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Overview

The Senior Inspector – NACE Level II & CWI plays a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery of industrial construction projects by providing advanced inspection expertise and quality oversight. This field-based position involves working closely with construction teams and stakeholders to verify compliance with project specifications and industry standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform detailed inspections of welding, fabrication, coating, corrosion protection, and construction activities to verify compliance with project requirements.
  • Conduct coating inspections in accordance with NACE, AMPP, SSPC, project specifications, and customer requirements.
  • Perform welding inspections in accordance with approved procedures, codes, standards, and quality requirements.
  • Verify compliance with approved welding procedures, welder qualifications, inspection and test plans, and project specifications.
  • Monitor surface preparation, environmental conditions, coating application, and coating system performance.
  • Review and validate inspection records, test reports, material documentation, and quality records.
  • Identify non-conformances, deficiencies, and quality concerns and support implementation of corrective actions.
  • Participate in construction audits, quality assessments, surveillance activities, and project inspections.
  • Support contractor and fabrication shop oversight activities when required.
  • Conduct field walkdowns and inspections of completed work prior to turnover and commissioning activities.
  • Monitor contractor compliance with quality procedures, specifications, and approved work practices.
  • Maintain accurate inspection documentation, reports, punch lists, quality records, and compliance reports.
  • Provide technical guidance and recommendations related to welding, coating systems, corrosion protection, and quality compliance.
  • Support root cause investigations and quality improvement initiatives.
  • Participate in customer inspections, regulatory reviews, and project quality meetings.
  • Coordinate with engineering, construction, quality control, commissioning, and project management teams to resolve technical issues.
  • Assist with continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen field quality performance and project execution.

Additional Information

  • This is a field-based role located on an active industrial construction site.
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How this job compares in Baytown, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$35/hr across 342 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 Baytown, TX

We're tracking 54 other active welding openings in Baytown, TX right now, from 22 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 Baytown, or widen the search to Texas.

Worley currently has 17 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 (34), 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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