William Waddle

About William Waddle

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS• Over 40 years of experience as a QA/QC Manager/CM/PM, Welding Supt./Instructor, PipeSuperintendent, Welder, and Pipe Fitter in the Power Plant Industry.• Proficient in fabrication, structural, welding, mechanical, concrete, • Read and interpret Radiographic Film, RT results.• Results-oriented individual with high performance standards.• Enjoy a challenge, communication ability with all levels of people.• Supervise up to 125 employees. • Writing, Implementing and tracking NCR’s, CA’s• Writing and qualifying Welding Procedures for pipe and structural. This includes all welding processes: GTAW, SMAW,GMAW, FCAW, STT, AND SUBMERGED ARC WELDING PROCESSES.• Qualifying code stamps ‘A”, “S”, “R”. • Develop Multi-Discipline ITP’s ( Inspection and Test Plans) i.e. rebar, concrete, structural steel, piping, pumps and motors, CTG\'s, STG\'s, HRSG\'s.• Develop Turnover Packages for all disciplines.• Perform internal and external audits.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEMANAGEMENT/SUPERVISOR• Responsible for project management, site supervision, quality and safety for major projects.• Monitor and oversee subcontractor compliance with scope of work and quality assurance.• Certified as welding instructor and inspector for various elements and materials.• Prepare work plans, provide daily status reports, and conduct daily safety meetings.• Review requests for changes in scope of work, recommend improvements.• Manage personnel, including; hiring, employee development and training.• Trained field employees in various aspects of equipment repair, installations, and maintenance.• Responsible for managing project budgets, equipment selection, job cost, estimating, bidding, quality assurance, environmental health/safety issues, project scheduling and new client development.

Experience

1. Quality Assurance Lead

   Duke Energy Corporation

   Oct 2025 — Present · Roxsboro, NC, US

   Overseeing EPC General Contractor

Education

• Maritime High School

  Diploma, Marine Engineering

  1969 — 1972

Skills

• Power Plants
• Power Generation
• Qc
• American Welding Society (Aws)
• Fabrication
• Procurement
• Metal Fabrication
• Ms Project
• Customer Service
• Inspection
• Excel
• Planning
• Primavera P6
• Documentation
• Ndt
• Microsoft Excel
• Petroleum
• Epc
• Problem Solving
• Asme
• Materials
• Construction Management
• Steel
• Contractors
• Word
• Process Scheduler
• Weld
• Water
• Oil
• Boilers
• Scheduling
• Microsoft Office
• Oil&Gas
• Quality Assurance
• Customer Relations
• Pipelines
• Windows
• Petrochemical
• Auditing
• Testing