Welding Engineer (IWE)

Activities: Naval engineering: Heavy equipment, welded structures and lifting.

Your mission :

• Be support APCO's design office and subcontractor for welding related topics (ab. 30% of your time):
  • Coordination with the design office and calculation office for validating the welded joints design, welding drawings and control the feasibility of the welded structures.
  • Assess the methods and techniques planned for manufacturing the welded structures from the design.
• Be responsible of welding quality requirements (ab. 30% of your time):
  • Define the quality requirements for manufacturing the welded structures by our subcontractors.
  • Verify the technical documentation emitted by our sub-contractor before the beginning of the manufacturing (Welding books, manufacturing method statements, ...).
  • Be the focal point for our sub-contractor and our inspection department for the manufacturing topics and treatment of the non-conformance report (NCR).
• Specify and commission the welding equipment integrated in the machines designed by APCO (ab. 10% of your time).
• Take part of the robotic development in welding and associated techniques (ab. 30% of your time):
  • Organize, support and/or perform testing of welding and associated processes to define the operating parameters to be implemented on the robotic application.
  • Define the technical requirements for the integration of the processes within the new robotic solutions.

Your profile :

• Possessing a mechanical or material engineering degree with a specialization in welding (IWE diploma).
• Having a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field of manufacturing welded structures, including knowledges in all the stages of manufacturing (design, welding, NDT, and final documentation).
• Having strong knowledges in heavy steel building and welded structures.
• Possessing leadership, critical thinking, autonomy and are able to manage priorities.
• Mastering 3D modeling (CATIA V5) is beneficial.
• Willing to travel in Switzerland and abroad for short or long durations (ab. 30% of your time) to meet our sub-contractors or our customers.
• Speaking and writing fluently French and English (as a minimum C1 level), and ideally being a French native speaker.

What we offer :

• • Growing company, new projects and new challenges every day.
  • Dynamic, international working environment.
  • Entrepreneurial attitude and ideas for improvement are valued.
  • Stable, family-run company with long-term strategic development.
  • Pleasant working atmosphere and team spirit.
  • Modern, professional, bright and spacious working environment.
  • Ideally located between mountains and lake.
  • Numerous intra- and inter-company events.