Welding Engineer / AWS D1.1 CWI

Role Scope

• Write and qualify welding procedure specifications and procedure qualification records to AWS D1.1 for the structural and pressure-boundary welds in modular data center assemblies.
• Inspect and certify welds across the manufacturing line, signing off on the work an AHJ or auditor will not accept without a qualified inspector.
• Build the weld quality program for a factory producing data center modules at rate, setting the acceptance criteria, NDE requirements, and first-pass-yield targets.
• Qualify welders and welding operators, and stand up the continuity and requalification tracking that keeps the whole line certified.
• Drive down weld defect and rework rates by root-causing failures on the floor and feeding fixes back into procedures and fixturing.

Requirements

• Current AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) credential and have signed off on structural or pressure welds to AWS D1.1 or an equivalent code.
• Written and qualified WPS and PQR documentation for production welding, not just reviewed someone else's.
• Stood up or run a weld quality program in a manufacturing or fabrication environment producing at rate.
• Qualified welders and managed the continuity records that keep a line's certifications valid.
• Root-cause weld defects on the floor and close the loop by fixing the procedure, the fixture, or the training, so the same defect doesn't come back.
• Read a weld map and a fabrication drawing and catch the problem before the first arc strikes.

Nice-to-Haves

• ASME Section IX or B31 piping.
• NDE certifications (UT, RT, MT, PT).
• High-volume or modular fabrication.
• Robotic or automated welding.
• Data center or mission-critical infrastructure fabrication.