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System One

Quality Technician

Location

Saint Louis, MO

Wage

$111,442/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

TIG Welding
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Posted on August 24, 2026

Job Description

Overview

System One is seeking a Quality Technician to support a structural steel fabrication facility in the St. Louis, MO area, focusing on quality assurance and control in welding and construction projects.

Responsibilities

  • Interface with engineering, construction, management, clients, and inspectors on quality and welding concerns.
  • Utilize quality programs including AISC to monitor project quality.
  • Implement quality assurance/quality control programs and review quality requirements.
  • Manage quality document submittals, including inspections and project-specific quality documents.
  • Support vendor surveillance activities and arrange third-party inspections.
  • Develop and implement electronic welding procedures per AWS codes.
  • Certify welders according to AWS and CWB codes and maintain their certifications.
  • Perform inspections/testing within expertise, including bolt testing.
  • Interface with clients through surveys at project start, during, and at project completion.
  • Document inspections and quality control activities, and write weekly Toolbox Talks.
  • Manage the Non-Conformance Report (NCR) program and lead investigations.
  • Oversee calibration of equipment and perform weekly quality audits.
  • Assist with internal audits and maintain quality manuals, forms, and procedures.
  • Interact regularly with shop floor operations to ensure quality standards are maintained.
  • Travel across North America for meetings, site visits, and client interactions as needed.
  • Exhibit reliable attendance and support project and office obligations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
  • 3 years of field quality experience or equivalent.
  • ASNT Level I certification preferred.
  • AWS Certified Welding Inspector preferred.
  • CWB Certified Welding Inspector/Supervisor preferred.
  • NACE Certified Coating Inspector Level I preferred.
  • USACE certifications preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: St. Louis, MO
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Work Model: Onsite

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Saint Louis, MO

Pay in context

At roughly $54/hr, this posting sits about 85% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs in Saint Louis, MO — toward the top of a $23–$29/hr middle band drawn from 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Saint Louis, MO

We're tracking 12 other active welding openings in Saint Louis, MO right now, from 10 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Missouri as a whole we're tracking 77 other active welding openings from 52 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Saint Louis, or widen the search to Missouri.

The most active employers in Missouri at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (6), Webco Manufacturing (6), and Express Employment Professionals Defunct (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Missouri, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Saint Louis at $29/hr and Kansas City at $24/hr. Saint Louis is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. 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

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