NDT Technician

Shirley Parsons are supporting a leading engineering and manufacturing organisation within the defence sector to recruit an NDT Technician (Welding Biased) to join a growing Technical Quality team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced NDT professional looking to work on highly complex, safety-critical engineering products within a heavy engineering environment. The role offers exposure to a wide variety of inspection activities across weldments, forgings, machined components, pipework and fabricated structures, supporting major long-term defence programmes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI), Dye Penetrant Inspection (DPI) and Visual Inspection activities across a range of engineering products.
• Conduct visual welding inspections and dimensional verification against engineering drawings and industry standards
• Analyse inspection results, identify defects and document findings accurately
• Raise and support the investigation of non-conformances and quality issues
• Work closely with welding, engineering and quality teams to maintain the highest standards of product quality and compliance.
• Support quality control and inspection activities relating to welding, fabrication and non-destructive testing operations.

What we're looking for:

• Minimum, experience in ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent Management systems
• CSWIP Level 3.1 (Minimum) - Weldments,
• PCN Level 2 (Minimum), Sector 6, Method 22 - DPI (Weldments),
• PCN Level 2 (Minimum), Sector 2, Method 21 - MPI (Pre and in-service inspection),
• Knowledge of welding processes (TIG, MAG, FCAW, MCAW),
• Able to interpret complex fabrication drawings and welding symbols,
• Familiar with BS EN ISO (phone number removed), BS EN ISO (phone number removed) (Welding procedure qualification),
• Familiar with BS EN ISO 9606-1 (Welder qualification)

Whats on offer:

• Opportunity to join a well-established, globally recognised engineering business
• Varied and technically challenging work
• Long-term career development opportunities
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Regular overtime and enchanced overtime rates
• 2 week shift pattern (combination of early and late shifts) - Shift allowance included

Due to the nature of the work, applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be eligible to obtain the required security clearance