Lead Welding Engineer

Notes for Muhajirs: This is a senior welding role in offshore, oil and gas and heavy fabrication, supporting welding teams on offshore barges. It suits a welding engineer with at least 8 years of experience in welding technology. The posting states no visa, housing or relocation details, and gives no city.

About the role: The Lead Welding Engineer provides technical and commercial input during the bid stage, allocates welding-related resources, and develops and qualifies suitable welding procedures. The role plans and executes training and qualification of welders and welding operators, provides technical support to welding and quality control personnel on offshore barges to resolve welding and non-destructive testing (NDT) problems, and develops capability in automatic and semi-automatic welding of pipelines and offshore structures. Duties include troubleshooting materials, welding and NDT problems, supervising mobilisation of equipment, spares, consumables and manpower to barges, and monitoring offshore welding to meet target production and repair rates.

Requirements: A Bachelor's degree in Welding, metallurgical or mechanical engineering, and a minimum of 8 years of experience in welding technology of various materials used in the offshore, oil and gas and heavy fabrication industry. The posting asks for excellent working knowledge of international welding codes, including AWS, ASME, DNV, API and BS, conversancy with welding procedures for offshore pipelines and structural and piping welding, up-to-date knowledge of developments in welding, automation and quality assurance, and a good standard of written and spoken English.

What they offer: The posting describes competitive salaries and a wide range of attractive employee benefits, with support for career development and personal wellbeing through training, mentorship and educational opportunities. No specific salary figure or benefit is stated.

Location: United Arab Emirates

Source: Bayt, 10 Nov 2026