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Senior Certified Welder and High Strength Bolting Inspector

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Wage

$113,000 – $176,600/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 14, 2026

Job Description

Overview

At Jacobs, we are seeking a highly experienced Senior Certified Welder and High Strength Bolting Inspector to support a wide range of construction, fabrication, and industrial projects, ensuring quality assurance and code compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding inspections in fabrication shops and field construction environments.
  • Review and verify Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), and Welder Performance Qualifications (WPQ).
  • Conduct high-strength bolting inspections in accordance with applicable codes and project requirements.
  • Perform inspection of spray-applied fire-resistive materials (SFRM).
  • Verify compliance with project specifications, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
  • Prepare detailed inspection reports and documentation.
  • Work collaboratively with engineers, contractors, fabricators, and project stakeholders to resolve quality issues.

Requirements

  • Minimum 20 years of progressively responsible experience in welding, fabrication, construction, inspection, and quality assurance.
  • Extensive experience inspecting structural steel fabrication and erection projects.
  • Strong knowledge of welding procedures, welder qualifications, and quality control processes.
  • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, welding symbols, specifications, and inspection reports.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and provide technical guidance to project teams.
  • Current certification as a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI), High-Strength Bolting Inspector, and Spray-Applied Fireproofing Inspector.
  • Substantial experience with Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), and Submerged Arc Welding (SAW).
  • Hands-on inspection experience and working knowledge of AWS and ASME codes.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Onsite employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis.
  • Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $70/hr, this posting sits about 62% above the $43/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA — toward the top of a $34–$58/hr middle band drawn from 60 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 83% 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 Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 87 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 58 different employers. 21 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 581 other active welding openings from 266 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Vast (18), and Relativity Space (17). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Gardena at $73/hr, Redondo Beach at $72/hr, and Pasadena at $61/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core 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.
  • CWI — the AWS Certified Welding Inspector credential. It is an inspection qualification rather than a welding one, requiring documented experience plus a three-part exam, and it is the usual route off the torch into QC.

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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