Job Description

Overview

AEIS is seeking an ICC certified Bolting Inspector to support infrastructure projects in the NY/NJ Metro Area. The role focuses on ensuring quality, durability, and compliance through field inspections and testing, while offering opportunities for career growth within the company.

Responsibilities

  • Perform structural bolting inspections in compliance with ICC, AISC, DOT, and project-specific standards
  • Observe and verify bolt installations and torque-testing operations
  • Monitor compliance with safety and quality requirements on-site
  • Identify and document deficiencies and corrective actions
  • Submit daily inspection reports within 8 hours with minimal revisions
  • Maintain 90%+ completion of all assigned safety training
  • Achieve less than 1 serious issue per quarter related to inspections, measuring, and test equipment due to technician error
  • Maintain accurate inspection records using AEIS digital reporting tools
  • Review and verify technical documents such as WPS/PQR and lab results
  • Work closely with Project Managers, Engineers, and QA/QC Specialists
  • Contribute to lessons-learned discussions and workflow improvements

Requirements

  • ICC Structural Steel & Bolting Certification (Active)
  • 1–10 years of field experience in structural inspection
  • OSHA 30 Construction Safety Training (or ability to obtain)
  • Strong communication and attention to detail
  • Willingness to travel to project sites

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: NY/NJ Metro Area

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO

How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting comes in about 28% below the $50/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY, where the middle half runs $34–$63/hr across 26 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 31% 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 New York, NY

We're tracking 40 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 32 different employers. 17 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 204 other active welding openings from 143 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.

AEIS LLC currently has 2 other openings live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (15), Randstad USA (6), and AMETEK (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 New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $50/hr, Brooklyn at $33/hr, and Queens at $27/hr. New York is among them.

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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. ICC Bolting Inspector figures were last recalculated when this page was built.