Base Welding & Paint Quality Inspector

Panelmatic • Houston, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Base Welding & Paint Quality Inspector inspects fabricated steel bases for e-houses and electrical enclosures to ensure compliance with approved engineering drawings, weld requirements, dimensional tolerances, material specifications, surface preparation requirements, and paint specifications. Inspections take place throughout fabrication, including material verification, fit-up, welding, dimensional checks, surface preparation, coating application, and final release.

The inspector works with production, welding, paint, and engineering personnel to identify defects, prevent nonconforming work from advancing, document results, and ensure bases meet customer and company requirements. The role may stop or hold work over significant quality or safety concerns, request engineering clarification, require documented approval for deviations, escalate unresolved concerns, and reject work that does not meet documented acceptance requirements. The inspector must not independently redesign components, change engineering requirements, or approve unauthorized deviations.

This is a full-time, on-site position on a manufacturing and fabrication shop floor. Overtime and schedule flexibility may be required to meet production deadlines.

Requirements

• Experience in steel fabrication, welding inspection, industrial manufacturing, or a related quality inspection role.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, fabrication details, weld symbols, and dimensional tolerances.
• Knowledge of common welding discontinuities and visual inspection methods.
• Ability to use measuring tools such as tape measures, squares, calipers, levels, and other dimensional inspection equipment.
• Ability to document inspection results accurately and communicate defects clearly.
• Ability to work independently on the production floor and collaborate with welders, fabricators, painters, and supervisors.
• Ability to physically push, pull, and lift 50 pounds or more.
• Ability to stoop and bend.
• Ability to sit, stand, and walk for four or more hours at a time.
• Ability to convert decimals to fractions and use conversion charts.
• Excellent manual dexterity, color vision, and eyesight.

Nice To Haves

• Experience inspecting structural steel bases, skids, modular buildings, e-houses, or industrial enclosures.
• Familiarity with welding procedures, applicable welding codes, and visual weld acceptance criteria.
• Experience with coating inspection, surface preparation, DFT measurement, and coating repair verification.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality management systems, nonconformance reports (NCRs), corrective actions, and inspection travelers.
• Relevant welding inspection or coating inspection certifications, where required by the position or customer.

Responsibilities

• Verify base materials and components against approved drawings and bills of materials, including material identification and required material test reports or other documentation.
• Inspect incoming and staged components for damage, incorrect dimensions, missing holes, improper cut lengths, and incorrect orientation.
• Confirm fabrication follows the latest approved drawings and revisions, and identify missing information, drawing discrepancies, and conflicting requirements.
• Inspect joint preparation, fit-up, alignment, joint gaps, component placement, and weld accessibility as required by the inspection plan.
• Verify weld locations, lengths, sizes, and types against approved drawings and applicable welding requirements.
• Perform visual weld inspections for cracks, porosity, undercut, overlap, excessive spatter, incomplete welds, and other relevant discontinuities.
• Verify use of the applicable approved welding procedure specification where required.
• Inspect welded assemblies for distortion, bowing, twisting, squareness, and dimensional changes.
• Verify lifting lug locations, mounting points, ground pads, support members, floor openings, and perimeter beam orientation.
• Identify incomplete or missing welds, incorrect weld placement, and unauthorized modifications.
• Verify approved rework and document reinspection results before accepting work.
• Identify recurring defects and communicate trends to the QC Supervisor for corrective action.
• Complete inspection checklists, travelers, dimensional reports, weld inspection records, and paint inspection records.
• Record inspection results, pass/fail status, applicable drawing revisions, and supporting notes, and maintain traceability to the job, base assembly, or project.
• Verify required inspection hold points and ensure nonconformances are dispositioned and required rework is verified before work advances.
• Sign off on completed inspections only after applicable requirements have been verified.
• Communicate inspection status, production risks, and unresolved quality issues during production meetings or quality updates.
• Stop or place work on hold when significant quality issues, safety-related concerns, or specification violations are identified.
• Prevent nonconforming work from proceeding to paint, assembly, or the next production stage until required inspections and dispositions are complete.
• Request clarification from Engineering when drawings, tolerances, weld details, or specifications are unclear or conflicting.
• Require documented approval before accepting work that deviates from approved requirements, and escalate unresolved quality concerns to the QC Supervisor.
• Reject work that does not meet documented acceptance requirements, subject to company quality procedures.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Term life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
• Panelmatic pays 100% of the employee-only medical premium.
• Panelmatic pays 80% of premiums for other medical coverage levels; employees pay 20%.
• 401(k) contributions matched 100% up to 4%.
• Scholarships and educational reimbursement.
• Paid volunteerism.
• Paid personal and professional development.
• PTO and paid holidays.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Competitive wages.
• Family-friendly environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed