QC Engineer (Mechanical Piping​/Utilities

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a QC Engineer (Mechanical Piping/Utilities) opportunity to support the Savannah River Site.

Edgewater Technical Associates (Edgewater) is a New Mexico-based small business headquartered in Los Alamos, NM, with five (5) regional offices across the United States to locally support our growing presence at project sites.

Edgewater has a proven track record and is a trusted provider of fixed-price construction projects, engineering, and technical services for the Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Canadian Commercial Nuclear Industry, and private sector commercial contractors involved in nuclear, high-hazard, or complex operations.

Edgewater’s experience and guidance ensure that our customers perform hazardous operations, comply with regulatory requirements, and maintain the highest quality and safety standards.

Aiken, SC

++QC Engineer (Mechanical Piping/Utilities)++-

The QC Engineer (Mechanical Piping/Utilities) will support a multi-year construction project involving significant civil and mechanical construction, including grading, storm drainage, demolition, earthwork, ductbanks, service water, process piping, and associated site infrastructure.

• Perform field QC inspections for process piping, firewater, domestic/service water, and mechanical utility systems.
• Verify piping construction complies with approved drawings, specifications, procedures, codes, QMS, NQA-1, DOE Order 414.1D, and project requirements.
• Inspect piping materials, fit-up, routing, supports, valves, fittings, flanges, bolted connections, and mechanical components.
• Verify material identification, approvals, storage, handling, and traceability.
• Perform/witness piping fit-up and welding inspections per approved procedures and acceptance criteria.
• Verify WPS, PQR, and welder qualifications before welding.
• Coordinate/witness required NDE and review documentation for compliance.
• Inspect piping installation, including bedding, elevations, alignment, joints, coatings, backfill, and testing readiness.
• Witness hydrostatic, pneumatic, leakage, flushing, cleanliness, and other required tests.
• Review drawings, specifications, work packages, ITPs, test packages, and quality records for inspection requirements.
• Verify hold/witness points and required inspections are completed before work proceeds or is concealed.
• Identify and document nonconforming work, CAQs, and quality issues; support NCRs and corrective actions.
• Maintain complete, traceable inspection, welding, NDE, testing, and turnover records.
• Support system walkdowns, punch lists, turnover inspections, surveillances, and audits.
• Escalate significant quality concerns and SCAQs per project procedures.

• Minimum five (5) years of quality control, piping inspection, welding inspection, or related experience supporting industrial construction.
• Experience with industrial piping, process piping, utility piping, firewater, service water, or similar mechanical construction.
• Working knowledge of piping fabrication, installation, welding, materials, supports, pressure testing, and mechanical construction inspection.
• Functional understanding of ASME NQA-1 quality requirements and DOE Order 414.1D.
• Knowledge of applicable piping codes, standards, welding requirements, and project specifications.
• Ability to read and interpret piping drawings, P&IDs, isometrics, specifications, procedures, weld maps, and inspection/test requirements.
• Experience with WPS/PQR/WPQ documentation, welding inspection, NDE documentation, pressure testing, and piping turnover records.
• Experience with ITPs, hold/witness points, NCRs, corrective actions, and auditable quality records.
• AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification strongly preferred for welding inspection assignments.
• Must be able to perform field inspections in an active construction environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality, or related technical field.
• Applicable ASNT Level II/III certification preferred for assignments involving NDE.
• Additional piping, mechanical, coatings,…