Job Description

Overview

Atlantic Constructors is seeking a qualified Welding Quality Control Inspector with strong hands-on welding inspection experience to support manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate will ensure all products meet applicable codes, specifications, and customer requirements while promoting quality improvement efforts across operations.

Responsibilities

  • Perform in-process and final inspections on welded assemblies and components
  • Interpret and review engineering drawings, weld symbols, and specifications
  • Verify compliance with welding procedures (WPS), codes (AWS, ASME), and customer requirements
  • Inspect welds using visual inspection and other applicable methods
  • Monitor manufacturing processes to ensure quality standards are maintained
  • Document inspection results and maintain accurate quality records
  • Generate, document, and track Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs)
  • Identify non-conforming materials and work with production teams on corrective actions
  • Support root cause analysis and assist in implementing corrective and preventive actions
  • Interface with production, engineering, and management to resolve quality issues
  • Maintain a consistent and visible presence in production areas to monitor quality in real time
  • Actively engage with welders and operators to ensure understanding of quality requirements and weld criteria
  • Verify proper fit-up, welding techniques, and adherence to approved procedures during production
  • Identify and address quality concerns immediately to prevent rework or defects
  • Ensure traceability, material identification, and proper documentation are maintained on the floor
  • Stop work or escalate issues when critical non-conformances or safety-related defects are identified
  • Provide guidance and feedback to production personnel to promote continuous quality improvement
  • Perform audits of workstations, tools, and processes to ensure compliance with standards

Requirements

  • Extensive hands-on experience in welding inspection and quality control
  • Strong knowledge of welding processes, weld inspection techniques, and quality standards
  • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and weld symbols
  • Working knowledge of AWS, ASME or similar codes
  • Proven experience generating and managing Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs)
  • Strong attention to detail and documentation skills
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively
  • AWS Certified Weld Inspector (CWI) certification preferred
  • Advanced inspection experience preferred
  • Familiarity with NDT methods (PT, MT, UT) preferred
  • Knowledge of ISO quality systems preferred
  • Experience with ERP/QMS systems preferred

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k

How this job compares in Saunders, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 16% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia — toward the top of a $26–$36/hr middle band drawn from 112 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 71% 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 Saunders, VA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Saunders, VA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 171 other active welding openings from 118 employers. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

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

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HII (6), Colonna's Shipyard (6), and Mission Technologies, a division of HII (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $41/hr, Portsmouth at $37/hr, and Norfolk at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IXthe 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.
  • 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.

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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. Welding Quality Control Inspector figures were last recalculated when this page was built.