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Overview

Watts is a company dedicated to providing safe, clean water and protecting the planet's resources. The Welding & Compliance Engineer will develop and improve welding processes while ensuring compliance with relevant codes and standards, supporting manufacturing through optimization and quality improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, implement, qualify, and continuously improve welding and brazing processes.
  • Serve as the technical expert for TIG (GTAW), MIG (GMAW), brazing, robotic welding, laser welding, and other joining technologies.
  • Develop and maintain WPS, PQR, BPS, WPQ, BPQ, and associated process documentation.
  • Support qualification and certification of welders and Brazers in accordance with applicable code requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, ASME Section IX, CRN, UL, CSA, and other applicable standards.
  • Coordinate and support third-party audits, Authorized Inspector reviews, UL audits, regulatory inspections, and certification renewals.
  • Maintain welding, brazing, and product certification records and prepare submissions required for regulatory approvals.
  • Review engineering and manufacturing changes to ensure continued compliance with applicable codes and certifications.
  • Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions related to welding, brazing, quality, and compliance issues.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, productivity, first-pass yield, and cost reduction.
  • Evaluate and implement new welding, brazing, automation, and manufacturing technologies.
  • Support capital projects involving welding automation, robotic welding, and laser welding systems.
  • Collaborate with Production, Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams to resolve technical issues and improve manufacturing performance.
  • Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Welding Engineering, or related engineering discipline.
  • 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in welding, brazing, or pressure vessel manufacturing environments.
  • Strong working knowledge of TIG (GTAW), MIG (GMAW), laser welding, robotic welding, brazing, and welding metallurgy.
  • Strong knowledge of ASME Section IX, ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, CRN, UL, and related certification requirements.
  • Experience developing and qualifying welding and brazing procedures.
  • Experience supporting regulatory audits, inspections, and certification activities.
  • Proficiency with SolidWorks, PDM, Microsoft Office, and manufacturing documentation systems.
  • Strong problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.
  • Understanding of and adherence to applicable laws, codes, policies, regulations, and safety practices and procedures.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This position is onsite and is based in Blauvelt, New York.
  • Travel Requirements: 10% to 15%

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
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How this job compares in Blauvelt, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $52/hr, this posting sits about 75% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across New York — toward the top of a $25–$40/hr middle band drawn from 137 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 87% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Blauvelt, NY

Blauvelt, NY is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 202 other active welding openings from 136 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New York.

Watts Water Technologies currently has 1 other opening live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (17), Randstad USA (6), and GE Aerospace (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $53/hr, Queens at $39/hr, and Brooklyn at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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