Job Description

Overview

The QA/QC Manager position in Pittsburgh, PA involves managing the implementation of the company's ASME/Industrial QA/QC program, ensuring compliance with weld procedures and ASME code requirements, and maintaining quality records. The role requires collaboration with various teams and oversight of quality assurance processes.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the implementation of the company's ASME/Industrial QA/QC program at the Pittsburgh location.
  • Monitor weld procedures and ASME code requirements to verify compliance with company, customer, and code specifications.
  • Inspect welded sub-assemblies and assemblies at designated points during manufacturing for ASME hold points.
  • Maintain compliance with ASME weld procedures and train shop foremen and QC staff in measurements, documentation, and shop traveler generation.
  • Maintain all quality records for the company, including visual and mechanical inspection of products per drawings and code requirements.
  • Conduct onsite and offsite factory acceptance tests (FAT) according to customer QC documents.
  • Participate in tri-annual review of ASME stamp certifications.
  • Collaborate with drafting/design to review and correct fabrication drawings before release.
  • Prepare and maintain ASME QC records, respond to corrective actions, and handle non-conformances.
  • Work closely with manufacturing, engineering, vendors, and staff to review quality issues and insulate production from problems.
  • Communicate with customers and vendors, manage NDE services, and assist estimating with project evaluations.
  • Control QC manuals, procedures, and weld qualifications; certify welders; manage equipment calibration and inspection of received materials.
  • Perform weld and material tracking, witness testing activities, and verify inspections per code standards.
  • Create inspection sheets, check fit and layout, and develop final documentation packages.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering or technical degree from a four-year college or university, or significant manufacturing/welding/metal fabrication experience.
  • CWI certification encouraged.
  • Minimum of 3+ years in quality systems, audits, and procedures; 5+ years in fabrication and manufacturing industries.
  • In-depth knowledge of ASME and AWS codes.
  • Proficient in ASME inspection processes, including incoming inspection, material certification, in-process inspection, and code sections for hydrostatic testing.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, weld symbols, and use measurement instruments.
  • Strong documentation skills, including generating ASME reports, shop travelers, and maintaining quality records.
  • Excellent communication skills, self-starter attitude, and ability to lead and collaborate across teams.
  • Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Physical ability to work at shop and construction sites, climb ladders, lift up to 40 pounds, and work in various weather conditions.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k

How this job compares in Pittsburgh, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $50/hr, this posting sits about 80% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $23–$34/hr middle band drawn from 104 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh, PA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 191 other active welding openings from 121 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

System One currently has 1 other opening live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TradeWorx (7), JB Poindexter Company (6), and Hanwha Philly Shipyard (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 Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $34/hr, York at $27/hr, and New Kensington at $22/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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.
  • 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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