We are looking for an experienced Welding Specialist from the industrial valve manufacturing industry to provide technical leadership across all product groups. The role will be responsible for welding process development, metallurgy, heat treatment, NDT, hardfacing, welding automation, supplier qualification, and quality improvement for critical valve products manufactured to ASME, API, PED and customer specifications .

The specialist will work closely with Design, Production, Quality, SCM and Sales to standardize special processes and support recent product development across Ball, Butterfly, Gate, Globe and Check Valve product lines.

Develop, qualify and standardize WPS, PQR and WPQ in accordance with ASME Section IX and EN ISO 15614.
Establish welding procedures for fabrication, repair welding, hardfacing and corrosion-resistant cladding.
Lead the development of welding SPMs, fixtures, clamping systems and welding automation solutions.
Resolve welding metallurgy issues involving carbon steel, stainless steel, duplex, super duplex, nickel and alloy steels.
Validate welding,



heat treatment and NDT processes for API, PED and customer approvals.
Provide welding engineering support acrossButterfly, Triple Offset Butterfly, Gate, Globe, Check, Floating Ball and Trunnion Mounted Ball Valves.
Support welded construction and special process requirements across all valve product groups.
Collaborate with Design, Manufacturing and Quality teams during new product development and process optimization.
Define PWHT, solution annealing and stress-relieving requirements for various valve materials.
Review heat treatment, hardness, PMI and NDT reports against customer specifications and ITPs.
Oversee VT, PT, MT, RT and UT activities in compliance with ASNT Level II practices.
Investigate welding defects and establish repair methodologies for castings, forgings, plates, pipes and fabricated components.
Monitor FPYR, COPQ and welding rejection trends and drive improvement initiative

📌 Welding Specialist (Kanchipuram)
🏢 Larsen and Toubro
📍 Kanchipuram