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Certified Weld Inspector

Birdon America Inc
Portland, CT Full Time
POSTED ON 6/12/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/8/2026

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Certified Welding Inspector ensures that the work produced by welders meets specifications for quality and safety. They perform tests on welds to determine whether weld joints can handle stress and ensures that welds are safe for public use. Some of your daily functions will include:

  • Codes, standards, and specifications: Interpretation of the intent and ensuring the requirements of codes, standards and specifications are met.
  • Welding procedures: Ensuring that a procedure is available, has been approved and is being employed in production.
  • Witnessing of welder and procedure approval tests: Witnessing the preparation of test plates and destructive tests and verifying compliance with appropriate standards and specifications.
  • Welder approvals: Verifying that adequate and valid welder approvals are available, and that only approved welders are used in production.
  • Welding consumable’s identity: Verification of correctness of welding consumables (electrodes, filler wires, consumable inserts, gases, fluxes etc.
  • In process welding inspection and surveillance: Surveillance during welding to verify compliance with specified procedures including any preweld, dimensional, preheat, interpass temperature control and post heat requirements.
  • Inspection and Test Plans: Assistance

Qualifications / Skills / Experience:

If you have at least 2 years' experience as a welder, possess an Associate's degree in welding technology or related equivalent experience and hold your CWI certification ACCP Level 2, we want to talk to you

Birdon offers a full benefits package including:

Health/Dental/Vision

EAP/Life

STD/LTD

401(k) with company match (pre- and post-tax options)

Vacation/Sick accrual and holiday pay

Tuition reimbursement program

Employee referral program

Pet Insurance

Birdon is committed to the HEALTH and SAFETY of our workforce and to the ENVIRONMENT we expect this same commitment from all employees.


Birdon America Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Know Your Rights. The Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan. This plan is available for inspection upon request by emailing hr@birdon.us. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact hr@birdon.us for further assistance.

Work Location: In person

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