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Overview

Great new opportunity for multiple Supplier Quality Representatives with an Energy Renewables company in the New England area. The Supplier Quality Representative (SQR) supports Supply Chain – Supplier Quality and Expediting (SQE) by performing quality surveillance activities at supplier and vendor facilities, ensuring compliance with applicable codes and standards.

Responsibilities

  • Review procurement and purchase order requirements with supplier representatives.
  • Participate in supplier kickoff, pre-fabrication, and pre-inspection meetings.
  • Confirm applicable witness and hold points, inspection and test plans, and quality expectations before fabrication begins.
  • Perform surveillance activities in accordance with the assigned scope and Company quality surveillance plan.
  • Monitor supplier activities and witness applicable operations, inspections, examinations, and testing.
  • Review supplier-generated quality records and objective evidence.
  • Identify and reject material or work that does not conform to applicable requirements.
  • Document nonconformances objectively and work collaboratively with suppliers.
  • Release conforming material for shipment in accordance with applicable requirements.
  • Prepare timely, accurate, and objective surveillance reports.

Requirements

  • Current AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification required.
  • Prior nuclear industry experience required.
  • Demonstrated experience performing quality surveillance, inspection, examination, or testing activities.
  • Working knowledge of welding and nondestructive examination (NDE).
  • Valid driver's license and ability to travel to supplier facilities.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain client, facility, security, and/or export-control access.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • This is a field-based, travel-intensive position supporting multiple supplier facilities.
  • Primary supplier coverage includes Rhode Island and the Pittsburgh area.
  • Candidates must include all applicable industry certifications with their resume.
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$37/hr across 21 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 50 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 35 different employers. 19 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 312 other active welding openings from 188 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8), and Phillips Tank & Structure (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $31/hr, Braddock at $31/hr, and York at $27/hr. Philadelphia is among them.

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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