Welding Engineer - Manufacturing assembly
Unipart · CV65LZ · posted 1 day ago
Going rate £39,300UK median £40,760
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5223Metal working production and maintenance fitters and technicians
Going rate for this occupation: £39,300 · UK median pay £40,760
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- This role£45,000stated
- Going rate£39,300
- UK median£40,760
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| Percentile | Pay |
|---|---|
| 10th | £25,306 |
| 25th | £31,226 |
| 50th | £40,760 |
| 75th | £52,357 |
| 90th | £63,660 |
| Going rate | £39,300 |
| UK median | £40,760 |
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Welding Engineer - Manufacturing assembly Welding Engineer - Manufacturing assembly with electrification and injection moulding inputs Coventry Up to £45,000 plus 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme About the Role Unipart Manufacturing is launching a flagship, fast-paced manufacturing project in Coventry, combining high-volume electrification assembly with complex injection moulding inputs. Fully aligned with Unipart’s Sector and Growth Strategy and The Unipart Way Forward Plan, this exciting venture will scale rapidly from zero to over 200 team members within a four-month period. We are seeking a technical, hands-on Welding Engineer to lead the development, validation, and process control of critical joining activities across battery module packs, electrification assemblies, and specialised fabrications. Joining at the ground level, you will translate engineering specifications into robust Weld Procedure Specifications (WPS), oversee weld quality testing, and bridge prototype development into volume series manufacturing in a high-impact environment. As part of your key responsibilities you’ll focus on: Weld Process Development
- Develop, optimise, and validate welding and joining processes (including power beam, TIG, and MIG welding) from concept through to volume series production
Specification and Governance
- Translate customer engineering requirements into detailed Welding Engineering Specifications, generating Weld Procedure Specifications (WPS) and supporting process validation (PV) schedules
Quality Assurance and Testing
- Implement destructive and non-destructive weld quality control methods, utilising materials laboratory equipment (optical, metrology, x-ray) to evaluate joint integrity and process capability
NPI and Quality Core Tools
- Develop and maintain PFMEAs, Control Plans, and designed experiments (DOEs) to support New Product Introduction (NPI) and rapid root-cause problem solving
Safety and Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure all welding operations adhere strictly to industry standards, internal quality systems, and site Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) procedures
About You We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role! Welding Engineering Background
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