NDE Level II Examiner
On-siteHuntersville, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Conduct specialized turbine and generator nondestructive examinations (NDE) using surface methods (MT, PT) and volumetric techniques (UT, ET) to assess critical rotating equipment. Set up, calibrate, and operate advanced inspection technologies including phased array and automated UT while interpreting and documenting results per established procedures. Provide on-the-job training to entry-level technicians and perform supervisory duties as part of a specialized technical team. Work in challenging industrial environments, including radiological, dirty, or hazardous conditions near operating machinery, with flexible scheduling and potential for extensive travel. Secure Level II certification in required methods during onboarding.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalency
- 4+ years of industry-related experience as a Level II NDE examiner
- 2+ years of experience with AS or BS degree
- Willing to work in difficult environments
- Willing to accept extensive travel assignments with extended work hours/days/weeks
- Flexible to the dynamics of client scheduling
- Takes an entrepreneurial approach to their work and career
- Is safety conscious and compliant with written procedures and quality practices
- Has a sense for mechanical concepts and spatial relationships
- Has a strong understanding of the basic physical NDE principles and processes and is competent in advanced technologies
- Able to set up and calibrate equipment, conduct the inspection according to procedures, interpret, evaluate, and document results in all the testing method(s) utilized by the certificate holder
- Provides on the job training to entry-level technicians and performs as a supervisor
- Willing to conduct assignments in environments of less than favorable conditions, including dirty or radiological environments, and challenging conditions (heat, cold, physically demanding)
- Demonstrate ability to maintain focus in hazardous industrial environments such as working in noisy locations, working near operating machinery, and with industrial activities occurring nearby (Grit Blasting, welding, grinding, overhead loads, etc.)
Desired Qualifications
- Secondary education leading toward an AS/BS in science, materials, or engineering
- Experience in phased array UT
- Automated UT (AUT)
- Gas Turbine NDE
- Experience working at nuclear utilities
- Experience working in power plant environments
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