Job Description

Overview

Arcosa Shoring Products is a leading manufacturer of trench-shoring equipment for the construction industry. They are seeking a QA Coordinator for their Houston, TX plant to support manufacturing quality practices and welding-specific requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct and evaluate welder performance qualification tests.
  • Perform material receiving inspections to verify conformance with requirements.
  • Perform in process inspections, measurements, and fit/function tests accurately recording results in accordance with quality requirements.
  • Conduct visual inspections on a variety of machined, fabricated, welded and painted assemblies.
  • Verify that all required paperwork and documentation is present and properly maintained at workstations.
  • Interpret blueprints and drawings to confirm specifications and tolerances for a wide range of components and assemblies.
  • Utilize precision measuring tools and equipment to complete dimensional inspections and verify conformance to requirements.
  • Initiate and support containment/quarantine activities when discrepancies or nonconformances are identified.
  • Work closely with plant management to track and address welding-related issues.
  • Conduct new hire orientations.
  • Conduct training and coaching on Weld Procedure Specifications and weld quality requirements.
  • Verify welding machine calibration.
  • Perform additional quality related duties as assigned by management to meet organizational and customer requirements.
  • Comply with all safe work practices.
  • Other duties as assigned by leadership.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) preferred.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills in both Spanish and English.
  • 5 years of experience with GMAW (mig welding) with at least 2 years in a quality role.
  • Must be able to read blueprints and recognize critical quality characteristics.
  • Knowledge of basic measuring tools such as tape measures, protractors, calipers, micrometers, etc.
  • Knowledge in using various visual weld inspection tools.
  • Attention to detail, problem-solving, and decision-making.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Full-time on-site position.
  • Work environment includes plant, warehouse, production and non-production areas and plant grounds which operate 2 shifts and frequent weekend shifts.
  • This position may require work/maintenance coverage beyond the normal hours, shift, and on weekends/holidays.
  • Candidates should be comfortable working in industrial environments, which may include exposure to noise, dust, and varying temperatures.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$32/hr across 60 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 209 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 123 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 519 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Arcosa Inc. currently has 3 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), Zachry Group (20), and Austin Industries (20). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $82/hr, Dallas at $35/hr, and La Porte at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • CWIthe 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.

Similar openings near Houston, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. QA Coordinator (Bilingual) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.