Job Description

Overview

Tutor Perini Corporation is seeking a Quality Control Engineer for their office in Los Angeles, CA. The role involves performing quality control engineering and inspection work across various disciplines to ensure compliance with contract specifications and company standards.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect to contract specifications the quality of construction, submittals, testing procedures, etc.
  • Develop understanding/working knowledge of company quality control program, company standards, procedures, codes, etc.
  • Perform inspections and witness tests applicable to discipline to determine acceptability of work.
  • Assist in maintaining work performance records, inspection records, and other related items; assure correctness of all documents.
  • Assist in preparation/implementation of quality control procedures, i.e., inspection instructions, control measuring and test equipment, etc.
  • Assist in coordinating quality control inspection schedules with other department schedules.
  • Participate in internal/external quality control audits.
  • Assist in reviewing purchase documents to ensure compliance with quality control requirements.
  • Perform additional assignments per supervisor's direction.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent required.
  • Minimum five (5) years of experience in the field or in a related area preferred.
  • Work experience in all disciplines of construction (civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing) preferred.
  • An understanding and experience with contract specifications as they apply to quality control and/or assurance.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to develop in-depth understanding of QA/QC manuals and programs.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suites.

Additional Information

  • Expected salary range for this position is $125,000 - $150,000 depending on experience.
  • Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $66/hr, this posting sits about 50% above the $44/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA — toward the top of a $36–$67/hr middle band drawn from 51 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% 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 Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 87 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 49 different employers. 18 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 486 other active welding openings from 233 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (35), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (17), and Relativity Space (14). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Long Beach at $49/hr, El Segundo at $48/hr, and Los Angeles at $44/hr. Los Angeles is among them.

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