Job Description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

  • Perform and document quality inspections of Oil & Gas process equipment.
  • Conduct welding, machining, and coatings inspections of gas turbine structural skids.
  • Coordinate welding NDE and material traceability verification for piping spool segments.
  • Own inspection activities for material inspection orders for piping and structural assemblies.
  • Host customers and 3rd party inspectors for in-process inspections.
  • Comply with Environmental, Health and Safety Programs, Regulations and Guidelines.
  • Collect, validate, and document material test reports for incoming materials.
  • Perform visual testing of structural and piping weld assemblies.
  • Request and document results of welding NDE activities.
  • Lead fabrication inspection points with customers and 3rd party inspectors.
  • Audit and verify industrial coatings application and characterization.
  • Prepare piping pressure testing packages and validate equipment calibration certificates.
  • Assist in training less experienced Welding Inspectors.

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of experience as a Q.C. Inspector with minimal supervision.
  • 1-3 years of experience in pipe fitting or welding.
  • Willingness to work overtime as needed.
  • Experience in welding NDE, receiving material inspection, and fabrication environments.
  • Ability to read and interpret fabrication drawings and engineering specifications.
  • Technical certifications such as Certified Weld Inspector, AMPP-NACE Level 1, ASNT Visual Testing Level 2.
  • Proficiency in computer and MS Office suite tools.
  • High School Diploma or equivalent.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Health Lifestyle Programs
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
  • Career Development
  • Incentive bonus
  • Disability benefits
  • Life Insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Adoption benefits
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Additional Information

  • Candidates must pass background screening and physical/drug/alcohol screening.
  • Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Lifestyle Programs
Employee Assistance Program
Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
Career Development
Incentive bonus
Disability benefits
Life Insurance
Parental leave
Adoption benefits
Tuition Reimbursement

How this job compares in Channelview, TX

Pay in context

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.

The local market in Channelview, TX

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.

Similar openings near Channelview, TX

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.