Project Quality Inspector B
Location
Channelview, TX
Wage
$28.57 – $42.85/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 26, 2026
Location
Channelview, TX
Wage
$28.57 – $42.85/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 26, 2026
As a Project Quality Inspector B at Caterpillar Inc., you will be part of a global team focused on creating sustainable communities through quality inspections of Oil & Gas process equipment. This role involves performing various inspections and collaborating with multiple departments to ensure compliance and quality standards.
At roughly $36/hr, this posting sits about 28% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 453 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% 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.
We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Channelview, TX right now, from 5 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,288 other active welding openings from 594 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Channelview, or widen the search to Texas.
Solar Turbines currently has 4 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (31), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are San Angelo at $39/hr, La Porte at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Project Quality Inspector B figures were last recalculated when this page was built.