Description
Quality Control (QC) Manager – Pipe Fabrication Facility
Location: Woods Cross, Utah
$70,000 - $105,000 per year
Relocation considered for the right candidate.
CWI - Required
Are you a quality-driven leader with a passion for code compliance and welding excellence? Join us at Pipe Fabricating & Supply Co. as our next QC Manager! This role offers the opportunity to lead and grow our code-centric quality program, with direct impact on client satisfaction and company performance. We’re a union shop where safety and quality come first, and where your expertise is respected. You’ll work with a supportive team that values accountability, collaboration, and craftsmanship.
Company Overview:
Pipe Fab is a trusted provider of high-quality pipe fabrication services for power, refining, chemical, water, and industrial customers. As an ASME certified union fabrication shop holding our U and PP stamps, we are committed to safety, quality, and schedule. Our Woods Cross facility features qualified WPS/PQR/WPQ (ASME Section IX), inhouse NDE (RT/UT/PT/MT), a large PWHT furnace, and a dedicated blasting & coating facility aligned with SSPC, NACE, and AMPP practices.
Position Summary:
We are seeking an experienced QC Manager to lead the quality program across our union pipe fabrication facility. This role ensures ASME (primarily B31.1/B31.3) compliance, controls welding procedures and qualifications, coordinates NDE, and oversees coating quality and documentation. The QC Manager partners with Production, Engineering, and Project Management to meet client specifications and delivery milestones. Reports to Plant/Operations leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
Quality & Compliance: Own compliance to ASME/ASTM and client specifications; maintain ITPs, SDRs, hold/witness points, and release documentation.
Welding Program (ASME Section IX): Manage WPS/PQR/WPQ continuity, essential variables, welder performance, and continuity logs.
In Process & Final Inspection: Lead visual/dimensional checks, weld acceptance, and final spool verification against drawings and specs.
NDE Coordination: Plan and review RT/UT/PT/MT with internal Level II resources and approved third parties; disposition results and retain records.
Hydrostatic Testing: Oversee safe test setups, pressurization/hold, acceptance criteria, and charting; verify test packages and signoffs.
Material Control & Traceability: Ensure receiving inspection, MTR reconciliation, heat/lot traceability, and PMI where required.
Coating Quality: Oversee surface prep, anchor profile, DFT measurement, holiday testing, cure verification, and coating documentation for shipment ready spools.
Maintain NCR's: Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions; run internal audits and drive continuous improvement to ensure NCR's are non-repetitive.
Team Leadership & Training: Supervise/mentor QC inspectors; qualify dimensional/receiving inspectors; maintain cert records (CWI/VT/NDE).
Client Interface & Turnover: Represent Pipe Fab during audits/inspections and deliver complete data packages (WPS/PQR, weld maps, NDE, PWHT charts, hydro charts, coatings DFTs, MTRs, etc.).
Paid Time Off & Benefits:
Vacation:
5 days after 6 months of employment
10 days after 1 year of employment
Sick Leave:
3days annually (take out, it's not annually) after 3 months
5 days annually after 6 months
Paid Holidays: New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day (July 4th), Pioneer Day (July 24th), Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
If a holiday falls on a weekend, the preceding Friday or following Monday will be observed.
Health & Dental Insurance: Available on the first of the month after your start date
Profit Sharing: Eligible after 1,000 hours (details upon request)
Year-end Performance Bonus: Based on individual and company performance, as determined by management
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Retirement plan
Vision insurance
Experience:
Quality management: 5 years (Required)
License/Certification: Certified Welding Inspector (Required)
Work Location: In person
$70,000 - $105,000 per year
Relocation considered for the right candidate.
Requirements
Qualifications:
Required:
5+ years of QA/QC experience in Welding/Fabrication (shop pipe fabrication experience strongly preferred) with demonstrated ASME Section I, V, VIII, B31.1, B31.3, B31.8, API 1104 application.
Practical welding background and working knowledge of ASME Section IX (WPS/PQR/WPQ).
Ability to read isometrics and shop sheet drawings.
Proficiency with ITPs/SDRs, quality records management and understanding customer requirements.
Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to pass background check and drug test.
Preferred:
AWS CWI (or equivalent VT credentials)
NACE/AMPP Coating Inspector certification and hands on industrial coatings QA (SSPC/NACE/AMPP)
Bachelor’s degree in Welding Engineering, Metallurgy/Materials, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
Experience in a union shop and with major owner/EPC specifications (refining/chemical/power)
Must have proper work authorization for our location
