Certified Welding Inspector - NDT Level II

About the role

Raba Kistner, Inc. is a premier engineering consulting and program management firm. Our purpose is to build a better and more sustainable world for our employees, their families, our clients, and the communities we serve. Our core values are community, integrity, passion, quality, and growth.

Responsibilities

Raba Kistner is seeking an organized, dependable Certified Welding Inspector – NDT Level II to join our team in Austin, TX. The successful candidate will be responsible for inspections of structural steel, carbon steel piping fit-up, and welding, as well as performing nondestructive evaluations, such as magnetic particle and ultrasonic testing.

• Serve as consultant in area of expertise (structural steel, pipeline, pressure vessel, and reinforcing steel)
• Prepare inspection reports and other client required letters using RK format
• Maintain close contact with all clients during the entire duration of projects
• Notify Leader of potential group involvement in legal matters
• Work with legal counsel as required and directed
• Perform other duties as assigned

The position will require traversing uneven construction sites, climbing ladders, performing inspections from a bucket lift, performing inspections from scaffolds, and working outdoors in hot, cold, and windy conditions.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED required, with a minimum of 5 years steel inspection/welding experience. The successful candidate must be certified by the American Welding Society as a Certified Welding Inspector (AWS QC1) and by the American Society of Nondestructive Testing as NDT Level II or higher in both ultrasonic and magnetic particle testing.

• Possess valid Texas driver’s license and meet company’s auto insurability requirements
• Organizational skills to utilize company resources efficiently and effectively
• Management skills to supervise project teams and evaluate progress of projects
• Good oral and written communications skills and ability to work with clients and staff within the organization
• Intermediate in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Self-motivated with good attendance record and ability to work independently
• Able to drive company vehicle, manage and complete all assigned jobs efficiently and on time

Working Conditions

The following physical activities are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, talk, or hear, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and drive vehicle short and/or long distances. The employee is frequently required to sit and occasionally taste or smell and utilize hand tools such as sledgehammers, shovels, and picks.

The employee may be required to occasionally work in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, wet or humid conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration. The employee is frequently required to work in outdoor weather conditions and may be exposed to loud noise levels.