Process Piping QA/QC Inspector, Lafayette, IN - Semiconductor

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee process piping QA/QC activities on behalf of the owner during fabrication, installation, testing, commissioning, and turnover.
• Review piping drawings, P&IDs, isometrics, specifications, submittals, inspection test plans, welding procedures, material certifications, and quality documentation.
• Monitor contractor and subcontractor work to verify compliance with approved drawings, project specifications, applicable codes, and owner standards.
• Perform field inspections of process piping installations, including pipe routing, supports, hangers, slope, labeling, valves, fittings, welds, tubing, joints, and equipment connections.
• Verify proper material control, traceability, storage, handling, cleanliness, and segregation of process piping materials.
• Support inspection and documentation of welded, orbital-welded, brazed, threaded, flanged, compression, fusion-welded, and high-purity piping systems.
• Review and verify pressure test packages, leak test results, hydrostatic testing, pneumatic testing, helium leak testing, flushing, passivation, drying, and cleanliness records.
• Coordinate with engineering, construction, commissioning, safety, operations, and tool install teams to resolve quality issues.
• Track nonconformance reports, quality observations, punch list items, RFIs, field changes, and corrective actions through closure.
• Participate in system walkdowns, pre-functional inspections, commissioning readiness reviews, and turnover package reviews.
• Confirm contractors maintain complete and accurate turnover documentation, including test records, weld maps, material certs, inspection reports, redlines/as-builts, calibration records, and commissioning support documentation.
• Identify risks to quality, safety, schedule, cleanliness, operability, or maintainability and escalate issues to owner leadership.
• Support continuous improvement, lessons learned, and standardization of piping quality processes.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 7-10 years of process piping construction, QA/QC, commissioning, or owner’s representative experience.
• Experience on semiconductor, pharmaceutical, data center, battery, chemical, petrochemical, cleanroom, or other advanced manufacturing projects preferred.
• Strong knowledge of process piping installation practices, inspection requirements, and testing methods.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, isometrics, plan drawings, specifications, spool drawings, weld maps, test packages, and vendor documentation.
• Familiarity with applicable codes and standards such as ASME B31.3, ASME BPE, AWS, SEMI standards, CGA, NFPA, and project-specific owner standards.
• Experience with high-purity piping, stainless steel tubing, specialty gas, bulk gas, chemical distribution, UPW, PCW, CDA, vacuum, and wastewater systems preferred.
• Knowledge of welding, orbital welding, fusion welding, brazing, mechanical joining, pressure testing, leak testing, flushing, passivation, and cleanliness requirements.
• Strong documentation, communication, field inspection, and issue-resolution skills.
• Ability to work effectively with contractors, engineers, inspectors, commissioning teams, safety personnel, and owner stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Semiconductor fab or cleanroom construction experience.
• AWS CWI, API 570, ASME, NACE, OSHA 30, or equivalent quality/safety certification preferred.
• Experience with high-purity gas and chemical systems.
• Experience with QA/QC databases, turnover systems, Procore, BIM 360, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Aconex, Bluebeam, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of cleanroom protocol, contamination control, and tool install environments.
• Experience reviewing contractor quality plans, inspection test plans, weld logs, NDE reports, and pressure test documentation.

• Key Systems Covered
• Bulk gas piping
• Specialty gas piping
• Chemical distribution piping
• Ultra-pure water systems
• Process cooling water
• Compressed dry air
• House vacuum and process vacuum
• Wastewater and neutralization piping
• Solvent and drain systems
• High-purity stainless steel tubing
• Double-contained piping
• PVDF, PP, CPVC, HDPE, PFA, and other specialty piping systems
• Process tool hook-up piping
• Valve manifolds and distribution panels
• Piping supports, hangers, and seismic restraints

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid holidays and paid time off