About This Role
This Certified Welding Inspector position oversees all welding practices, implements the company's welder qualification program, and conducts weld inspections and associated corrective actions. It also involves developing and updating welding procedures to achieve quality and productivity targets, assisting with budgeting, and providing regular shop-floor weld mentoring and leadership.
Responsibilities
- Lead the welder qualification program, including prospective new hire qualification review and skill evaluations
- Provide welder training and work instruction mentoring and enforcement
- Track and mentor ongoing welder qualification processes to improve individual performance
- Lead all weld department quality assurance activities
- Coordinate and schedule all required repairs or welding rework based on direct observations and feedback from the quality department personnel and the Metals Manager
- Validate that repairs are completed accurately, promptly, and efficiently, and meet production schedules
- Provide support to the quality department personnel
- Coordinate all inspections with regulatory bodies
- Drive continuous improvement, use lean techniques, and actively research new methods and processes to shorten production duration while maintaining existing quality standards
- Write out proposed new procedures for prior approval or rejection from the Metals Manager, Director of Manufacturing, and Director of Engineering before introducing any changes
- Monitor production plan execution, identify performance gaps between budgeted and actual hours, and propose solutions to achieve overall project budgets
- Provide daily feedback to the Metals Manager on associate performance related to quality, productivity, and mentoring for improvements, for use during probationary periods and annual reviews
- Assist in developing budgetary estimates for new build and rework/refit projects
- Ensure all safety and environmental policies and procedures are learned and followed by self and all related associates
- Conduct PPE Assessments
- Identify and manage Confined Spaces
- Apply Fall Protection
- Manage Hot Work Permitting
- Demonstrate the ability to locate, retrieve, and disseminate information from blueprints, computer files, and other engineering drawings
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- 3 to 5 years of supervisory experience
- Knowledge of aluminum and steel welding processes and procedures, especially aluminum and its unique characteristics
- 5+ years of experience in metal fabrication and production involving constructing and repairing metal structures
