Description
Littell Steel Company | New Brighton, PA
Full-Time | On-Site
Salary: $90,000–$115,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications
About Littell Steel
Littell Steel is a long-established structural steel fabricator located in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, specializing in complex bridge and structural steel fabrication.
We are seeking an experienced Quality Control Manager to lead day-to-day product inspection and quality control within our fabrication facility.
This is a hands-on leadership position for someone who knows structural steel fabrication, understands welding and dimensional inspection, is comfortable working directly with fabricators and inspectors on the shop floor, and takes pride in making sure the steel leaving the facility is right.
The Role
The Quality Control Manager serves as Littell Steel's Chief Inspector and shop-floor quality leader, responsible for ensuring fabricated steel meets approved drawings, contract specifications, applicable codes, and customer requirements before shipment.
This is not a desk-only quality position. The successful candidate will spend significant time in the fabrication shop inspecting work, working with production personnel, coordinating customer and third-party inspections, resolving quality issues, and ensuring required inspection documentation is complete.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day Quality Control activities throughout the fabrication shop.
- Inspect structural steel for compliance with approved shop drawings, specifications, AWS requirements, and applicable AISC standards.
- Perform and oversee weld, fit-up, and visual inspections.
- Perform dimensional inspections of fabricated members, including lengths, hole locations, camber, sweep, connections, assemblies, and overall geometry.
- Verify material identification and traceability throughout fabrication.
- Inspect and document surface preparation and coating requirements as applicable.
- Coordinate required NDT activities, including UT and MT, with internal or third-party inspectors.
- Work directly with outside inspectors representing customers, state DOTs, railroads, owners, and other agencies.
- Identify and document nonconforming work and coordinate appropriate repairs or corrective actions with production.
- Verify completed repairs and final disposition of nonconforming work.
- Review inspection records and required quality documentation for completeness.
- Perform final inspections and authorize product release prior to shipment.
- Lead, mentor, and develop QC inspectors and promote consistent inspection practices throughout the facility.
- Work collaboratively with Production, Project Management, Engineering, and Quality Assurance to identify problems early and minimize rework.
What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate combines strong technical inspection knowledge with practical fabrication experience and the ability to work effectively with people on the shop floor.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of Quality Control, inspection, or closely related experience in structural steel fabrication, bridge fabrication, heavy manufacturing, or a similar environment.
- Strong knowledge of structural steel fabrication processes.
- Strong understanding of welding processes and weld inspection.
- Ability to read and interpret structural steel shop drawings.
- Experience performing dimensional inspections of fabricated steel.
- Working knowledge of AWS D1.1 and/or AWS D1.5.
- Ability to make sound, independent inspection decisions.
- Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with welders, fitters, foremen, project managers, customers, and outside inspectors.
Strongly Preferred
- AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
- Experience working in an AISC-certified structural steel fabrication facility
- Bridge fabrication experience
- AWS D1.5 experience
- Experience with Fracture Critical fabrication requirements
- Knowledge of NDT methods, including UT and MT
- Coating and surface preparation inspection experience
- Experience with state DOT or railroad fabrication requirements
- Previous QC leadership or supervisory experience
What Success Looks Like
A successful Quality Control Manager will help Littell Steel:
- Catch problems before they become expensive rework.
- Maintain consistent inspection practices across the shop.
- Improve first-pass quality.
- Maintain complete and accurate inspection documentation.
- Successfully support customer, DOT, railroad, and third-party inspections.
- Develop the capabilities of other QC personnel.
- Ensure fabricated steel is correct and ready before it leaves our facility.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary: $90,000–$115,000 annually, based on experience, certifications, and qualifications.
- Littell Steel offers a highly competitive benefits package, including:
- Company-paid health insurance, including family coverage
- Company-paid vision coverage
- Company-paid employee dental coverage
- Employer-funded HRA
- 401(k) with a substantial employer contribution
- Company-paid life insurance
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Profit sharing
- Additional attendance incentives
Why Littell Steel?
This is an opportunity to take a leadership role in the quality operation of an established structural steel fabricator performing challenging, high-specification work.
We are investing in the next generation of Littell Steel's leadership, systems, technology, and people. The right Quality Control Manager will have an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on how quality is managed on the shop floor while working alongside an experienced fabrication team.
If you are an experienced structural steel inspector, CWI, QC leader, or fabrication professional ready to take ownership of product quality, we would like to hear from you.
Littell Steel Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of Quality Control, inspection, or closely related experience in structural steel fabrication, bridge fabrication, heavy manufacturing, or a similar environment.
- Strong knowledge of structural steel fabrication processes.
- Strong understanding of welding processes and weld inspection.
- Ability to read and interpret structural steel shop drawings.
- Experience performing dimensional inspections of fabricated steel.
- Working knowledge of AWS D1.1 and/or AWS D1.5.
- Ability to make sound, independent inspection decisions.
- Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with welders, fitters, foremen, project managers, customers, and outside inspectors.
