About This Role
This role is for a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) who will join a structural steel and architectural metals team. The core of the job is ensuring welding quality, code compliance, and fabrication standards across commercial and industrial steel projects. The position suits a candidate with strong knowledge of welding inspection procedures, structural steel fabrication, AWS standards, and quality control processes within a fast-paced fabrication environment.
Responsibilities
- Perform welding inspections for structural steel and miscellaneous metals projects
- Ensure compliance with AWS, AISC, project specifications, and quality standards
- Inspect welds, fit-up, materials, dimensions, and fabrication processes
- Review shop drawings, WPS/PQR documentation, and welding procedures
- Verify welder qualifications and maintain inspection records/documentation
- Conduct visual weld inspections and coordinate NDT testing when required
- Identify non-conformance issues and work with production teams on corrective actions
- Coordinate with project managers, fabricators, welders, and customers regarding quality requirements
- Maintain QC reports, inspection logs, and project documentation
- Support fabrication and field installation quality assurance efforts
Requirements
- Current AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification
- 3+ years of welding inspection experience preferred
- Strong understanding of structural steel fabrication and welding processes
- Knowledge of AWS D1.1, AISC standards, and steel industry codes
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and welding symbols
- Experience with welding procedures, fit-up inspections, and dimensional inspections
- Familiarity with FCAW, MIG, TIG, and stick welding processes
- Strong attention to detail and documentation skills
- Good communication and problem-solving abilities
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and inspection reporting
Nice to have:
- Experience in structural steel fabrication
- Experience in miscellaneous metals
- Experience in commercial construction
- Experience in industrial steel projects
- Experience in steel erection
- Experience in welding quality control
- Experience in shop fabrication environments
- Experience in NDT coordination and inspection processes
- Experience in bridge or highway steel projects
- Experience in architectural and ornamental metals
About the Company
The company is a growing structural steel and architectural metals team.