Weld Out Inspector

EPIC PIPING, LLC • Lake Providence, LA

3d

About The Position

Ensure that work produced by welders meets specifications for quality and safety.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year College or university or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2-3 years related experience.
• Certified Welding Inspector AWS-CWI/SCWI 3.1/3.2
• ASNT VT Level II/III
• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Active Listening - Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Loyal - The trait of feeling a duty to the employer.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Research Skills - Ability to design and conduct a systematic, objective, and critical investigation.
• Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
• Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with safety and environment guidelines, policies, and regulations.
• Perform visual inspections on welded products in progress and completed jobs.
• Inspect weld jobs for defects such as cracks, porosity, undercut etc.
• Record results of tests and welding inspections.
• Plans and conducts the analysis, inspection, test, and/or integration to assure the quality of assigned product or component.
• Reviews all welded products or components and provides input to the decision of whether to accept or reject the product.
• Document’s data obtained during all quality assurance activities, consistent with company policies and procedures.
• Communicates significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and provides recommended process improvements to management.
• Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality assurance codes and standards.
• Inspect, test, or measure materials, products, installations, or work for conformance to specifications.
• Measure dimensions of products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers.
• Read blueprints, data, manuals, or other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment methods, certification processes, formulas, or measuring instruments required.
• Record inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded.
• Mark items with details such as grade or acceptance-rejection status.
• Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.
• Discard or reject products, materials, or equipment not meeting specifications.
• Collect or select samples for testing or for use as models.
• Write test or inspection reports describing results, recommendations, or needed repairs.
• Compare colors, shapes, textures, or grades of products or materials with color charts, templates, or samples to verify conformance to standards.
• Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.
• Analyze test data, making computations as necessary, to determine test results.
• Clean, maintain, calibrate, or repair measuring instruments or test equipment, such as dial indicators, fixed gauges, or height gauges.
• Read dials or meters to verify that equipment is functioning at specified levels.
• Check arriving materials to ensure that they match purchase orders, submitting discrepancy reports, as necessary.
• Fabricate, install, position, or connect components, parts, finished products, or instruments for testing or operational purposes.
• Inspect or test raw materials, parts, or products to determine compliance with environmental standards.
• Compute defect percentages or averages, using formulas and calculators.
• Stack or arrange tested products for further processing, shipping, or packaging.
• Monitor production operations or equipment to ensure conformance to specifications, making necessary process or assembly adjustments.
• Adjust, clean, or repair products or processing equipment to correct defects found during inspections.
• Monitor machines that automatically measure, sort, or inspect products.
• Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.
• Interpret legal requirements, provide safety information, or recommend compliance procedures to contractors, craft workers, engineers, or property owners.
• Disassemble defective parts or components, such as inaccurate or worn gauges or measuring instruments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level