Company: Seaspan

Location: North Vancouver, BC

Job description: to The Manager, Welding Engineering (VSY). Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based… departments to address welding quality concerns. Identifies and addresses project-specific contractual welding requirements…
Subject: Summary for Manager, Welding Engineering Position

The role requires full on-site presence due to business needs. Responsibilities include collaborating with various departments to tackle welding quality issues and identifying contractual welding requirements specific to projects.

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The job description for the Principal, Welding Engineering position at Seaspan in North Vancouver, BC, is as follows:

Position Title: Principal, Welding Engineering

Location: North Vancouver, BC

Salary: $118,100–$141,700 per year

Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time

Job Overview:
The Principal, Welding Engineering is responsible for providing welding engineering support to all vessel construction activities at Vancouver Shipyards (VSY). This includes projects such as the Joint Support Ship for the Royal Canadian Navy and future Coast Guard vessels, including the Polar Icebreaker new build work. The role involves overseeing the development and qualification of all welding procedures at VSY and supporting various departments in improving welding quality through optimal processes and techniques.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead welding process development and produce applicable documentation. Optimize and enhance underperforming weld processes.
• Implement traditional and novel welding processes and equipment to address complex welding issues.
• Perform failure analysis as required and provide solutions to welding problems with a high degree of complexity.
• Create and review technical documents such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Work Instructions (WI), and forms to ensure compliance with welding standards.
• Implement various material, welding, and testing codes and standards (e.g., ISO, Lloyds, DNV-GL, CSA, ASME, AWS) to ensure consistency and quality.
• Review subcontractors’ welding procedures, processes, and documentation, including welding inspection reports, ensuring alignment with required standards and quality.
• Conduct welding-related quality control audits at supplier sites and provide technical advice to resolve welding issues.
• Coordinate and monitor Procedure Qualification Record tests, including preparing WPS/PQR paperwork.
• Build relationships with suppliers, customers, and Classification societies to support welding quality improvement. Liaise with internal departments to address welding quality concerns.
• Identify and address project-specific contractual welding requirements to ensure they are met within the scope of the work.
• Advise on the purchase of new welding equipment, creating detailed technical specifications for procurement.
• Lead research on new welding technologies and trends, evaluating their applicability to improve existing processes.
• Support tasks and projects with the Welding Centre of Excellence.
• Conduct experimental welding trials to evaluate new equipment, technologies, and techniques with a view to introducing them into Seaspan’s operations.
• Contribute to various Research and Development (R&D) projects aimed at advancing welding techniques and processes.
• Attend formal inspections with customers and regulatory bodies, documenting non-conformities and collaborating with the Quality Department to resolve issues.
• Perform daily in-process quality inspections, documenting results and communicating findings to responsible supervisors and quality teams.
• Review new construction models and drawings from a welding perspective, providing technical support to Design/Engineering teams as required.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• A degree in Welding Engineering or Metallurgy (or equivalent). A Master’s degree is desirable.
• International Welding Engineer (IWE) certification from the International Institute of Welding (IIW) is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 5 years of post-secondary experience in welding engineering in a large manufacturing environment.
• Experience in the shipbuilding industry is highly desirable.
• Experience in supervising welding engineering activities and team members.
• Demonstrable experience in Continuous Improvement functions.
• Eligible to obtain the P.Eng. status.
• CSA W178.2 Level 1 or 2 Welding Inspector certification (or international equivalent such as AWS CWI and IIW IWI) is highly desirable.
• Nondestructive testing (NDT) education and experience is preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of shipbuilding welding procedures, including at a minimum shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), and gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW).

Additional Information:
This position requires full-time, on-site presence at 50 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver.

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Expected salary: $118100 – 141700 per year

Job date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:41:51 GMT