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Overview

The Fab Shop QA/QC Inspector is responsible for directing quality audits and inspections to ensure compliance with quality control requirements, addressing conflicts professionally, and maintaining QA/QC policies and procedures. This role involves working with third-party vendors and analyzing technical drawings.

Responsibilities

  • Directs quality audits and inspections to ensure all quality control requirements are implemented and/or maintained.
  • Addresses problems and resolves conflict with tact and professionalism.
  • Prepares and maintains corporate QA/QC policies and procedures.
  • Reviews and analyzes other department’s procedures for compliance with corporate expectations.
  • Participates in review meetings to resolve areas of nonconformance.
  • Follows up to ensure corrections are implemented timely and effectively.
  • Ensures that third-party vendors, suppliers, and sub-contractors adhere to company quality standards and requirements on all projects.
  • Analyzes and interprets technical drawings and procedures.
  • Works within company policy as outlined in the H+M Employee Handbook and the H+M Safety Manual.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor as needed.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in related field required.
  • Certified Welding Inspector License or ANST SNT-TC-1A VT Level II required.
  • High school diploma, or equivalent required.
  • Minimum 2 years of shop and/or field QA/QC experience required.
  • Working knowledge in Pipe, Hydrotesting, NDE (PT, PT & RT), and Welding required.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Demonstrates computer literacy and capability of learning and using all company software.
  • Must be able to effectively present information and respond to questions and inquiries from management, clients, and shop staff.
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How this job compares in Pasadena, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Pasadena, TX currently run a median of $37/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$40/hr across 10 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 Pasadena, TX

We're tracking 47 other active welding openings in Pasadena, TX right now, from 24 different employers. 15 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 583 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Pasadena, or widen the search to Texas.

H+M Industrial EPC currently has 2 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 (35), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (25), and Zachry Group (22). 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 Abernathy at $45/hr, Arlington at $40/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. Pasadena 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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