Welding Inspector
Listed on 2025-12-01
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Kleinfelder's Construction Services team is looking for you! From construction management and observation/inspection services to laboratory testing and materials and forensic engineering, our Construction Services market helps to develop and maintain America's infrastructure and supply chain and is a recognized industry leader with more than 25 accredited laboratories.
Role DetailsKleinfelder, a long-standing industry leader in the Intermountain West, is looking for a Welding Inspector to join our Maryland Team in Owings Mills
. In addition to the opportunity to work on some of the largest and most interesting projects in the area, Kleinfelder also offers:
- Competitive Wages
- Benefits, including medical, dental, vision, & life insurance; HAS & FSA; 401K; paid holidays; and paid time off (PTO)
- Certification training and professional development (ICC, ACI, AWS, etc.)
- Relocation bonuses available for out of state candidates
- Employee referral bonuses
- Career advancement opportunities with one of the largest and most respected firms in the industry
- We’re looking for a person with strong initiative, who will perform routine to complex inspection and testing of welding and steel construction materials in the field, in order to verify conformance to construction plans and specifications. The ability and desire to expand your knowledge and skills into testing and inspection of additional materials is desired.
- The Special Inspector will interact daily with owner and contractor teams to inspect active work projects, will prepare daily reports and data sheets and may be called upon to perform various tasks to meet our client's project goals.
- Bend, stoop, and lift up to 50 pounds (22.68 kg) repetitively and over 50 pounds (22.68 kg) using handling equipment (hand truck, etc.).
- Operate heavy equipment as necessary (i.e., ultrasonic non-destructive testing machine, Skidmore etc.).
- Maintain safe mobility over construction obstacles by foot and ladder, traversing over rough broken ground and steep surfaces.
- Work outside in variable weather at field sites and in labs with various levels of safety protection required.
While much of the work is local to the Office Area assigned, travel throughout the Northeast may be required.
QualificationsThe ideal candidate for this role of Welding Inspector should have the following certifications or experience:
Skills- P rint reading
- Interpreting codes and specifications
- Report writing
- Inspecting structural welding to cod es and specifications (example: AWS D1.1)
- Documenting defects
- Reviewing WPS & PQR
- Commun icate effectively through documentation
- Track and monitor work to ensure compliance with various codes and standards
- Communicate with Clients and Project Managers effectively and in a timely manner
- Utilize Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel)
- Utilize an iPad for reporting, timekeeping, email, etc.
- ICC Structural Welding Inspector
- ICC Structural Steel & Bolting Special Inspector
- AWS CWI
- NDT Level II in UT
- NDT Level II in MT
- NDT Level II in PT
General knowledge of MS Office including Word and Excel preferred. Valid driver's license and clean driving record required.
EducationHigh school diploma or equivalent required. Associate's degree or equivalent desired.
Move Forward with KleinfelderKleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients’ transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 110 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia.
Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose – together, we deliver.
Kleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity,…
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