Regional Welding Engineer

The Palfinger values of People, Entrepreneurship, Respect and Learning, are more than words. We strive every day to create and support an atmosphere of collaboration, transparency, empowerment and customer focus so our greatest assets, our people, will be able to harness their passion, drive and motivations to make a big impact!

As an international group Palfinger offers its customers around the world hydraulic lifting solutions at the interfaces of the transport chain. At the moment, Palfinger operates business in 16 sectors: loader cranes, EPSILON timber and recycling cranes, marine cranes, davit systems, winches and offshore equipment, offshore cranes, boats, wind cranes, hooklifts, access platforms, tail lifts, passenger lifts, mobile cranes, truck bodies, railway systems, and truck mounted forklifts as well as attachments and equipment for increasing crane efficiency. As a member of the Palfinger North America Region (https://www.palfinger.com/en-us), Palfinger continuously pursues our vision of being the preferred provider of truck equipment throughout North and Latin America.

Palfinger is seeking a strong Regional Welding Engineercandidate familiar with working in a plant environment to join the team and work out of our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Council Bluffs, IA. If you like contributing your talents, being rewarded for strong performance and enjoy the satisfaction of accomplishment, then we think you have found the right place to come and build a future. It is our belief that you will join a company with a strong heritage and more importantly, a strong future.

Job Summary

The Regional Welding Engineer is responsible to provide technical support, training, auditing, testing and monitoring of our welding processes to increase productivity and ensure compliance to local, international, customer Palfinger standards to include the highest Quality standards of our Palfinger products across North America. This role reports to the Regional Quality Manager offering a competitive compensation package and opportunity for on-going career growth.

Primary Responsibilities:

• collaborate with local leadership to set up proper organization and qualification of welding coordination and NDT personal as well as collaborate for their training and personal growth
• Responsible to provide technical support and monitoring processes to ensure that site and regional objectives are met with regards to Palfinger’s welding standards.
• Prepare technical reports from research, participating in training-development and for the development of preventative maintenance procedures.
• Develop, train and implement processes and production preparation plans for new welders, consumables, welding equipment, and products.
• Develops and maintains work instructions in compliance with WPS (welding procedure specifications), PQR (procedure qualification records) and WPQR (Welding performance qualification records) requirements.
• Auditing of North American plants, dealers and weldment suppliers to required welding standards
• management of AWS and Palfinger welding standards
• Other duties as assigned by the NAM Regional Quality Manager
• Support at investments of new welding and related equipment to increase productivity and manage the qualification after installation including documentation
• Interface, communication and coordination with global welding department
• Authorized to place parts and equipment on hold and decide about repair or scrap, as well as approve or annul welder cert`s and communication with production and local managers

Qualifications:

• High school diploma required; bachelor’s degree preferred
• Prefer AWS Certified Welding Engineer (CWEng), but minimum Certified Weld Supervisor (CWS) or Certified Weld Inspector (CWI) and Certified Weld Educator (CWE)
• 5-10 years auditing, training and monitoring quality in welding or another similar mechanical field
• 3 years supervising others
• Prefer 5 years of experience in crane manufacturing or steel welding, experience with high strength steels preferred
• Good knowledge of AWS Welding codes for structural steel and related standards
• Good knowledge of multiple welding processes, especially GMAW processes
• Understanding of all NDT processes
• Quality control engineering background in a welding application
• Able to read welding drawings, weld symbols, weld designs and specifications
• CREO and SAP are a plus, but not required
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Ability to travel 75% of time

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation.
• Comprehensive Benefits package with flexible options.
• Opportunity for on-going career growth.
• Environment of Respect, Integrity, Openness, Inclusion and Support.
• The opportunity to build strong teams, improve operations and make a big impact.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 5 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Application Question(s):

• Do you have any supervisory experience?

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Quality audits: 5 years (Required)
• Steel welding: 5 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Are you certified as a Weld Inspector? (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 75% (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Council Bluffs, IA 51501

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