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Overview

Austin Industrial is an industry leader providing self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to industrial companies across the U.S. The QC Tech role is essential for ensuring welding work meets safety regulations and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform daily inspections at project sites, focusing on welding, structural, and civil work.
  • Monitor the progress of construction and ensure all processes are compliant with standards.
  • Draft daily reports based on site observations, highlighting discrepancies or safety issues.
  • Report non-compliance or other issues to the QA/QC Manager and Project Manager.
  • Coordinate inspections to ensure that work aligns with client specifications and state laws.
  • Map out welds to be performed and flag those for Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) when needed.
  • Perform Non-Destructive Examinations (NDE) of welds, as necessary.
  • Fully inspect welds before and after the hydrostatic testing of welded piping or vessels.
  • Witness the hydrostatic testing (hydro) of welded piping or vessels to ensure integrity and compliance.
  • Collaborate effectively with client QA teams to address quality concerns and ensure quality assurance standards are met.
  • Oversee the work of welders in the Operations Department, ensuring they adhere to Austin Industrial’s policies, procedures, and safety standards.
  • Interview, hire, and train employees, as necessary.
  • Plan, assign, and direct work to ensure successful project completion.
  • Evaluate employee performance, reward accomplishments, and address issues like complaints or non-performance.

Requirements

  • Associate degree preferred.
  • Valid Driver's License, TWIC Card, AWS CWI CERT & NCCER required.
  • 8 years' experience in an Industrial setting preferred.

Additional Information

  • Employees must be able to perform physical tasks such as lifting up to 50 pounds and working in various environmental conditions.
  • Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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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 $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$37/hr across 9 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 43 other active welding openings in Pasadena, TX right now, from 20 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 953 other active welding openings from 418 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.

Austin Industries currently has 33 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 (33), Zachry Group (24), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (23). 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 Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Channelview at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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. QC Tech - Austin Industrial (Pasadena, TX) TPC CAP figures were last recalculated when this page was built.