Job Description

Overview

This opportunity supports supplier quality surveillance activities within a fabrication environment focused on air cooled heat exchangers and mechanical equipment. The role involves shop-based inspection, document review, testing surveillance, and quality reporting to help verify conformance with procurement requirements, recognized codes, and industry standards.

Responsibilities

  • Support supplier quality surveillance activities within a fabrication environment.
  • Conduct shop-based inspections and document reviews.
  • Perform testing surveillance and quality reporting.
  • Verify conformance with procurement requirements and industry standards.
  • Monitor manufacturing, inspection, examination, and testing activities at suppliers.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent with 1,000 hours of in-shop surveillance, examination, or testing activities.
  • Associate degree or equivalent of two years of full-time college coursework in a related discipline plus 500 hours of in-shop related experience.
  • Two years of related experience involving 2,000 hours of in-shop surveillance, examination, or testing activities.
  • Experience in welding and fabrication surveillance, hydro testing, pneumatic testing, NDE surveillance, coating surveillance, final inspection, and material test report review.
  • Ability to perform quality surveillance activities through monitoring, observation, document review, and selective hands-on inspection.
  • Working familiarity with applicable codes and standards including ASME and AWS standards.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including surveillance report writing.
  • Ability to work independently under moderate supervision.
  • Ability to work safely in an industrial fabrication environment.
  • Valid driver’s license.

Additional Information

  • Duration: One Year Contract
  • Schedule: 5/40 schedule, overtime as needed upon approval of project
  • Location: Texas, United States

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 83 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 323 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 188 different employers. 74 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 515 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.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (34), Zachry Group (28), and Worley (19). 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 Arlington at $39/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Pasadena at $36/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.

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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