Welding Expert - Aluminium Frame Structures

Duration: 2-week assignment | Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Intertek is a leading global provider of Quality Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification (ATIC) solutions. We help companies across a wide range of industries ensure the quality, safety and compliance of their products, processes and projects.
We are currently looking for a Welding Expert specialised in aluminium frame structures to support a manufacturing project with a supplier based in Lisbon, Portugal.
The selected professional will be responsible for providing technical welding expertise and hands-on training to the supplier's welding operators, with a particular focus on the welding of 40 mm thick aluminium components used in frame structures.
Main responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and guidance on welding processes for aluminium frame structures.
• Train and coach the supplier's welding operators in the correct techniques and best practices for welding 40 mm thick aluminium parts.
• Demonstrate and supervise welding activities on site.
• Assess operators' welding techniques and provide technical feedback and recommendations for improvement.
• Support the supplier in achieving the required weld quality and consistency.
• Review and advise on welding parameters, joint preparation, welding sequence and applicable techniques.
• Identify potential welding defects and recommend corrective actions.
• Ensure welding activities are carried out in accordance with applicable procedures, specifications, standards and project requirements.
• Work closely with the supplier's production and quality teams to resolve technical welding issues.
• Provide technical support and report on training activities, findings and recommendations.

The assignment will take place at Metallowest in Lisbon, Portugal.

Requirements

• Proven professional experience as a Welding Engineer, Welding Specialist or Welding Expert, preferably with extensive hands-on experience.
• Strong expertise in aluminium welding, particularly for structural applications.
• Demonstrated experience welding thick aluminium sections/components, including approximately 40 mm thickness.
• Experience in welding aluminium frame structures or similar heavy/structural fabrication.
• Strong knowledge of welding processes, parameters, joint preparation and welding techniques for aluminium.
• Ability to train, coach and supervise welding operators in a practical manufacturing environment.
• Ability to identify welding defects and provide effective technical solutions.
• Knowledge of applicable welding standards and quality requirements.
• Relevant welding qualifications or certifications will be considered an advantage, such as IWE/EWE, CWI or equivalent.
• Previous experience working with industrial suppliers or manufacturers is highly desirable.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with production and quality teams.
• Fluent or professional working level of English.
• Availability to work on site in Lisbon, Portugal during the required training and support period.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on an international industrial manufacturing project.
• Technical role with a strong focus on welding expertise, operator training and quality improvement.
• Collaboration with an international team and an industrial supplier in Lisbon.
• Exposure to advanced aluminium welding applications and large structural components.