internal recommendations.
• Works within department and with associated departments to establish weld wire needs, quantities and special qualification requirements for individual proposals and overall NOG Contracts.
• Negotiates welding related technical requirements at proposal state and throughout contract term.
• Resolves customer concerns with respect to procedure qualifications and weld data sheets.
• Initiates actions for fabrication and testing of welding procedure qualifications.
• Interprets the requirements of NAVSEA 250-1500-1, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, and customer specifications related to welding to assure that all fabrication meets contract requirements.
• Participates in Planning and evaluating welding research and development related to future program initiatives and manages customer workscopes that apply to future welding technology.

Job Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree preferred in Welding Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, or other engineering field and proven leadership and management of others.
• 3 years minimum of experience in the pressure vessel field or equivalent training in the heavy equipment or construction field
• Must be able to obtain government security clearance.

Applicants selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. Position requires U.S. Citizenship (with no dual citizenship) and ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance which involves an extensive criminal and financial background investigation and previous employment reference verifications.

BWXT supports diversity and is committed to the concept of Equal Employment Opportunity. We have established procedures to ensure that all personnel actions such as recruitment, compensation, career development, benefits, company-sponsored training and social recreational programs are administered without regard to race, color religion, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or veteran status.