Welding Auditor/Tester

comfortsystemsusa; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

TAS, a Houston-based company, seeks a Welder Auditor/Tester to lead welding tests for candidate eligibility and to audit welding operations for compliance with procedures. The role also supports maintaining quality logs, welder stamps, and calibration records while coordinating with the Welding Coordinator and other departments.

The position emphasizes safety and accurate reporting, requiring 2+ years of welding experience, strong communication, and proficiency in MS Office.

Qualifications

• 2+ years welding experience with welding standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Administer welding tests to determine candidate eligibility.
• Coordinate NDT methods with Welding Coordinator as needed.
• Conduct daily weld audits for procedure and qualification compliance.
• Issue and recycle welders stamps; log welder continuity records.
• Maintain calibration logs and welding machine calibrations.
• Document inspection results and generate reports on qualifications.
• Maintain welding consumable and parent material logs.
• Interface with other departments to obtain necessary reports.
• Promote safety practices and address welding hazards.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by Welding Coordinator.

Skills

Welding procedure interpretation

Weld monitoring tests

Welding consumables

AWS D1.1 compliance

ASME compliance

Team collaboration

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint)

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Technical welding education

NDT practices qualification (VT/MT/PT)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

SharePoint

Google Sheets

Job description

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Welder Auditor/Tester will perform the welder testing and evaluation for potential employee candidates. This position will also perform audits of TAS's welding operations to monitor compliance with TAS's welding procedures and practices. The welding Auditor will also assist in maintaining applicable quality logs/sheets.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administer and monitor welding tests to determine eligibility of potential candidates.
  • Visual inspection
  • Dimensional inspection
  • Guided bend testing
• Coordinate subcontracted non-destructive testing methods such as ultrasonic testing, radiographic testing, and magnetic particle testing with Welding Coordinator as required in support of welder testing.
• Conduct daily weld audits to ensure compliance with TAS Welding Procedure requirements, using relevant testing practices.
  • Welding procedure parameters
  • Welder Qualifications
  • Joint geometry
  • Welding consumables
• Assist in issuing and recycling welders stamps.
• Assist in logging Welder Continuity records.
• Assist in maintaining the calibration log to include auditing welding machine calibrations.
• Document inspection results and generate reports detailing the findings and maintain records of welder qualifications and potential welder tests.
• Maintain the testing weld consumable and parent material logs.
• Interface with other company departments to request and receive reports and information.
• Promote and enforce safety practices in welding operations.
• Identify and address potential safety hazards related to welding activities.
• Other duties assigned by the Welding Coordinator.

JOB SKILLS:

• Excellent ability to interpret welding procedure variables
• Excellent ability to perform standard weld monitoring tests (inches per minute, interpass temp, joint geometry, etc)
• High proficiency in welding consumable determination
• Interpret welding compliance to AWS D1.1 acceptance criteria
• Interpret welding compliance to various ASME acceptance criteria
• Work well in a team environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong computer skills (ex. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Pivot tables, Sharepoint, Google Sheets).

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Technical education in welding and welding principals
• Education and/or qualification in industry standard non-destructive testing practices (VT, MT, PT, etc)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A minimum of 2 years of experience working with welding and welding standards
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in MS Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Technical aptitude and ability to understand basic quality concepts
• Proven ability to operate with integrity and to handle confidential information
• Demonstrated a high level of service and ability to be proactive
• Ability to complete multi-step tasks and follow through to completion
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision as part of a team.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• CWI certified
• ASNT SNT TC-1A NDE level II qualified in Visual and Magnetic Particle interpretation

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Position is at least 30 % to 40% at a desk working with a computer and the remaining time is spent in a shop environment . Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions. Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading. The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do! When you join TAS, you join a Houston-headquartered company that is part of a large Houston-headquartered publicly traded company, Comfort Systems USA, with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus. We offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds: a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company.

TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems that are engineered and manufactured in one of our Houston, TX facilities and utilized in data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications. TAS has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX and has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2m sq. feet with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways. TAS manages all logistics and transportation facilitating accelerated construction at customer's facilities.

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