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Overview

The Construction Inspector - Welding/Coating position involves inspecting and reporting on construction projects at federal facilities, ensuring compliance with plans and specifications. The role requires expertise in welding inspections, coating inspections, and structural bolting inspections, with a focus on quality assurance and problem resolution.

Responsibilities

  • Observe, inspect, and provide reports on construction projects for compliance with plans and specifications.
  • Perform construction welding inspections relating to steel fabrication.
  • Inspect fabrication shop practices including storage, handling, cutting, bending, machining, fit-up, surface prep, welding, bolting, erection, and coatings.
  • Conduct coating inspections and testing of various coating systems and methods of application.
  • Perform structural bolting inspections and testing of various bolting methods and installation.
  • Provide recommendations or necessary changes to government personnel regarding contract plans and specifications.
  • Monitor contractor’s quality system and administer the three-phase inspection process.
  • Provide surveillance at construction sites and assist the owner in problem resolution.
  • Deliver and review change orders, modifications, RFIs, and submittals.
  • Monitor contractor’s schedule.
  • Review and ensure QA and safety plans are adhered to by the contractor.
  • Utilize Resident Management System (RMS).

Requirements

  • High School graduate with 5 years of experience in construction welding inspections.
  • 2 years of experience in coating inspections and structural bolting inspections.
  • AWS Certified Welding Inspector in conformance with AWS QC1 with a minimum of five years of experience in steel fabrication.
  • Nondestructive testing (NDT) personnel must be qualified to ASNT.
  • Coating inspection certification at NACE Level I or higher or SSPC Protective Coatings Inspector Level 1 or higher with formal training in coating inspections.
  • Minimum of two years of experience in inspection and testing of coating systems.
  • Structural Bolting Inspection experience preferred with certification in accordance with AASHTO G4.2 guidelines.
  • Experience with Three-Phase QC/Inspection process.
  • Experience preferred with EM 385-1-1 USACE Safety Manual.
  • Experience preferred with Resident Management System (RMS).

Benefits

  • Competitive salary based on experience.
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Work Location: Russellville, AL
  • Must be a US Citizen and must pass a federal background review and drug screen.

Benefits

Competitive salary based on experience.
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Atlanta, GA currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$47/hr across 39 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 Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 99 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 74 different employers. 41 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 410 other active welding openings from 260 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

Accura Engineering and Consulting Services, Inc. currently has 2 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (9), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Yancey Bros. Co. (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $39/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $31/hr. Atlanta 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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