Certified Welding Inspector
Location
Camden, NJ
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Posted on September 28, 2026
Job Description
Overview
A respected steel fabricator is seeking a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) to ensure compliance of welded components and assemblies with engineering blueprints, customer specifications, and industry safety codes.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that all welded components, building frameworks, and assemblies comply with engineering blueprints, customer specifications, and strict industry safety codes.
- Prevent defects and enforce code adherence.
Requirements
- AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) credential.
- 5+ years of quality control experience specifically within structural steel fabrication.
- Ability to read and accurately interpret structural blueprints, detailed shop drawings, and industry-standard weld symbols AWS A2.4.
- NDT Coordination.
- Full understanding of common welding processes such as FCAW, GMAW, SMAW, and SAW.
How this job compares in Camden, NJ
Pay in context
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across New Jersey currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$40/hr across 104 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 Camden, NJ
Camden, NJ is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 168 other active welding openings from 114 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (13), Carvana (6), and DC Fabricators (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Northvale at $40/hr and Delanco at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
What you'll be running
This posting calls for MIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.
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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Certified Welding Inspector figures were last recalculated when this page was built.