Job Description

Overview

Panelmatic, Inc. is a company founded in 1957 that specializes in designing and building custom electrical control panels for various manufacturing industries. The Base Welding & Paint Quality Inspector is responsible for ensuring that fabricated steel bases meet engineering and quality standards throughout the production process.

Responsibilities

  • Verify base materials and components against approved drawings and BOMs.
  • Inspect incoming and staged components for damage and dimensional accuracy.
  • Ensure fabrication follows the latest approved drawings and revisions.
  • Inspect joint preparation, fit-up, alignment, and weld accessibility before welding.
  • Perform visual weld inspections for various discontinuities.
  • Inspect welded assemblies for distortion and dimensional changes.
  • Document inspection results and maintain traceability of records.
  • Communicate inspection status and quality issues during production meetings.
  • Stop work when significant quality issues or safety concerns are identified.

Requirements

  • Experience in steel fabrication, welding inspection, or a related quality inspection role.
  • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and fabrication details.
  • Knowledge of common welding discontinuities and visual inspection methods.
  • Experience with coating inspection and surface preparation.
  • Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality management systems and NCRs.
  • Relevant welding inspection or coating inspection certifications.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-time, on-site position with potential overtime and schedule flexibility.
  • Work performed on a manufacturing and fabrication shop floor.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$41/hr across 93 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 344 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 195 different employers. 138 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,245 other active welding openings from 549 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Panelmatic currently has 3 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 (39), Zachry Group (30), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (22). 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, Arlington at $39/hr, and Dallas at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Base Welding & Paint Quality Inspector figures were last recalculated when this page was built.