Corporate QA​/QC Manager – Fabrication, Piping & Installation

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Hermanson Company is a standout Mechanical company that has been doing business in the Puget Sound area since 1979. Over the last four decades we have grown from a family owned sheet metal contractor to a partner led full service mechanical construction, design and maintenance provider playing a significant role in the U.S. national construction industry.

By design, Hermanson is a special place to work. Our belief is that people do business with people they like. In keeping with that belief, we strive to hire and retain highly motivated people who are professional, ethically unwavering, and unrelenting in delivering quality results. We are focused on providing a workplace where high performance individuals come together to build dedicated teams driven to accomplish great things for our customers.

People love working at Hermanson, because we all share the same Core Values:

• Clients First – Caring, win-win, value, quality and service attitude
• Family Matters - Safety, wellness, stability, enjoyment and balance
• Character Matters – Integrity, accountability, passionate, and caring
• Team - Trust, honesty, respect, reliable and inclusive
• Appreciate – Each other, our successes, and enjoy the journey
• Learn, Grow, Innovate – Challenge the status quo and always compete

The Role

Periodic travel to fabrication shops and active projects (regional and national as needed)

• This is not a remote role

Role Summary

The Corporate QA/QC Manager is the single corporate authority for quality assurance and quality control across Hermanson’s fabrication and field installation activities. The role owns and governs QA/QC systems supporting piping fabrication, structural steel, skids, sheet metal, plumbing, and general mechanical installation, with an initial and primary emphasis on piping and fabrication shop operations.

Periodic travel to fabrication shops and active projects (regional and national as needed)

This role establishes durable, auditable quality systems that project teams inherit and execute. It is a corporate leadership position, not a project inspection role.

• Serve as the company-wide authority for QA/QC, welding, and fabrication quality
• Establish and enforce a unified QA/QC framework across all mechanical trades
• Maintain sole interpretation authority for applicable codes, standards, and company requirements
• Exercise stop-work authority for quality or compliance issues

• Own and lead QA/QC system implementation and certification compliance for fabrication shops, with an initial emphasis on piping, skids, and structural steel.
• Ensure shop practices, welding, inspection, and documentation align with approved procedures
• Establish traceability, inspection points, nonconformance, and corrective action processes
• Prepare fabrication operations for audits and owner/EPC review
• Stabilize and integrate AWS, AISC, and ASME programs into one coherent system
• Own and maintain quality programs supporting:
• AWS welding requirements
• ASME (B31.1 power piping with Section IX welding only)
• Lead certification applications, audits, surveillance, and corrective actions
• Act as primary interface with auditors, Authorized Inspectors (AI), owners, and EPCs
• Ensure certification scope remains disciplined and free of unnecessary expansion

• Own the corporate welding program including:
• WPS, PQR, welder qualifications, and continuity
• Alignment between AWS and ASME Section IX requirements
• Ensure welding practices in the shop and field conform to approved procedures
• Determine appropriate use of third-party CWIs, NDT, and specialty inspection services

• Sheet metal fabrication and installation
• Plumbing systems
• General mechanical installation work
• Define inspection points, documentation expectations, and acceptance criteria by trade
• Phase…