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Senior Welding Qualification Specialist

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Fresno, CAJob$51.92–87.5/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$51.92–87.5/hr
Location
Fresno, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

CA Class C License Or Equivalent

Job overview

The Senior Welding Qualification Specialist facilitates and administers written and computer-based qualification tests and field observations to assess employees’ welding knowledge, skills, and abilities. The role validates that welding work is performed correctly and safely under specified federal regulations. It also supports employees through the qualification process, maintains compliant records, addresses process gaps, and collaborates with stakeholders on process and asset recommendations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

WeldingHydraulic Press TestingTravelOvernight TravelLifting 80 Lbs

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED5 Years Welder ExperienceCA Class C License or EquivalentAWS CWI CertificationBachelor's in Engineering or Job-Related Discipline or Equivalent Experience7 Years Welder ExperienceMain Line Welder ExperienceCompTIA CTT CertificationAWS Destructive Testing Course Completion

Full job description

Requisition ID # 173941

Job Category: Human Resources

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Fresno; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels Camp; Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch Camp; Bay Point; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Houston; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakland; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Pleasanton; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Washington; Washington D.C.; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City

Department Overview

Gas Operations oversees the natural gas transmission and distribution operations. The team maintains and operates 6,700 miles of gas transmission pipeline, 43,000 miles of distribution main, 3.6 million gas services, three PG&E-owned storage facilities with 102 BCF capacity, nine compressor stations with 175K HP, and 5,000 measurement and control facilities. Gas Operations is comprised of approximately 6,000 coworkers.

Position Summary

Facilitates and administers various written and computer-based qualification tests and field observations to determine employees' welding knowledge, skills and abilities, ensuring and promoting skill competence and overall public and employee safety. Validates whether employees are performing welding job functions correctly and safely per Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 49.192 (N) and 49.192 (E).

PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.

The hourly rate for this position ranges from $51.92 to $87.50

Job Responsibilities

  • Independently performs and administers written or computer-based qualification tests and field observations of knowledge, skills and ability.

  • Conducts visual inspections and/or evaluations to validate the technical quality of work and compliance with regulatory requirements. Work involves cutting, grinding and use of hydraulic press to perform destructive testing of welds.

  • Prepares employees for the entire qualification process through effective communication and tail boarding. Ensures employees understand the purpose and process.

  • Directly communicates with the employee's supervisor regarding employees' testing progress.

  • Addresses gaps and issues identified to ensure continuous improvement for the operation qualification (OQ) process

  • Fully understands and ensures the evaluation/qualification processes are followed and qualification records are maintained in compliance with qualification program requirements.

  • Contributes to the enhancement of new evaluation/qualification tests and processes.

  • Collaborates with stakeholder groups to ensure appropriate process/asset recommendations are being implemented and maintained.

Qualifications

Minimum:

  • High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma

  • Experience as Welder, journey-level, 5 yrs

  • CA Class C License, or equivalent

  • Ability to travel up to 80 percent of working time

  • Ability to travel overnight

  • Ability to lift up to 80lbs

  • Ability to use hydraulic press to perform destructive testing of welds.

Desired:

  • AWS-American Welding Society CWI-Certified Welding Inspector certification (must obtain within the first year)

  • Bachelors Degree in Engineering or job-related discipline or equivalent experience

  • Experience as Welder, journey-level, 7 yrs

  • Experience as a main line Welder

  • AWS-American Welding Society CWI-Certified Welding Inspector certification

  • CompTIA-Computing Technology Industry Association CTT-Certified Technical Trainer certification

  • Record of American Welding Society (AWS) Destructive Testing course completion

Purpose, Virtues and Stands

Our Purpose explains "why" we exist:

  • Delivering for our hometowns

  • Serving our planet

  • Leading with love

Our Virtues capture "who" we need to be:

  • Trustworthy

  • Empathetic

  • Curious

  • Tenacious

  • Nimble

  • Owners

Our Stands are "what" we will achieve together:

  • Everyone and everything is always safe

  • Catastrophic wildfires shall stop

  • It is enjoyable to work with and for PG&E

  • Clean and resilient energy for all

  • Our work shall create prosperity for all customers and investors

More About Our Company

EEO

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires a workforce that reflects the hometowns we serve. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition, protected veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the job.

Employee Privacy Notice The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. CCPA grants new and far-reaching privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information PG&E collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed through the following link: Employee Privacy Notice

PG&E will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in a manner consistent with all state and local laws.

How this job compares

Set against the 817 open Welder jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$51.92–87.5/hr
  • California median$23–38/hr41 hourly ranges
  • US median$25–31/hr329 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $69.71/hr, is 129% above the California median midpoint ($31/hr) — in the top quarter of Welder hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 52 open Welder jobs in California and 817 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four Welder postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 461 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 297 of the 817 open Welder jobs (36%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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