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Overview

A growing energy equipment and automation company near Houston is hiring a Certified Welding Inspector to run quality for its fabrication shop. This role involves managing the ASME Section VIII quality system and supporting a new nuclear-focused Section III program.

Responsibilities

  • Run and continuously improve the shop's ASME Section VIII quality management system.
  • Help build out the Section III program.
  • Write and revise WPSs to AWS and ASME requirements based on each customer's project scope.
  • Witness welder performance qualifications and prepare the supporting procedure qualification records.
  • Serve as the main point of contact for Authorized Inspection Agency and Authorized Nuclear Inspector personnel, customers, suppliers, and regulators.
  • Coordinate with outside labs and NDE vendors, create NDE shooter sheets, and review weld maps.
  • Review and sign off on data reports, material review documents, certificates of conformance, and turnover packages.
  • Plan and lead internal, customer, supplier, and third-party audits; support supplier qualification and surveillance.
  • Investigate nonconformances, run root cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventive action.
  • Write and maintain quality procedures and work instructions, deliver quality training, and track weld shop performance metrics.
  • Join contract reviews, design reviews, risk assessments, and management review meetings.

Requirements

  • Current CWI certification.
  • 3+ years in a quality role, ideally with 5 or more years in an ASME code shop.
  • Solid working knowledge of ASME Section VIII and IX, AWS D1.1, and ISO 9001.
  • Hands-on familiarity with GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, and SAW welding and common NDE methods.
  • Experience supporting pressure vessels, piping, structural steel, or skid fabrication.
  • Comfort reading piping isometrics, structural and mechanical drawings, and weld symbols.
  • Background working with Authorized Inspection Agencies and third-party inspectors.
  • Experience with NCRs, CAPA, supplier audits, and quality records packages.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, and good command of Microsoft Office.
  • Associate or bachelor's degree in engineering, quality, or a related field (equivalent experience considered).
  • Ability to obtain and keep a TWIC card, travel as required, and lift up to 30 lbs.

Additional Information

  • Location: North Houston, TX (on-site)
  • Travel: Domestic and international travel to customer sites, suppliers, and project locations as needed.
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How this job compares

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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