Welder

Job Description

We're looking for a skilled TIG welder to join our clients manufacturing team. This is a hands on role producing high quality components for demanding industries such as process, petrochemical, energy, marine, and general industrial applications.

What you'll be doing
You'll be TIG welding stainless steel and specialist alloys, working on thermowells, temperature sensors, and related assemblies. The work covers a good range including tubes, fittings, machined parts, flanges, fabrications, and pressure rated components.

Day to day, you'll be:

• Working from engineering drawings, weld symbols, route cards, and production paperwork
• Prepping components - cleaning, dressing, aligning, and fitting up ready to weld
• Producing clean, accurate welds consistently to a high standard
• Checking your own work visually and catching any issues before parts move on
• Looking after your equipment and keeping your area tidy and safe
• Coordinating with machining, assembly, inspection, and production to keep jobs moving and hit delivery dates

What we're looking for

The essentials:

• Solid TIG welding experience, ideally on stainless steel
• Comfortable welding small precision parts as well as larger fabricated assemblies
• Able to read technical drawings and follow job documentation
• Good grasp of weld prep, cleanliness, distortion control, and finishing
• Sharp eye for detail and happy working to tight tolerances
• Someone who takes pride in their work and can crack on independently or as part of a small team

Useful to have (but not essential):

• Experience with thermowells, sensor pockets, fittings, flanges, or pressure components
• Background in precision or specialist engineering manufacturing
• Coded welding experience or current certifications
• ASME qualifications or familiarity with Section IX procedures
• Hands on with materials like 316 stainless, Inconel, Duplex, or other high-performance alloys
• Additional skills such as fabrication, grinding, polishing, brazing, assembly
• Awareness of NDT, pressure testing, or customer inspection processes