Murphy is recruiting for a Assistant Welding Engineer to work with Energy at our Leeds facility supporting the day-to-day fabrication and site welding activities as required.  

Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come.

We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.

A day in the life of a Murphy Assistant Welding Engineer

• Control of documentation associated with weld procedure specifications, qualifications, records and welder qualifications
• Review welding specifications at bid stages
• Run weld procedures at Leeds and on-site
• Raise test house instructions for WPQR’s and WQT’s & review results
• Compile WPQR’s and WQT packages
• Ensuring company management procedures are carried out
• Continual reviews of welding techniques/procedures and the introduction of improvements to operations
• Manage Project welding procedure qualification activities and maintain weld procedure and welder qualification registers
• Monitor production welding activities and trouble shoot any potential issues
• Evaluate causes of welding failures and implement corrective actions
• Attend regular operations and safety meetings as required.
• Ensure that the appropriate Risk Assessments are carried out for the preparation of specific Welding Processes/Method Statements for welding operations
• Prepare fabrication inspection and test plans tailored to the specific requirements of each project.
• Support the facility in maintaining compliance with BS EN ISO 3834-2 Certification

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Professional welding qualifications are highly beneficial (e.g. International Institute of Welding (IIW) / European Welding Federation (EWF) Welding Technologist or Specialist status
• Professionally Qualified Engineer (e.g. UK minimum HND/foundation degree or other national equivalent) in an engineering discipline.
• Knowledge of Automatic and/or Manual welding of pipeline/pipe work, welding engineering or metallurgical experience/background
• Welding experience in a fabrication environment is required.
• Working knowledge of various NDE techniques
• An ability to understand and assess technical problems, enabling you to generate solutions through application of process knowledge, experimental trials and process development. Along with a hands on approach.