Aecon Group Inc.

Welding Manager

Aecon Group Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Kincardine • 🇨🇦 Canada

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Own the integrated welding program schedule: resource‑levelling, 3–6 week look‑ahead, readiness activities, and constraint removal aligned to construction milestones.
  • Represent the Welding Program in design, construction, QA/NDE, and client forums.
  • Chair / participate in readiness and quality reviews and provide clear decisions and action tracking.
  • Coordinate daily/weekly project management and workface support for SGRT and FCFR crews to ensure successful execution.
  • Conduct technical reviews of RFQs/RFPs/contracts to confirm welding scope, code/class requirements, inspection points, documentation deliverables, and supplier capabilities.
  • Interpret drawings, codes, standards, and procedures. develop concise briefings and field quick‑reference guides for supervisors and trades.
  • Determine welding processes, consumables, procedures, and equipment based on materials, joint design, access constraints, and project specifications.
  • Develop/review WPSs, PQRs, AWPSs.
  • Certify and register procedures with applicable authorities/regulatory bodies (e.g., client, CWB, TSSA) as required.
  • Prepare Heat Treatment Instructions and define controls for preheat, inter-pass temperature, heat input, cleanliness, and essential variables.
  • Review fabrication/installation drawings, confirm joint configurations, weld symbols, and develop weld maps.
  • Align sequencing with access, rigging, and other workface constraints.
  • Advise on design/fabrication issues (fit‑up tolerances, distortion control, temporary attachments, backing/insert requirements, etc.).
  • Integrate Construction Inspection and Test Plans (CITPs) with inspection points as required, and coordinate VT/PT/MT/UT/RT as applicable.
  • Lead nonconformance management: disposition (repair/rework/use‑as‑is), root‑cause analysis, corrective/preventive actions, and lessons learned.
  • Find trends in reject/repair rates and implement interventions and corrective actions.
  • Ensure calibration and verification of welding equipment, heat treatment gear, and NDE instruments.
  • Maintain a controlled welder qualification and continuity matrix, schedule qualifications/requalification, and monitor performance to initiate retraining where it is required.
  • Embed human performance tools (pre‑job briefs, STAR, three‑way communication) and coach supervisors/foremen on welding best practices.
  • Prepare requisitions and Aecon Technical Specifications (ATSs) for welding consumables, equipment, and services.
  • Define Special Purchasing Instructions (lot/batch testing, storage, humidity control, issue/return) where applicable.
  • Oversee vendor/subcontractor technical compliance and delivery assurance.
  • Conduct surveillance and resolve technical queries quickly.
  • Ensure traceability of base‑metal heats, filler‑metal heat/lots, gas batches, and any special processes.
  • Maintain controlled registers of WPS/PQR/AWPS, HTIs, welder qualifications and continuity, consumable traceability, NDE reports, calibration certificates, and welding data.
  • Ensure completeness for client turnover and audits.
  • Manage document control processes, change logs, and revision control to meet nuclear and project requirements.
  • Ensure all work complies with Aecon Red Book Safety, OHSA, and site governance.
  • Enforce good housekeeping practices, fire watch, FME, and contamination controls.
  • Reinforce nuclear safety culture and stop‑work authority, integrate hazard assessments into work planning.
  • Capture and implement Operational Experience (OPEX) from SGRT/FCFR and other industry sources to drive continuous improvement.
  • Track and report KPIs (first‑time quality, repair rate, NCRs/NCARs, audit closure time, continuity compliance) and cascade actions to staff, crews, and vendors to increase efficiency.

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years in welding, quality, and / or field execution of industrial or nuclear projects (manufacturing and fabrication backgrounds are relevant).
  • Codes & Standards (Nuclear centric): ASME Section III (NCA + relevant Class/Division per project scope), ASME Section IX (procedure/personnel qualification) CSA N285.0 (pressure retaining components in nuclear plants) and CSA N286 (management system) CWB CSA W47.1 (company certification) and CSA W59 (structural welding) ASME B31.1 (power piping) for balance of plant scopes CSA B51 (boiler, pressure vessel, pressure piping codes).
  • Strong knowledge of engineering materials and metallurgy.
  • Knowledge of essential variables and welding process selection.
  • Working knowledge of VT/MT/PT/UT/RT NDE processes.
  • Proficient in interpretation of drawings, weld symbols, joint design, and weld maps.
  • Clear decision making, stakeholder engagement (Construction, QA, Client, etc.), concise technical writing, and ability to reinforce human performance tools.
  • Proficient with Microsoft 365 (Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and comfort with data dashboards (e.g., Excel/Power BI) to trend welding performance.
  • Results oriented, takes ownership of tasks assigned and delegates effectively.
  • Ability to manage, coordinate and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced, high pressure, highly professional environment with the expectation to meet tight deadlines.
Benefits
  • Ensure you and your family receive the services needed to support your mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
  • Believe in helping you build your career through our Aecon University and Leadership Programs.
  • Are committed to supporting and investing in inclusive work environments, through initiatives like Equity, Diversity & Inclusion training, our Aecon Women in Trades and Aecon Diversity in Trades programs, and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to ensure we are building inclusion into every aspect of our culture at Aecon.
  • Are a leader in sustainable construction.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
weldingquality assurancetechnical reviewswelding procedure specifications (WPS)procedure qualification records (PQR)welding process selectionnon-destructive testing (NDT)heat treatment instructionsroot-cause analysiscalibration of welding equipment
Soft skills
clear decision makingstakeholder engagementconcise technical writingresults orientedownership of tasksdelegationproject managementprioritizationcommunicationcoaching
Certifications
CWB CSA W47.1CSA N285.0CSA N286ASME Section IIIASME Section IXASME B31.1CSA W59CSA B51