Quality Technician- Certified Weld Inspector (AWS CERT required)
Location
Portland, CT
Wage
$112,188/yr
Employment Type
Contract
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Posted on September 7, 2026
Job Description
Overview
The QA Inspector - Senior Certified Authority is a technical authority responsible for final inspection decisions, welding program oversight, NDT compliance, and overall quality assurance program integrity, ensuring compliance with customer requirements and industry standards.
Responsibilities
- Make final inspection decisions.
- Oversee the welding program.
- Ensure NDT compliance.
- Maintain overall quality assurance program integrity.
- Support manufacturing and marine production operations.
Requirements
- AWS certification required.
- Experience in quality assurance and inspection.
Benefits
(No benefits mentioned)
Additional Information
(No additional information provided)
How this job compares in Portland, CT
Pay in context
At roughly $54/hr, this posting sits about 93% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Connecticut — toward the top of a $24–$36/hr middle band drawn from 24 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 Portland, CT
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Portland, CT, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Connecticut as a whole we're tracking 36 other active welding openings from 28 employers. Browse welding jobs across Connecticut.
The most active employers in Connecticut at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Collins Aerospace (4), Terex Corporation (2), and FAIRBANKS MORSE DEFENSE (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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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- Certified Weld Inspector (AWS CERT required) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.