Job Description

Overview

We are hiring a QA/QC Project Manager to own the quality program for electrical and mechanical scopes on our projects. This role involves building and running inspection and testing plans, verifying installed work against drawings, specifications, and code, and driving deficiencies to closure before turnover.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement project-specific Quality Management Plans and Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs) for electrical and mechanical scopes.
  • Establish hold points, witness points, and acceptance criteria with project teams, owners, and engineers of record.
  • Run preparatory, initial, and follow-up inspections for each definable feature of work.
  • Maintain quality documentation, including inspection reports, test records, nonconformance reports (NCRs), and corrective action logs.
  • Inspect installation of conduit, cable tray, wire and cable, grounding and bonding, switchgear, panelboards, transformers, MCCs, and lighting systems.
  • Verify compliance with the NEC, NFPA 70E, project specifications, and approved submittals.
  • Witness or review megger (insulation resistance), continuity, ground resistance, hi-pot, and torque testing.
  • Coordinate with NETA testing firms and review acceptance test reports.
  • Inspect HVAC equipment, ductwork, piping systems, plumbing, fire protection, and process piping installations.
  • Verify welding procedures and welder qualifications; review weld inspection and NDE results.
  • Witness hydrostatic and pneumatic pressure tests, flushing, and cleaning.
  • Review test, adjust, and balance (TAB) reports and support start-up of mechanical equipment.
  • Review submittals, shop drawings, and material receiving for conformance before installation.
  • Lead quality meetings and report quality metrics to project leadership.
  • Track deficiencies and punch lists through to closure.
  • Support commissioning activities (Level 1–5) and coordinate with the commissioning agent.
  • Assemble turnover packages, O&M manuals, and as-built documentation.
  • Train field supervisors and crews on quality expectations and inspection standards.
  • Conduct root cause analysis on recurring issues and drive lessons learned across projects.

Additional Information

  • This job will start in Vineland NJ then transfer to Indiana.

How this job compares in US, US

Pay in context

At roughly $46/hr, this posting sits about 47% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs in US, US — toward the top of a $25–$36/hr middle band drawn from 28 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% 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 US, US

We're tracking 28 other active welding openings in US, US right now, from 21 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across US as a whole we're tracking 28 other active welding openings from 21 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in US.

The most active employers in US at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (5), Greenberry (2), and Crafted Staff (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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