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Overview

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking a qualified QC Engineer (Mechanical Piping/Utilities) to support a multi-year construction project at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC, involving significant civil and mechanical construction.

Responsibilities

  • Perform field QC inspections for process piping, firewater, domestic/service water, and mechanical utility systems.
  • Verify piping construction complies with approved drawings, specifications, procedures, codes, QMS, NQA-1, DOE Order 414.1D, and project requirements.
  • Inspect piping materials, fit-up, routing, supports, valves, fittings, flanges, bolted connections, and mechanical components.
  • Verify material identification, approvals, storage, handling, and traceability.
  • Perform/witness piping fit-up and welding inspections per approved procedures and acceptance criteria.
  • Verify WPS, PQR, and welder qualifications before welding.
  • Coordinate/witness required NDE and review documentation for compliance.
  • Inspect piping installation, including bedding, elevations, alignment, joints, coatings, backfill, and testing readiness.
  • Witness hydrostatic, pneumatic, leakage, flushing, cleanliness, and other required tests.
  • Review drawings, specifications, work packages, ITPs, test packages, and quality records for inspection requirements.
  • Verify hold/witness points and required inspections are completed before work proceeds or is concealed.
  • Identify and document nonconforming work, CAQs, and quality issues; support NCRs and corrective actions.
  • Maintain complete, traceable inspection, welding, NDE, testing, and turnover records.
  • Support system walkdowns, punch lists, turnover inspections, surveillances, and audits.
  • Escalate significant quality concerns and SCAQs per project procedures.

Requirements

  • Minimum five (5) years of quality control, piping inspection, welding inspection, or related experience supporting industrial construction.
  • Experience with industrial piping, process piping, utility piping, firewater, service water, or similar mechanical construction.
  • Working knowledge of piping fabrication, installation, welding, materials, supports, pressure testing, and mechanical construction inspection.
  • Functional understanding of ASME NQA-1 quality requirements and DOE Order 414.1D.
  • Knowledge of applicable piping codes, standards, welding requirements, and project specifications.
  • Ability to read and interpret piping drawings, P&IDs, isometrics, specifications, procedures, weld maps, and inspection/test requirements.
  • Experience with WPS/PQR/WPQ documentation, welding inspection, NDE documentation, pressure testing, and piping turnover records.
  • Experience with ITPs, hold/witness points, NCRs, corrective actions, and auditable quality records.
  • AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification strongly preferred for welding inspection assignments.
  • Must be able to perform field inspections in an active construction environment.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality, or related technical field preferred.
  • Applicable ASNT Level II/III certification preferred for assignments involving NDE.
  • Additional piping, mechanical, coatings, bolting, or inspection certifications are preferred as applicable to the assignment.
  • Previous DOE, nuclear, or other highly regulated industrial construction experience preferred.
  • Experience with underground piping and associated site infrastructure preferred.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Must be a US Citizen
  • Work Location: Aiken, SC

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Aiken, SC

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 61% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across South Carolina — toward the top of a $22–$33/hr middle band drawn from 53 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% 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 Aiken, SC

Aiken, SC currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 102 other active welding openings from 77 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Aiken, or widen the search to South Carolina.

The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (6), Keel (3), and ORION (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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.

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