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Overview

AEIS is seeking AWS Certified Welding Inspectors (CWIs) to support infrastructure and structural projects in the New York and New Jersey Metro Areas. The role involves performing inspections in fabrication shops and contributing to the development of welding quality assurance processes.

Responsibilities

  • Perform visual and destructive weld inspections to ensure compliance with AWS D1.1/D1.5, ASME, and DOT standards.
  • Monitor welding operations and ensure procedures and personnel are qualified.
  • Identify and document weld defects and non-conformities.
  • Conduct MT and UT inspections where certified.
  • Maintain accurate inspection records and generate professional reports using proprietary software.
  • Verify and review WPSs, PQRs, and Welder Certifications.
  • Contribute to quality documentation systems.
  • Work closely with project managers, welding engineers, and NDT staff.
  • Participate in process optimization reviews and corrective action reports.

Requirements

  • AWS CWI Certification (Active)
  • 1–10 years of hands-on structural welding inspection experience
  • Strong communication skills in English (spoken & written)
  • Basic math and technical documentation skills
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings and construction plans
  • Willingness and flexibility to travel between multiple fabrication shop locations

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: New York and New Jersey Metro Areas

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $53/hr, this posting sits about 28% above the $41/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY — toward the top of a $33–$45/hr middle band drawn from 30 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% 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 New York, NY

We're tracking 47 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 35 different employers. 11 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 145 other active welding openings from 96 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in New York, or widen the search to New York.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (16), Alstom (4), and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $41/hr and Brooklyn at $32/hr. New York is among them.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • AWS D1.5 — the Bridge Welding Code, jointly published by AWS and AASHTO. It is stricter than D1.1 on fracture toughness and inspection, and is required on most state and federal bridge work.
  • 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.

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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