Certified Welding Inspector

Position Overview

MSI Defense Solutions is seeking an AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) to support welding inspection, weld quality control, production welding compliance, supplier welding oversight, and objective evidence requirements for fabricated and welded assemblies.

This position is responsible for performing visual weld inspections, verifying welding documentation, supporting compliance with applicable AWS welding codes and customer requirements, and ensuring weld quality records are complete, accurate, and traceable. The CWI will support manufacturing operations by reviewing drawings, weld symbols, specifications, weld procedure documentation, welder qualifications, inspection results, and objective evidence to help ensure welded products conform to engineering, contractual, customer, and internal quality requirements.

The CWI will work closely with Quality, Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Program Management, suppliers, customers, and government representatives as needed to support weld quality, resolve weld-related issues, reduce defects, and maintain audit readiness. This position operates within MSI's Quality Management System and supports continuous improvement, nonconforming material control, corrective action, and production readiness activities.

The AWS Certified Welding Inspector reports to the Quality Manager. This position requires a full-time work week spent in the shop and office in Mooresville, NC. The regular work schedule is Monday through Thursday, 6:00am to 4:30pm. The employee must be flexible to work additional hours as needed based on project requirements, production needs, customer requirements, and deadlines. Travel is not expected as a regular requirement of the position but may be required on a limited basis to support supplier inspections, customer requirements, or program needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform visual inspections of welded assemblies, fabricated components, weld joints, and related workmanship features in accordance with applicable drawings, weld symbols, AWS welding codes, specifications, work instructions, quality requirements, and contract requirements.
• Verify compliance with applicable welding standards based on substrate material and contractual requirements, including AWS D1.1/D1.1M for steel, AWS D1.2/D1.2M for aluminum, AWS D1.3/D1.3M for sheet metal, AWS D1.9/D1.9M for titanium, AWS B2.1/B2.1M when applicable, and other standards when invoked by drawing, TDP, purchase order, contract, or customer flowdown.
• Review and interpret engineering drawings, weld symbols, GD&T, specifications, technical data packages, manufacturing instructions, work orders, quality clauses, and customer requirements to determine applicable weld inspection and documentation requirements.
• Conduct in-process and final visual inspections of weldments, fabricated assemblies, and welded structures to verify conformance prior to acceptance, movement to the next operation, or shipment.
• Verify that Weld Procedure Specifications (WPS), Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), Welder Performance Qualification records (WPQ), welder continuity records, and related welding records are complete, current, traceable, and applicable to the work being performed.
• Verify that welders and welding operators are qualified for the applicable welding process, material, thickness range, position, joint configuration, and code requirements prior to performing production welding.
• Support the identification and control of critical, high-stress, safety-related, or customer-designated weld joints requiring enhanced inspection, documentation, hold points, customer review, or additional verification.
• Support the development, review, implementation, and maintenance of welding inspection procedures, weld inspection checklists, weld maps/logs, inspection forms, and welding quality records.
• Confirm that applicable welding requirements, acceptance criteria, inspection points, hold points, and quality records are properly flowed into work instructions, travelers, routers, build books, inspection plans, and supplier purchase orders when required.
• Document weld inspection results, inspection status, weld defects, rework requirements, and acceptance/rejection determinations in accordance with company procedures, customer requirements, and applicable quality record requirements.
• Identify, document, and control nonconforming weld conditions through the NCR/MRB process in accordance with company procedures and approval authority.
• Support root cause analysis, corrective action, containment, rework verification, and effectiveness verification for weld-related internal, supplier, or customer quality issues.
• Provide technical guidance to welders, production personnel, inspectors, and supervisors regarding welding standards, weld symbols, workmanship expectations, visual acceptance criteria, inspection requirements, and documentation requirements.
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