Job Description

Overview

Wood Pipeline Inspection Team has an opportunity for a Chief Inspector (Sr. Quality Inspector) who will lead a team on major projects, ensuring construction activities comply with project drawings, specifications, and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Assure all activities are conducted to maintain the safety of all personnel.
  • Ensure that all government regulatory and environmental permitting is in place before construction commences.
  • Assure that all of constructor's equipment and staff are qualified to meet safety requirements of the project.
  • Coordinate communication between the project management team, client staff and constructor staff to assure effective project execution.
  • Monitor and direct all inspection activities; report any discrepancies in meeting the requirements of the project specifications and procedures.
  • Direct and coordinate survey crews to meet the needs of the construction activities.
  • Review and record inspection reports; direct all corrective action required.
  • Monitor all weld testing and x-ray reporting to assure 100% coverage of weld quality.

Requirements

  • Ability to monitor and direct all inspection activities; report any discrepancies in meeting the requirements of the project specifications and procedures.
  • Demonstrate the ability to direct and coordinate survey crews to meet the needs of the construction activities.
  • Able to review and record inspection reports; direct all corrective action required.
  • Ability to monitor all weld testing and x-ray reporting to assure 100% coverage of weld quality.
  • Demonstrate the ability to be well informed with project drawings and applicable specifications and procedures and to discuss this information with craft inspectors.
  • Five years of experience in pipeline and station construction projects.
  • Familiarity with CFR Title 49 and Parts 191 & 192.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Good oral and written communication skills.

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.

Wood 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.

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. Quality Inspector (Chief) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.