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Quality - Inspectors & NDT Equipment Operators PMW

Pinnacle Machine Works
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 3/20/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/19/2026

Position Title:                  Quality Control / Assurance – Hourly Positions

Position Purpose:         Inspect pipe, operate equipment, demonstrates knowledge of operational processes. Performs required work safely and uniformly within operation guidelines & standards but does not necessarily have proven proficiency in specific skillset within department. 

Job Assignments

Core Accountabilities

Prove Up Operator

  •  Utilizes handheld device to identify test and identify flaws for rework.
  • Communicates testing results.

SEA Assistant

  • Align pipe and position magnetic rod for testing.
  • Generally assist Operator.

SEA Operator

  • Performs NDT mag particle testing on threaded pipe with precision and efficiency.
  • Identifies flaws in pipe.
  • Orders cut-offs for pipe as needed.

FBUT Operator

  • Operates machinery to test various quality standards
  • Successfully detects and communicates surface, subsurface, internal, and dimensional flaws in pipe

Quality Lead/Foreman

  • Directs the work of other Operators to perform operation processes efficiently and effectively.
  • Directly supervises / manages Specialists and Thread Inspectors and ensures their productivity and accuracy meets expectations.
  • As needed, can and does perform the role of these positions.

Quality Lab Tech

  • Collects, organizes, and preps samples for testing.
  • Efficiently performs and accurately evaluates all applicable testing.
  • Maintains reports on testing results.
  • Assists Supervisor with inventory and product reporting.

 

     
  • Other: Temporarily assume the duties and responsibilities of other roles, as directed by management.  All safety and operational parameters of the assumed role apply.
  • Proficiency & Productivity:  Maintains a consistent high level of productivity and a consistent high level of accurate movements.

FOLLOWS and EXEMPLIFIES S-T-E-E-L

  1. Safety:  Leads and influences.  
  2. Teamwork:  Works with others to resolve complex issues.  Informs the team and stakeholders of progress. 
  3. Excellence:  Performs job functions well and accurately.
  4. Ethics:  Performs job with integrity and with a “whatever-it-takes” work ethic. 
  5. Leadership:  Values relationships with vendors and customers.  Positively represents the company with all. 

Qualifications and Essential Functions

Experience Required:   

Experience in an industrial environment using related tools and equipment.  Six (6) months of training & close supervision in position. 

For foreman: Six (6) months of experience in supervisory role.

Education/Experience (REQUIRED):

High School diploma or GED equivalent strongly preferred; Certification a plus.

Skills/Abilities:

  • Ability to work overtime in order to meet the needs of the operation. 
  • Acute visual ability to observe product nonconformance.  Visual ability consisting of strong close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
  •  Perform intense manual labor with long work hours.  Ability to stand for a long period of time; bend, stoop, climb, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, and move around work area.
  •  Ability to use hands and fingers to handle or feel and reach with arms.
  •  Ability to lift and carry up to 55 lbs occasionally, and 20 lbs regularly.
  •  Demonstrates skill in operating equipment.
  •  Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
  • Ability to read a minimum of Jaeger 2 or equivalent type and size letter at a distance of not less than 12 inches on a standard Jaeger test chart.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, percent and mass; and interpret bar graphs.
  •  Aptitude to calculate and use the following instruments – Scale in 1/8”, 1/16”, 1/32” and 1/64” increments – 12” to 72” long; Protractor Head, Diameter Tape – 100’s increments, Micrometers, Diameter Tape – 1/64” increments, 6” Vernier Caliper, 50’ Tapes, Ring Gauges, Squares, Levels, Line Levels, Various Tape Measures, Conversion Charts (Decimal to Fraction, Fraction to Decimal), Tri-Square, String Line, Feeler Gauges, Overhead Scale, Dial Indicators, Calipers

COMMUNICATION:                        

  • Ability to effectively and efficiently communicate with employees via conversation or in writing.
  • Ability to read and interpret product specifications such as work orders and travelers.
  • Ability to effectively present information to management. 
  • Ability to effectively speak before groups and/or customers.
  • Ability to speak, read, and write English for the purpose of product specification interpretation and training and safety materials comprehension.

TRAVEL:                                           

Negligible

ENVIRONMENTAL:                          

  • Ability to work most effectively in an industrial workshop field setting while also capable of managing tools, inventory, and equipment as part of the daily work activities and management.  Wet and humid conditions / subject to outdoor weather conditions such as heat.  Occasional exposure to fumes and airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. Moderate to high noise. Must be able to work morning, evening, & night shifts, including rotating shifts as applicable.

Status

CLASSIFICATION:                              Full time – permanent (unless otherwise specified) / Hourly Non-Exempt

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