Job Description:
Position Title or Job Classification: CWI Quality Engineer
Business Unit: Terex Utilities
Location: Huron, SD
Reports to: Quality Manager
Position Summary:
The CWI Quality Engineer is responsible for driving product quality, process improvement, and welding quality compliance across fabrication and assembly operations. This role serves as the subject matter expert for welding quality, weld inspection, and weld-related problem solving while supporting the overall Quality Management System.
The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience with fabricated steel structures, welding processes, weld inspection, and root cause analysis. A Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification is strongly preferred. This individual will partner closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to ensure products consistently meet customer, regulatory, and internal quality requirements.
What you’ll do:
Welding Quality Leadership
- Serve as the primary quality resource for welding and fabrication processes.
- Ensure compliance with applicable welding codes and standards, including AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code, customer specifications, and internal quality requirements.
- Develop, review and evaluate weld quality requirements, welding procedures specifications (WPS), procedure qualification records (PQR), inspection methods, and acceptance criteria.
- Support development, implementation, and continuous improvement of welding quality programs.
- Conduct weld process audits and assessments to verify process compliance and effectiveness.
- Partner with Manufacturing Engineering and Operations to identify and implement welding process improvements.
- Analyze weld-related defects and lead corrective and preventive actions to reduce scrap, rework, and customer issues.
Quality Engineering Responsibilities
- Lead Nonconformance Reviews and root cause investigations utilizing structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Drive corrective action initiatives using data-based decision making and continuous improvement principles.
- Provide visibility of quality performance, weld quality metrics, and corrective action status through dashboards and KPI reporting.
- Analyze quality trends and identify opportunities to improve process capability and product performance.
- Develop and implement quality plans for new products, processes, and material changes.
- Support First Article Inspection (FAI), receiving inspection activities, and manufacturing quality audits.
- Evaluate product and process changes to ensure quality requirements are maintained.
- Promote the use of statistical analysis, process capability studies, and risk-based quality tools.
- Support supplier quality initiatives involving fabricated and welded components.
- Collaborate with Product Development and Manufacturing teams during new product launches.
- Support efforts to improve product and process quality through Lean Manufacturing, mistake-proofing (Poka-Yoke), and Zero-Defect methodologies.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Provide technical guidance to quality inspectors and manufacturing personnel regarding weld quality requirements.
- Coach and mentor production teams on welding quality standards and inspection best practices.
- Coordinate quality initiatives across Huron and Watertown operations.
- Work collaboratively with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and external suppliers to resolve quality concerns.
What you’ll bring:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Welding Engineering Technology, Industrial Technology, or related technical discipline.
- Minimum 3-5 years of Quality Engineering, Welding Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, or related experience in a fabrication/manufacturing environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification strongly preferred.
- Extensive experience with welded steel structures, heavy fabrication, and complex weldments.
- Strong working knowledge of AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code and application of acceptance criteria for welded assemblies.
- Experience interpreting welding symbols, fabrication drawings, WPSs (Welding Procedure Specifications), PQRs (Procedure Qualification Records), and Welder Qualification Records.
- Experience conducting visual weld inspections and evaluating weld discontinuities in accordance with AWS D1.1 requirements.
- Knowledge of welding processes including MIG, Flux-Core, and other common manufacturing welding processes.
- Experience supporting weld quality audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives in a fabrication environment.
- Quality Engineering experience in a fabrication/assembly shop environment
- Ability to influence
- Ability to compile and analyze data
- Understanding SPC, and process capability determination
- Technical expertise to identify root causes through data analysis
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to teach other team members
- Ability to work independently and within a team
- Ability to coordinate assignments among multiple support groups and provide direction for project team members
- Ability to evaluate product and process change requests to ensure product quality is not compromised
- Ability to work well under compressed time constraints
- Ability to manage multiple tasks/projects at one time
- Understanding precision measurement instruments
Salary: The salary range for this position is $76,500 to $93,500 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to a base salary, this position is eligible for a performance bonus. All eligible Team Members will be offered health insurance (medical, dental, vision, Rx), life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D), short-term and long-term disability, extended leave options, paid time off, company holidays, 401k matching, employee stock purchase plan, legal assistance, wellness programs, tuition reimbursement and discount programs.
Why join us
- We are a global company, and our culture is defined by our Values — Integrity, Respect, Improvement, Servant Leadership, Courage, and Citizenship. Check out this video! The Terex purpose
- Safety is an absolute way of life. We expect all team members to prioritize safety and commit to Zero Harm.
- Our top priority is creating an inclusive environment where every team member feels safe, supported, and valued.
- We make a positive impact by providing innovative solutions, engaging our people, and operating in a sustainable way.
- We are committed to helping team members reach their full potential.
- Through innovation and collaboration, our vision remains forward-looking, and we aim to be a catalyst for change, inspiring others to build a better world for generations.
- We offer competitive salaries, Team Member bonus, healthcare, paid holidays, 401K, life insurance, LinkedIn Learning.
- For more information on why Terex is a great place to work click on the link! Careers | Terex Corporate
If you are interested in an open position but feel you may not meet all the listed qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.
About Terex:
Terex Corporation is a global leader in specialized equipment solutions, serving essential sectors such as emergency services, waste and recycling, utilities, and construction. Our diversified portfolio positions us in resilient, high-demand markets with strong long-term growth potential.
We design and manufacture advanced specialty vehicles—including fire, ambulance, and recreational vehicles—alongside waste collection vehicles, materials processing machinery, mobile elevating work platforms, and equipment for the electric utility industry. Through our global dealer, parts and service network and true value-creating digital solutions, we deliver best-in-class lifecycle support, helping customers maximize return on investment.
With a strong manufacturing footprint in the United States and operations across Europe, India, and Asia Pacific, Terex combines global reach with local expertise to capture opportunities worldwide. Our strategy is clear: exceed customer expectations, invest in innovation, leverage our diversified portfolio, and deliver consistent, profitable growth for our shareholders.
For more information, please visit www.terex.com.
Additional Information:
We are passionate about producing equipment that helps improve the lives of people around the world and providing our team members with a rewarding career and the opportunity to make an impact. We are committed to recruiting, engaging, developing, and retaining team members at all levels of our global workforce. Our culture is defined by our Terex Way Values – Integrity, Respect, Improvement, Servant Leadership, Courage, and Citizenship. Our values are the driving force behind our commitment to maintain an inclusive, supportive, non-discriminatory, and safe workplace for all team members. To that end, we are committed to actively foster a culture where every team member feels valued, listened to, and appreciated. We are committed to being fair and impartial in our decisions. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability, including disabled veterans, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting the recruiting department (person or department) at Globaltalentacquisitions@terex.com.
The Company offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits, including paid vacation, 401(k), medical, dental, and vision.
