Welding Manager

• Leadership & Supervision: Directs, trains, and manage welding engineering and installation welding teams, ensuring productivity and adherence to safety and quality standards

• Quality Control: Ensures all welding work is done according to established codes, international standards, and Client’s specifications

• Process Improvement: Identifies and implement improvements to welding techniques and equipment to optimize productivity, reduce costs, and maintain quality

• Safety Compliance: Maintains a strong focus on safety protocols, ensuring all welding activities follow workplace safety guidelines, to mitigate accidents and injuries

• Resource & Budget Management: Manages manpower, welding consumables and equipment, ensuring availability of resources for execution of projects on time while staying within budget

• Management of subcontractors: Preparation of Service Requisitions, Technical Evaluation and management of subcontractors for various engineering and pipelay related activities (manpower, equipment rental, services, ECA, etc.)

• Project Coordination: Works closely with PMT and Offshore Operations to ensure welding activities are completed on time, within scope, and in alignment with project goals

• Training & Development: Ensures welding installation teams are well-trained, up to date with qualifications, and equipped with the latest skills to meet evolving industry demands

• Collaboration: Coordinates with other departments (e.g. PMT, procurement, subcontracts, asset integrity, quality assurance etc.) to ensure smooth execution of welding operations

Estimation: Provision of inputs to Contracts department for bidding of new projects. Estimation and procurement of pipeline welding equipment and auxiliary equipment for future pipelay projects 

Responsibilities

• Leadership & Supervision: Directs, trains, and manage welding engineering and installation welding teams, ensuring productivity and adherence to safety and quality standards

• Quality Control: Ensures all welding work is done according to established codes, international standards, and Client’s specifications

• Process Improvement: Identifies and implement improvements to welding techniques and equipment to optimize productivity, reduce costs, and maintain quality

• Safety Compliance: Maintains a strong focus on safety protocols, ensuring all welding activities follow workplace safety guidelines, to mitigate accidents and injuries

• Resource & Budget Management: Manages manpower, welding consumables and equipment, ensuring availability of resources for execution of projects on time while staying within budget

• Management of subcontractors: Preparation of Service Requisitions, Technical Evaluation and management of subcontractors for various engineering and pipelay related activities (manpower, equipment rental, services, ECA, etc.)

• Project Coordination: Works closely with PMT and Offshore Operations to ensure welding activities are completed on time, within scope, and in alignment with project goals

• Training & Development: Ensures welding installation teams are well-trained, up to date with qualifications, and equipped with the latest skills to meet evolving industry demands

• Collaboration: Coordinates with other departments (e.g. PMT, procurement, subcontracts, asset integrity, quality assurance etc.) to ensure smooth execution of welding operations

Estimation: Provision of inputs to Contracts department for bidding of new projects. Estimation and procurement of pipeline welding equipment and auxiliary equipment for future pipelay projects 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Preferably Mechanical, Metallurgical or Civil), or equivalent

• Minimum 12 years of related work experience in pipeline industry 

Technical Competencies

• Expertise in various pipeline welding processes (e.g., Mechanized GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, FCAW etc.) and weld repair processes (GTAW, SMAW, FCAW)

• Practical experience with pipeline welding equipment and auxiliary equipment (Internal Line Up Clamp, Pipe Facing Machine, Shielding Gas System etc.)

• In depth knowledge of international welding standards and codes (API, DNV and ASME)

Practical knowledge and interpretation skills for main NDT techniques used for installation of pipelines (X-Ray, MUT, AUT, MPI)

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NMDC Group is always looking for talented individuals to join our team. We know that our people are fundamental to our success as a business, which is why we support their career development and personal wellbeing in every way we can.

NMDC Group offers an environment where every employee can thrive and reach their professional potential. Nothing is more important to us than ensuring every employee feels valued and respected in their roles, and able to progress in their career through training, mentorship, and educational opportunities.

With a wide range of attractive employee benefits and competitive salaries, we have created a workplace defined by its culture, and made by its people. If you have a passion for EPC and marine construction and want to work on some of the region’s most exciting projects, find your next challenge with us.