Senior Manufacturing & Welding Engineer

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Title:

Senior Manufacturing & Welding Engineer
Salary range: £65,000 to £80,000 per annum

Location:

All UK Offices
Working pattern:
Flexible hybrid – time split between office and working from home
Closing date: 17th January 2025 (may close earlier if sufficient applications received)

Frazer-Nash Consultancy is growing a manufacturing capability focused on delivering high-value, complex assets where weld integrity and safety demonstration are non-negotiable. If you enjoy solving real manufacturing problems, working with demanding codes, and turning test evidence into defensible engineering conclusions, this Senior Manufacturing & Welding Engineer is for you.

• Provide engineering support on welding of ferrous and non-ferrous materials, including steels and nickel-based alloys.
• Assess and demonstrate safety/integrity of welds using evidence, arguments, and engineering judgement.
• Interpret weld and substrate microstructures and explain their influence on mechanical performance (e.g., toughness, fatigue, creep, corrosion, IASCC).
• Apply and interpret codes and standards, with particular interest in RCC-M and ASME (plus associated welding/NDT standards).
• Plan and support materials and weld testing programmes, including mechanical testing (tensile, impact, hardness, fracture, fatigue/creep), chemical analysis (PMI, OES/ICP), and NDT (UT/PAUT, RT, PT, MT, VT).
• Maintain awareness of nuclear regulatory expectations and industry best practice relevant to manufacturing and weld integrity.
• Prepare and review technical documentation: specifications, technical substantiation, procedures, test plans, and compliance reports.
• Collaborate with manufacturing partners/suppliers to resolve weldability issues, deviations, NCRs, and qualification evidence.
• Develop capability and mentor junior engineers through on-the-job learning and formal qualifications.

• Solid understanding of welding metallurgy for steels and nickel alloys (weld processes, HAZ behaviour, typical weld defects, and mitigation).
• Demonstrable experience supporting weld integrity / safety justification (qualification evidence, defect assessment inputs, substantiation reports).
• Confidence linking microstructure ↔ properties ↔ performance for welds and parent material.
• Strong working knowledge of relevant codes/standards (RCC-M, ASME).
• Experience supporting or interfacing with test laboratories and/or NDT providers; able to specify, review, and interpret test outcomes.
• Able to write clear technical documentation suitable for regulated industries.

• Background in engineering consultancy is a plus, but not required.
• Exposure to manufacturing of nuclear / defence components, high-integrity welding, or qualification programmes.
• Familiarity with weld procedure and welder qualifications (WPS/PQR/WPQR) and supplier assurance.

• Competitive salary with yearly reviews.
• 25 days holiday + opportunity to buy 5 days.
• Happy to talk flexible working.
• Enhanced parental benefits.
• Company pension scheme.
• Targeted professional development.
• Life assurance, private healthcare membership.
• Bonus scheme linked to company performance.
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution; support in attaining professional membership.
• Cycle to work scheme, seasonal rail ticket loan.

Due to the nature of the work Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.