Welding Supervisor

Position Overview

The Welding Supervisor is responsible for developing, administering, and maintaining the corporate-level welding program, supporting both new and ongoing project activities, and contributing to research and development, training, and proposal efforts to advance business development initiatives.

District Overview

Kiewit Nuclear Canada is a full-service engineering, project management, and construction provider operating. Our experience and expertise span all aspects of the nuclear-related market from carbon-free, small modular reactors to the Department of Energy science, environmental, and nuclear security mission capabilities. With these broad capabilities, we operate in the power utility, renewable energy, industrial, and infrastructure markets.  As part of Kiewit, we are integrated with 135 years of construction and engineering excellence that provides holistic solutions, differentiating our team from the rest of the industry. 

Location

The position will be based on our project in Darlington, ON. The successful candidate will be local to Darlington, Oshawa or surrounding areas, or willing to relocate. 

One of the many things that makes Kiewit’s culture unique is that we go where the work is, which exposes your career to abundant opportunities. We relocate our teams based on the work that is available, combined with the development plans, skill sets, and career goals of each team member. This means your Kiewit adventure is custom-designed to meet our shared needs. The successful candidate will also be open to traveling and relocating for future projects.

Responsibilities

• Supervise all site welding activities in field and fabrication shop settings
• Assist welding Engineers in developing, troubleshooting, designing, testing and training with various types of welding processes and pieces of equipment.
• Be able to perform welding activities with manual, mechanized and automated solutions to develop welding processes and complete welding PQR efforts according to CWB and ASME code standards.
• Assist with the Aecon Nuclear welding school activities and classes (theoretical and hands on)
• Overseeing the day-to-day operations within the DNNP site.
• Manage welding equipment, cranes, certifications, inspections, consumables stock, PPE, and other pertinent aspects required to operate day to day operations of the DNNP site

• Overseeing all welding-related activities and personnel within the DNNP Site.
• Support managing welder qualification testing and training programs.
• Leading the development and completion of Procedure Qualification Records (PQRs), Welding Procedure Specifications (WPSs), and other procedural welding documentation.
• Coordinating process qualification and mock-up welding activities.
• Conducting research and development (R&D) initiatives related to welding and manufacturing.
• Performing testing and analysis of welding coupons, including cutting, bending, and macro inspections.
• Supervising modifications, maintenance, and minor construction of welding machinery.
• Delivering welding theory and hands-on training to support development of site welders

Qualifications

• Certificate of Qualification for arc welding
• Ability to manually weld to high volumetric RT/UT standards with GTAW, SMAW, SAW, FCAW and/or GMAW welding processes.
• Minimum 10 years of industry welding experience with manual and/or mechanized welding arc processes.
• Able to read and work off blueprints and fabrication drawings as well as understand Weld Symbols
• Takes pride in work to strive for excellence and instill this mindset to others.
• Have a willingness to mentor other welders and trainees.
• Practices a strong safety culture.
• Must have a positive attitude to develop and test new solutions to solve a variety of technical welding issues.
• Must have experience with hand tools, grinders, etc.
• Upon request, Welding Applicants may be required to perform a preliminary weld test prior to employment to demonstrate their talent.
• Familiar with welding principles is preferred.  (Basics of arc welding, types of welding etc.)
• Familiar with robotics or comparable semi-automated and mechanized machinery is an asset.
• Strong problem solving and trouble shooting skills.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong mechanical aptitude to be able to work on and maintain basic welding equipment
• Knowledge to develop weld related tooling and equipment is an asset.
• Knowledge to operate mechanized and robotic equipment is an asset. #LI-IS1