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Overview

The Certified Welding Inspector/NDT performs product inspections to ensure compliance with customer specifications and welding codes. This role involves monitoring non-conformance reports and maintaining accurate records of inspection activities.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor all phases of work from initial receipt of raw materials through shipment of the finished product.
  • Perform dimensional verification relating to the fit of components and product configuration.
  • Review plans, contract documents, and specifications required for fabrication.
  • Review shop drawings for potential fabrication and inspection problems.
  • Observe shop assemblies and assure that dimensions are obtained and recorded.
  • Monitor production welding and perform final inspection of weldments for compliance with code and specification requirements.
  • Set up and calibrate nondestructive testing equipment.
  • Conduct tests to ensure quality or detect discontinuities using Ultrasonic Testing (UT) and Magnetic Particle Testing (MT).
  • Evaluate the workmanship of individual welders and notify production supervision when additional training is needed.
  • Witness the welding and testing of Procedure and Welder Qualification tests.
  • Initiate non-conformance reports, tag affected material, and monitor progress of repairs.
  • Act independently of manufacturing to ensure the quality policy and procedures are followed under the direction of the Quality Manager.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED, or any combination of education and experience.
  • Basic math skills.
  • Ability to communicate verbally, read and write in English.
  • Certified by the American Welding Society as a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI).
  • Documented training and/or certification per ASNT SNT-TC-1A for UT and MT Level II.
  • Must pass an eye examination to prove near vision acuity to Jaeger J2 at 12 in. or greater.
  • Must be tested annually for color contrast differentiation.
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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.

Flexicrew Technical Services currently has 1 other opening 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.

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. Certified Welding Inspector/ NDT figures were last recalculated when this page was built.