Job Description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced QA/QC Inspector – Welding & Fabrication to ensure our fabricated products meet engineering drawings, project specifications, applicable welding codes, and customer requirements. This position will work closely with Fabrication, Welding, Engineering, and Project Management to identify and resolve quality issues throughout the fabrication process.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and complete Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs) and QA/QC documentation.
  • Perform in-process and final inspections of welding and fabrication.
  • Verify fabrication matches current engineering drawings, shop drawings, specifications, and applicable codes.
  • Inspect welds for proper size, profile, workmanship, and visual defects.
  • Verify fit-up, alignment, dimensions, tolerances, and overall fabrication quality.
  • Verify applicable WPS requirements, welding procedures, welder qualifications, and consumables are being followed.
  • Maintain weld inspection and quality records.
  • Verify material identification and material traceability/MTR documentation when required.
  • Identify, document, and track nonconforming work, repairs, and corrective actions.
  • Communicate quality issues with Supervisors, Welders, Fabricators, Engineering, and Project Management.
  • Verify deficiencies are corrected before work progresses or is released.
  • Ensure current drawing revisions are being used on the shop floor.
  • Assist with customer and third-party inspections when required.
  • Assist with project quality turnover packages and final documentation.
  • Help identify recurring quality issues and recommend improvements to reduce rework, scrap, and customer complaints.
  • Promote a proactive 'quality built in, not inspected in' approach throughout the fabrication process.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in welding, fabrication, QA/QC, or welding inspection.
  • Strong understanding of welding and fabrication processes.
  • Ability to read and interpret fabrication drawings and welding symbols.
  • Knowledge of weld inspection, fit-up, dimensions, and fabrication tolerances.
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
  • Ability to accurately complete inspection reports and QA/QC documentation.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with production personnel and management.
  • Basic computer skills, including Excel or similar documentation systems.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Odessa, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $42/hr, this posting sits about 91% above the $22/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $22–$28/hr middle band drawn from 36 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 97% 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 Odessa, TX

Odessa, TX currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 8 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 519 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Odessa, or widen the search to Texas.

R & D SPECIALTIES LLC. currently has 1 other opening 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 Odessa, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welding & Fabrication QA/QC Inspector figures were last recalculated when this page was built.