NDT Supervisor

Trinity Industries, Inc.; Saginaw (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity Rail in Saginaw, TX seeks an experienced NDT Supervisor to lead daily NDT operations and supervise a team of inspectors. The role ensures that welded components meet quality, safety, and regulatory standards, and involves coordinating with QA for documentation and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities include complex troubleshooting of NDT equipment, adhering to procedures, and guiding the team to uphold welding and inspection standards per AWS D1.1 and AAR practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or relevant experience in a technical/engineering field.
• Minimum one year of supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of welding and weldment inspection.
• Experience with AWS standards and welding inspection practices (D1.1).
• Familiarity with AAR manufacturing standards and practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee NDT daily operations.
• Ensure product quality designed, engineered and manufactured to regulations.
• Develop and implement programs to ensure safety, legality and customer spec compliance.
• Perform maintenance, modification, and rehabilitation of fabricated metal products.
• Follow procedures and perform diagnostic inspections per work orders, blueprints, and schematics.
• Supervise NDT Inspectors and assign tasks.
• Coordinate with QA for customer/product quality records.
• Troubleshoot and repair NDT equipment.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Education

Bachelor's degree (Technical/Industrial/Engineering)

Tools

AWS

Weld Visual Inspection (AWS D1.1)

AAR Standards

Job description

Trinity Rail is searching for a NDT Supervisor in our Saginaw, TX location. We provide a complete array of railcar maintenance services.

In this role the NDT Supervisor will lead and oversee the NDT daily operations, ensuring quality products are designed, engineered, and manufactured by Trinity. This position will also be responsible for developing and implementing programs and processes to ensure that Trinity products are safe, legal, and meet or exceed customer expectations for compliance with national, regional, and global regulations. You'll follow appropriate procedures and diagnostic inspection and perform maintenance, modification, and rehabilitation of fabricated metal products and supporting operating systems according to work orders, blueprints, and schematics.

What you'll do:

• Process adherence – Standard operating procedures
• Product conformity - inspections
• Continual improvement and Root cause correction Analysis
• Supervise the daily activities of non-exempt and hourly employees including NDT Inspectors
• Work with QA Administrators for Customer and product specific Quality records
• Perform complex troubleshooting and repair of NDT Equipment.
• Lead a team by assigning tasks
• Have knowledge and understanding of welding and inspection of weldments
• Perform other duties as assigned

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's Degree (Technical, Industrial, or Engineering) or relevant experience
• Minimum of one year of supervisory experience required
• Possesses knowledge and understanding of welding and inspection of weldments
• Need an understanding/experience in the following key processes, industry standards and operational best practices:
• AWS (American Welding Society)
• Weld Visual Inspection, based on AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code for steel
• AAR Manufacturing Standards and Recommended Practices