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Welding Technical Specialist

Y12 -
Oak Ridge, TN

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Benefits

Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance
401(k) matching
Gym membership

Qualifications

American Welding Society (AWS) standards
ASME codes & standards

Full Job Description

Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Welding Technical Specialist
Career Level From: Senior Associate
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: Welding Engineering (51438457)
Job Specialty: Core Technology

What You'll Do

The Welding Technical Specialist will be responsible for providing central office and field support to the Projects Engineering group, existing facilities operations, construction, and maintenance activities. Project support includes, but is not limited to; providing boots-on-ground support at supplier facilities by traveling to and conducting supplier reviews to ensure compliance to contractually specified welding requirements, assisting CNS Y-12 with receiving weldments meeting both applicable code and contract requirements, supplier presentations, discussions, field walkdowns, presentations, drawing and document reviews, participation in designs ranging from scope definition, feasibility and conceptual studies, and preliminary/detailed designs. The Welding Technical Specialist writes welding requirements for procurement documents, welding, brazing, and bonding procedures in compliance with applicable code requirements. The Welding Technical Specialist also solves problems at supplier facilities and with designing and maintaining plant facilities and processes. The candidate will be responsible for training site personnel from engineering, maintenance, and construction on the welding requirements, criteria, and compliance documents applicable for performing work activities.

The Welding Technical Specialist also reviews design output documents, including Submittal Tracking Items for a respective Project scope, for welding technical data and compliance with national codes and standards and company approved procedures and policies, and they may draft and provide assistance in the execution of Installation Change Requests (ICR’s), Non-Conformance Reports (NCR’s), and retraining should a nonconformance or required process improvement be identified.

The Welding Technical Specialist reviews on-site work packages involving welding to ensure that design output is complete and correct and establishes hold points for the fabrication and inspection of welds that satisfy the code, specifications, and procedure requirements. The Welding Technical Specialist must have extensive documented technical knowledge and understanding of AWS Welding codes, ASME B31, and ASME Section IX Welding codes. The Welding Technical Specialist will have knowledge and hands-on application in the SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW processes, weld size calculations, weld quality, and non-destructive examination methods.

What You Can Expect

Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
Career advancement and professional development programs
Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives

Minimum Job Requirements

Bachelor's degree: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
Master's degree: Minimum 1 year of relevant experience.
OR 10 years of relevant experience may be considered
American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspector Certification or able to attain within one (1) year from hire date.

Preferred Job Requirements

Extensive documented technical knowledge and understanding of respective welding technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques for AWS Welding codes, ASME B31, and ASME Section IX Welding codes and ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to welding.
Demonstrated technical capabilities, leadership, high bias for action, and work ethic.
Documented technical knowledge and understanding of respective welding technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques for AWS Welding codes, ASME B31, and ASME Section IX Welding codes and ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to welding.
2+ years of experience in a leadership, supervisory, or team lead role.
Experience working as a welding engineer under an NQA-1 quality system.
B.S. degree with Welding Engineering/Welding Engineering Technology concentration from an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited program with 8+ years of documented and proven positive results in the Welding field including hands-on welding
MS in Engineering /Physical science with 8+ years of documented and proven positive results in the Welding field including hands-on welding experience.
PhD in Engineering /Physical science 8+ years of documented and proven positive results in the Welding field including hands-on welding experience.

Why Y-12?

You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.

CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.

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