Welder

Glacier Energy is a leading international provider of specialist services, products and engineered solutions for renewable and conventional energy markets. We specialise in heat transfer and pressure vessel solutions, inspection services, onsite machining and welding solutions.

Glacier Energy’s machining solutions business is a specialist provider in all aspects of on-site machining to the global energy industry. The business is highly responsive to its customers, often offering engineered solutions to their complex challenges, where a standard approach can be inadequate.

As our capabilities are continuously evolving and adapting towards a more sustainable future, our team needs to grow. We are therefore focused on attracting the best talent and are dedicated to creating an environment where our staff are empowered, with the ability to develop. We currently have an exciting new opportunity for a Welder to join our team in Aberdeen. This role is a mix of workshop and offshore/onsite scopes.

Role Purpose

The Welder is responsible for the safe and efficient welding of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, pipework and associated fabrications to company and industry quality standards. Working primarily within the workshop, the role involves carrying out high-quality welding across a range of materials and welding processes, ensuring full compliance with welding procedures, traceability requirements, HSE standards and customer specifications. The Welder will contribute to the successful delivery of projects across the energy sector, with opportunities to support onsite and offshore activities as required.

Accountability

• Carry out the welding of pressure vessels, heat exchangers and pipework
• Carry out welding on different materials and thickness including stainless steel, duplex and carbon steel
• Carry out welding to X-Ray, MPI, DPI and UT standards
• To use a variety of welding methods ie., TIG, MIG, MMA and SAW
• Carry out the setting up of welding plant on different jobs
• Ensure all Company welding logs are completed in line with procedure
• Ensure all welds have a welder ID mark for trackability
• Keep up to date on the reading of welding procedures
• Adhere to all workshop HSE and quality procedures
• To book out of consumables in line with the Company procedure
• Carry out general workshop day to days tasks as and when required
• To undertake work independently and as part of the team

Experience

• Time served with a Level 3 qualification in welding and fabrication
• Demonstrate being able to weld using MMA, TIG, MIG & SAW (preferred all but not all a necessity)
• Several years experience of welding with at least one of the above
• Experience working in a medium to heavy fabrication background
• Forklift truck qualification preferred but not essential
• Familiar with Hydro/Power/Petrochemical and Oil and Gas industries
• Experience working with different materials types and thicknesses
• Be able to work to company quality procedures
• Ideally have offshore tickets and GWO's for working on wind turbines

Attributes

• Excellent communication skills and good attention to detail
• Willingness to learn from others and share best practice
• Confident to engage with all levels of the business

Values

• Ingenuity - Proactively explores new ways to enhance customer service and improve processes, ensuring solutions are practical, efficient, and support both team effectiveness and customer experience.
• Excellence - Follows through on commitments and ensures tasks are completed as expected, recognising that reliability builds tryst and supports team and business success.
• Collaboration - Works effectively as part of the team, understanding how their individual contributions drive overall success and help maintain a strong, commercial focused organisation.
• Respect - Communicates with honesty and respect, demonstrating a commitment to the company’s values.
• Accountability - Takes responsibility for setting and managing clear expectations, ensuring customers receive a reliable and professional service while supporting internal teams in delivering on commitments.

Benefits

• Life Assurance
• Attractive Group Personal Pension Plan Pension via Salary Exchange
• 33 days holiday per annum (inclusive of company recognised public holidays) (pro-rated to start date)
• Employee assistant programme offering health and wellbeing via a smartphone app
• Virtual GP and Second Medical Opinion Service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year