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Overview

All Things Metal (ATM) is a structural steel fabricator and erector located in Phoenix, Arizona, seeking a detail-oriented welding structural steel fabrication quality control inspector to join their team. The company emphasizes building strong relationships with both clients and team members and has been recognized as a Top Workplace in Arizona multiple times.

Responsibilities

  • Support the fabrication shop by performing quality control inspections while meeting the demands of production.
  • Record and maintain inspection records for quality assurance per City Certification QSM.
  • Communicate effectively with fabrication foremen, project managers, and team members throughout the company.
  • Plan and coordinate inspections as required.
  • Maintain compliance with the QSM throughout the Quality Control process.
  • Establish and build quality control standards and processes as existing and new product lines progress.
  • Lead internal and external quality audits and meet project deadlines.

Requirements

  • Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) is a plus, but not required.
  • Five years fabrication shop welding experience.
  • Structural steel experience.
  • Ability to read and interpret structural steel shop drawings and blueprints.
  • Knowledge of AWS and AISC codes applicable to steel fabrication and erection.
  • Comply with shop safety policies while working in a safety sensitive position.
  • Must have structural steel fabrication experience.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Surprise, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 11% below the $27/hr median for manufacturing welder jobs across Arizona, where the middle half runs $22–$34/hr across 15 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 33% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Surprise, AZ

Surprise, AZ is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 495 other active welding openings from 293 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Arizona.

All Things Metal Industries currently has 2 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are EZARC (18), Sundt Construction (15), and U-Haul (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are El Mirage at $38/hr, Waddell at $34/hr, and Mesa at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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. Steel Assembly QC Inspector figures were last recalculated when this page was built.