Cypress Rail Solutions LLC

Overview

Cypress Rail Solutions is seeking an experienced Welding Administrator to support welding quality, compliance, and training across multiple railcar and tank car repair locations. This role is suited for a welding professional who values teaching and maintaining high standards to impact safety, quality, and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Support welding operations across multiple locations ensuring welders are trained, qualified, and audit-ready.
• Administer and maintain welding documentation, including WPSs, PQRs, and Welder Performance Qualifications.
• Track welder certifications, continuity logs, expirations, and requalification needs.
• Qualify and maintain welding procedures through hands-on testing and documentation.
• Deliver classroom welding instruction covering welding fundamentals, procedures, safety, and customer/code requirements.
• Conduct hands-on welding lab training, skill evaluations, and qualification testing.
• Onboard new welders by ensuring all required training and certifications are completed before production work.
• Travel between shop locations to support training, weld testing, audits, and operational needs.
• Partner with Shop Managers, Welding Leads, Quality, and Safety teams to align training with production demands.
• Provide coaching and guidance to welders to reduce defects and improve consistency.
• Perform hands-on welding on railcars and tank cars as needed to support training, procedure qualification, and production.
• Support audits and corrective actions related to welding compliance.
• Analyze weld-related NCRs and identify opportunities for training or process improvement.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 5+ years of welding experience in railcar, tank car, or heavy industrial environments.
• Experience administering or conducting welder qualification testing.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and quality or maintenance tracking systems.
• Ability and willingness to travel (estimated up to ~50% based on business needs).
• AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI), Senior CWI, or similar credential (preferred).
• Prior welding instructor or formal training experience (preferred).
• Experience supporting multi-site operations (preferred).
• Experience participating in customer or regulatory audits (preferred).

Additional Information

• Combination of office, classroom, welding lab, and active shop environments.
• Exposure to industrial conditions; PPE required.