Quality Manager; East Coast Solutions

Quality Inspector (East Coast Solutions)

Location: Cocoa, FL

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary: The Quality Inspector (East Coast Solutions) is responsible for maintaining Acadian Contractors Inc.’s quality standards across all fabrication operations, including piping, structural, and vessel projects. This role requires a strong technical background, excellent attention to detail, and effective communication skills. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in fabrication quality control, with a strong understanding of applicable industry codes, standards, and customer specifications.

Responsibilities And Duties:

• Oversee the quality performance for East Coast Location.
• Lead Quality Control/Assurance activities for East Coast under supervision of Director of Quality and Director of East Coast.
• Act as the in‑person Quality representative for the East Coast Location.
• Knowledge of the Measurement Equipment Calibration System to stay current on all East Coast Quality calibrated items.
• Formally report any repetitive and/or substantial personnel quality, accuracy, workmanship, or reliability issues to Director of East Coast and Director of Quality for follow‑up and mitigating actions to be taken through progressive discipline.
• Document all reported East Coast quality incidents utilizing the QIRT (Quality Incident Reporting Tool) and help lead investigations in East Coast for root cause and formal response.
• Facilitate all non‑conformance investigations, generate non‑conformance reports, and distribute to relevant management as needed for East Coast.
• Attend pre‑job meetings to establish quality requirements per customer requirements and specifications.
• Maintain necessary techniques and enforce procedures to ensure compliance with applicable codes and customer specifications.
• Maintain welder qualification, continuity, and stencil logs as per ACI and/or customer requirements for East Coast welders.
• Verify Welder qualifications to welding procedures utilized per job requirements.
• Maintain sufficient knowledge of welding codes and standards.
• Verify WPS documentation at assigned posting area as per fabrication drawings for facility work (in clear protective cover).
• Spot check on‑site construction crews to verify WPS documentation with Superintendent/Foreman at location.
• Understanding of Acadian welding procedures for monitoring welders to the parameters of any approved welding procedure at Acadian Contractors.
• Monitor adherence to required welding procedures on a customer request basis. Monitoring to be documented on a welding parameter check form to include welding speed, volts, amps, heat input and gas flow. The number of welders monitored will be determined by job size, duration, and customer requirements.
• Communicate with third‑party inspectors as needed.
• Monitor data book requirements set forth in Acadian’s in‑house data book index and/or customer generated data book needs.
• Assist Managers, along with Superintendents/Foremen, in keeping quality procedures/processes in place and actively practiced daily.
• Assist Estimator during bid to confirm adequacy and availability of WPS/PQR, Welder Qualifications, and procedures. Contact Sr. Quality Specialist for WPS/PQR development and qualification help when no adequate WPS/PQR available.
• Read and interpret all AFC prints issued including structural, piping and vessel drawings.
• Review, understand and implement job specific requirements & specifications for all jobs.
• Verify material on fabricated items are correct as per drawing requirements.
• Manage and organize NDE for fabrication jobs as needed. This includes using a “call‑out” sheet to direct the NDE Company on what is needed for a call‑out at Acadian Contractors and issuing NDE PO’s.
• Sign off on Traveler/ITP Inspection (as Applicable).
• Ability to read tape measures or any devices deemed necessary to achieve dimensional tolerances.
• Maintain dimensional control and tolerances associated with all AFC prints. This includes but is not limited to advising and instructing fitters, welders, lead men, and shop foreman on dimensional controls and techniques on how to achieve drawing dimensions during fabrication.
• Dimensional/visual…