QA/QC - Austin Industrial (Spring, TX)

Austin-Industrial; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial is seeking a QA/QC Inspector to ensure welding work is safe and compliant across project sites. The role emphasizes safety regulations, NDE inspections, and coordinating with QA teams to uphold quality standards.

Responsibilities include daily site inspections, reporting, hydrostatic testing oversight, and collaboration with client QA personnel. 8 years experience and relevant certifications are preferred for this position.

Qualifications

• 8 years' experience in an Industrial setting preferred.
• Valid Driver's License, TWIC Card, AWS CWI CERT & NCCER.
• Must be able to perform inspections and coordinate with QA teams to ensure compliance.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily inspections at project sites focusing on welding, structural, and civil work.
• Monitor construction progress to ensure processes meet standards.
• Draft daily reports based on site observations and highlight discrepancies or safety issues.
• Report non-compliance or issues to the QA/QC Manager and Project Manager.
• Coordinate inspections to ensure work aligns with client specifications and state laws.
• Perform NDE inspections of welds as necessary.
• Witness hydrostatic testing of welded piping or vessels.
• Collaborate with client QA personnel to address quality concerns.
• Indirect supervision of welders and oversight of safety compliance.
• Plan, assign, and direct work to ensure successful project completion.
• Evaluate employee performance and address issues.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Skills

QA/QC inspection

Welding inspections

NDE inspections

Safety compliance

Reporting

Education

AWS CWI certification

NCCER credential

TWIC card

Tools

NDE equipment

Hydrostatic testing equipment

PPE & safety gear

Job description

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

Summary: Ensures welding work is safe and ready to function as part of the structure or device it is a part of. This role is vital in ensuring that safety regulations are followed and that welders and their workplaces are safe. The QA/QC Inspector is expected to be fully conversant with welding processes such as MIG, TIG, arc, laser and butt with metals, including steel and aluminum for use on tubes, non-tubular bars, plates and tanks. This is conducted by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties

• Perform daily inspections at project sites, focusing on welding, structural, and civil work.
• Monitor the progress of construction and ensure all processes are compliant with standards.
• Reporting: Draft daily reports based on site observations, highlighting discrepancies or safety issues.
• Report non-compliance or other issues to the QA/QC Manager and Project Manager.
• Code Compliance Inspections: Coordinate inspections to ensure that work aligns with client specifications and state laws.
• Map out welds to be performed and flag those for Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) when needed.
• NDE Inspections: Perform Non-Destructive Examinations (NDE) of welds, as necessary.
• Fully inspect welds before and after the hydrostatic testing of welded piping or vessels.
• Hydrostatic Testing: Witness the hydrostatic testing (hydro) of welded piping or vessels to ensure integrity and compliance.
• Collaboration with Client QA Personnel: Collaborate effectively with client QA teams to address quality concerns and ensure quality assurance standards are met.
• Indirect Supervision of Welders: Oversee the work of welders in the Operations Department, ensuring they adhere to Austin Industrial’s policies, procedures, and safety standards.
• Supervisory Tasks: Interview, hire, and train employees, as necessary.
• Plan, assign, and direct work to ensure successful project completion.
• Evaluate employee performance, reward accomplishments, and address issues like complaints or non-performance.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Qualifications Required for this Position

Certification/License

Valid Driver's License, TWIC Card, AWS CWI CERT & NCCER.

Experience

8 years' experience in an Industrial setting preferred.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. Positions may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces. Employees must possess sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.

Employees must be able to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; effectively manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather conditions, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site-specific hazards. Employees must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements applicable to the position.

Must be able to perform all job duties while maintaining a constant commitment to safety, quality, and productivity expectations.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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