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VP, INC

Authorized Pressure Equipment Inspector (Trainee)

Location

Louisville, KY

Wage

$70,000 – $80,000/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on October 20, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Our client is hiring a Pressure Equipment Compliance Inspector (Trainee) to support customers throughout the region. This is a full‑time, permanent role offering excellent benefits, paid time off, and a company‑provided vehicle.

Responsibilities

  • Reviewing and accepting job packages
  • Performing in‑process inspections
  • Monitoring contractor quality‑control systems
  • Witnessing hydrostatic tests
  • Reviewing and signing required documentation
  • Communicating professionally with clients and contractors

Requirements

  • Experience with high‑pressure boilers
  • Experience operating, maintaining, or inspecting boilers or pressure vessels
  • Working knowledge of ASME and NBIC Codes
  • Strong communication skills and professional integrity
  • Navy Nuclear (MMN, EMN, ETN) preferred
  • Welders with NDT/NDI experience (VT, PT, MT, UT, RT exposure) preferred
  • Industrial maintenance or utilities technicians preferred
  • Boiler operators or stationary engineers preferred
  • QA/QC technicians in fabrication or heavy industry preferred
  • Experience with pressure vessels, steam systems, or industrial mechanical equipment preferred
  • Risk survey or inspection experience preferred
  • National Board Commission (if already held) preferred

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Louisville, KY

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $34/hr median for welding jobs across Kentucky, whose middle half runs $27–$45/hr across 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Louisville, KY

Louisville, KY currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Kentucky as a whole we're tracking 15 other active welding openings from 13 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Louisville, or widen the search to Kentucky.

The most active employers in Kentucky at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SU Solutions (2) and Messer Construction Co. (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

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. Authorized Pressure Equipment Inspector (Trainee) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.