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The Lead Inspector (Pipe/Coating Mill) monitors and supervises facility pipe activities to help ensure project quality. The role leads inspectors, coordinates information and surveillance with clients and contractors, witnesses testing, audits quality assurance programs, and prepares inspection reports. The position focuses on API Line Pipe (API 5L) and is based in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
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Lead Inspector (Pipe/Coating Mill) – McKeesport, PA
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world’s top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Lead Inspector (Pipe/Coating Mill) to join our Technical Inspection Services team in McKeesport, PA . This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in Inspection Services!
Intertek Technical Inspection Services (TIS) is a partner to clients in diverse industries such as oil & gas, renewable energy, engineering, chemical, and transportation. Intertek supports our clients striving to meet the growing global infrastructure requirements and demands for secure and sustainable sources of energy through services such as inspection, expediting, technical auditing, and site construction support.
As a Lead Inspector (Pipe/Coating Mill) you will be responsible for providing assistance to Client in the overall monitoring, surveillance and/or supervision of the facilities pipe activities and the procedures necessary for achieving the desired levels of quality as it pertains to the project.
What you’ll do:
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Participate in project meetings as needed
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Supervise inspectors on a day to day basis to ensure effective utilization and timely verification of the project quality objectives
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Coordinate the flow of information between the inspectors and other including client, contractors, subcontractors and vendors as appropriate
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Witness testing, perform verifications, and monitor project activities
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Routinely conducted facility walk-throughs and report on findings
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Review surveillance reports and request technical assistance, if specific or quality problems are indicated
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Assess/Audit contractor, subcontractor, and vendor activities to ensure effective execution of the quality assurance programs and plans
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Coordinate surveillance plans and assist Client in scheduling the appropriate engineering specialists to ensure their participation where necessary to achieve the desired level of quality
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Assist in the development of Client surveillance and inspection staff to monitor implementation of the contractor’s quality assurance program and plan
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Compile information relating to contractor, subcontractor, or vendor quality, which can be used to support changes in their quality assurance programs, plans, and procedures
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Report the status of the contractors, subcontractors, or vendors overall quality assurance program to Client and its specific effectiveness on the project
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Provide coordination effort and assistance as requested by Client
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Prepare and issue inspection report
Type of Equipment (Commodity): API Line Pipe (API 5L)
This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties.
What it takes to be successful in this role:
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Prefer at least eight (8) years experience with pipe related quality assurance systems
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Familiar with/able to interpret and understand a) national codes and standards and b) specifications, drawings and data sheets as they are related to multi-discipline construction and/or pipe projects
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Received high school/GED or higher education
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Fluent in English (i.e. reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension)
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Proficient in Microsoft Office
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Familiarity with email and internet communication systems
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Ability to work well with others, multi-task, and is detailed oriented
Intertek: Total Quality. Assured.
Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. With passion, pace, and precision we work to exceed our customers’ expectations, while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.
Intertek is a drug-free workplace. As a condition of employment, certain positions may be required to pass a pre-employment drug test based on the type of work that will be performed.
We Value Diversity
Intertek’s network of phenomenal people are our greatest assets, and the diversity they bring fuels our success. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
For individuals with disabilities who would like to request accommodation, or who need assistance applying, please email [email protected] or call 1-877-694-8543 (option #5) to speak with a member of the HR Department.
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*Intertek does not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies and will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
How this job compares
Set against the 380 open Inspection jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$76–157K/yr74 salary ranges
- US median$29–63/hr169 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 18 open Inspection jobs in Pennsylvania and 380 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- CDM Smith123 open
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- Experience
- Inspection postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (280 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 268 of the 380 open Inspection jobs (71%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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