NDT​/NDE Technician

NDT/NDE Technician

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S&ME is looking for an experienced technician, preferably a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI), ready to take your career to new heights as an NDT/NDE Technician on our Metals team out of Atlanta, Georgia. No two days are alike, and you'll build skills that matter while leaving your mark on the safety of the structures that shape our community.

At S&ME, we have a history of delivering innovative geotechnical, civil, environmental, and construction material testing for over 50 years. Over the decades, we have grown into a trusted partner for clients across various industries, including transportation, energy, water, waste management, education, government, commercial, industrial, and more. Our commitment to technical excellence and integrity has established us as a leader in our field.

• Employee Ownership: As a 100% employee-owned company, our ESOP gives you a personal stake in our success and the opportunity to build long‑term wealth while helping shape our future.
• Career Growth: We invest in your success with mentorship, training, and leadership opportunities.
• Exciting Projects: Big or small, simple or complex, we do it all. Our projects are as diverse as they are exciting, so every day brings something new.
• Supportive Culture: Collaboration, respect, and positivity fuel our team environment.
• Flexibility: Work-life balance matters to us, helping you thrive inside and outside the office.
• Community Impact: Your work will directly improve the communities where we live, work, and play.

As an NDT/NDE Technician, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the structural integrity and safety of our projects by visually inspecting structural steel, including bolted and welded connections. You'll be engaged in fieldwork that may involve safely climbing steel structures such as buildings, cell phone towers, and water tanks, to heights exceeding 200 feet, using fall protection equipment and personal fall arrest systems.

• Inspection and Non-Destructive Testing: Conduct inspections and deploy non-destructive testing methods to uphold impeccable quality standards. A significant portion of field inspection time is spent performing non-destructive testing (NDT) duties such as ultrasonic inspection (UT) of welds and/or magnetic particle testing (MT) of welds.
• Project Testing Assignments: Juggle testing assignments across projects, contributing to the success of each endeavor.
• Equipment Maintenance and Calibration: Maintain testing equipment in working order and calibration; can include managing field and laboratory equipment inventories, formal calibration records, and participating in quality systems audits.
• Report Creation: Craft detailed reports to effectively communicate findings.

This position may require working 50+ hours per week (during periods of peak workload), as well as off-shift and weekend work, as needed. Experience in Safety, DDC, NDT, and Radiation Training, including the use of fall protection equipment and personal fall arrest systems, is a plus.

• You have a High School Diploma/GED
• You have a minimum of 3 years of NDT/NDE metals testing experience OR an associate degree in a closely related field
• You have active industry-related certifications:
• AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification or working towards
• AMPP Coatings, a plus
• Achievement of ASNT Level II certification per ASNT-SNT-TC-1A in at least one method
• Additional certifications, a plus:
• ICC certification in Building Inspections and/or Structural Steel Inspection
• Level II for UT, PT and/or MT certification

Perform the physical demands of the position with the use of company-provided Personal Protective Equipment such as:

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