Welding Engineer (Oil & Gas EPC Project) 
Location: Leatherhead - UK (Resident)
Missions Abroad: Yes – approx. 4 weeks per year
Contract Duration: 2 years
Start Date: March 2026

Role Overview
We are currently recruiting an experienced Welding Engineer to support a major Oil & Gas EPC development. The role covers detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction phases, with full responsibility for welding and material discipline activities, ensuring compliance with international standards, project specifications, and H3SE requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote and enforce strict compliance with H3SE and safe working practices
• Act as focal point for all welding and materials discipline matters within the project scope
• Review, validate, and approve welding documentation (WPS, WPQR, qualifications, technical queries, deviation requests)
• Supervise and control detailed engineering deliverables issued by contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers
• Monitor contractor progress, identify risks or deviations, and propose corrective or optimization measures
• Participate in audits, inspections, quality walkthroughs, and technical coordination meetings
• Witness and assess welding qualifications, welder/operator approvals, and mechanical/corrosion testing
• Supervise special processes such as heat treatment, induction bending, forging, and cladding
• Assess welding environments, facilities, equipment, consumable management, and HSE arrangements
• Coordinate closely with QA/QC, corrosion, coating, and other discipline specialists
• Provide regular reporting to the Engineering Manager on progress, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Capture lessons learned (REX) and contribute to project close-out activities

Candidate Profile Experience:

• Minimum 15 years’ experience in Oil & Gas projects
• At least 10 years’ experience as a Welding Engineer on large-scale EPC developments
• Proven experience working with international EPC contractors

Technical Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of international codes and standards, including:
  
  • ASME B31.3 (Piping)
  • AWS D1.1 (Structural)
  • ASME BPVC (Pressure Vessels)

Education & Certification:

• International Welding Engineer (IWE) diploma (IIW / EWF / ESSA or equivalent) – essential
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Materials, Metallurgical, Mechanical, or related discipline)

Languages:

• Fluent English

Key Skills & Attributes:

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to challenge contractors and vendors on technical grounds
• Proactive, autonomous, and solution-oriented
• Cost-conscious mindset without compromising quality or safety
• Comfortable working in complex, multicultural environments

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.