QC Inspector (South Africa)

RINA Piraeus Team; Oos-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 201,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

RINA is seeking a QC Inspector with welding background in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The role involves witnessing welding tests, performing visual inspections of welded joints, and ensuring compliance with customer specifications and quality procedures.

You will verify welding parameters, review procedures, and maintain inspection documentation to support certification and production flow. The position targets ensuring in-process inspections align with applicable codes and project

Qualifications

• Witness welding tests and inspections.
• Perform visual inspection of welded joints.
• Verify welding parameters and consumables during installation/construction activities.
• Review welding requirements for field erected structures, vessels, tanks, boilers and other process plants.

Responsibilities

• Witness welding tests and inspections carried out.
• Inspect welded joints visually and report findings.
• Ensure fabricated steel is welded as planned and meets customer specs.
• Prepare documentation for customer certification that quality procedures were followed.
• Verify welding procedures and welder qualifications.
• Check availability and suitability of welding equipment and consumables.
• Assist QA/QC team to ensure adherence to standards and continuous production.

Skills

Welding

Tools

Welding equipment

Job description

QC Inspector (South Africa)

Posting Date: 1 Sept 2026

City: Eastern Cape

Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa

Contract Type: Freelance

Division:

Level of experience:

RINA is currently looking for a QC inspector with Welding background in Eastern Cape:

The Inspector is responsible for:

• Witnessing the welding tests controls and inspections carried out.
• Having overall responsibility for performing the visual inspection of welded joints.
• Ensuring that the fabricated steel is welded as planned, meets Customer specifications, and inspections are completed as required to support workflow and sequence.
• Review welding requirements for field erected structures, vessels, tanks, boilers and other process plants.
• Reporting and maintaining inspection results. Preparing documentation required by the Customer for certification that all quality procedures were followed.
• Verifying welding parameters and consumables during installation/construction activities.
• Verifying procedures and welders qualifications.
• Checking the availability and suitability of the welding equipment, filler material, pre-heating, welding.
• Performing in-process weld inspections and heavy structural steel welded assemblies.
• Monitoring, and executing activities related to ensuring that inspections of welded assemblies are completed to the requirements of applicable specifications and codes.
• Ensuring that all welding, heat treatment and any hardness testing are in compliance with the relevant codes and specifications.
• Interpreting drawings, Customer specifications and standards of moderate complexity.
• Assisting the Quality Control Manager in administering the quality program at assigned plant.
• Ensuring that all production-related employees understand and follow applicable standards.
• Assisting in identifying and solving quality non-conformances in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Assisting shop employees with questions and clarifications on QC issues as needed.
• Working with QA/QC team to ensure the quality control program designed to make sure continuous production of products consistent with established standards is implemented and being followed.
• Addressing quality issues related to non-conforming material or components, and obtaining timely disposition in order to maintain production flow.