Welder/Fitter - 28307

About the role

This opportunity resides with Global Security (GS). Mission Technologies’ Global Security (GS) group comprises live, virtual, constructive (LVC) solutions; fleet sustainment; nuclear and environmental; and Australia business.

Responsibilities

• Display levels of quality, integrity, safety, respect, engagement, and performance consistent with company values.
• Support trades team by working on active class surface ships to assist with alterations and installations for fleet modernization.
• Perform all work in accordance with established quality and safety procedures.
• Perform a variety of simple and complicated tasks, both routine and non-routine, including those outside of specialty, related to shipboard maintenance to meet standards on various contracts at company, customer and/or field locations.
• Work from blueprints, engineering sketches, charts, or work orders.
• Fabricate, maintain, repair, and modify structural elements and equipment.
• Lay out and mark points and lines on parts or subassemblies using rule, square, scribe or templates.
• Cut, fit, assemble, and position pieces to be welded into jigs, holding fixtures, and existing structure using hand and powered tools.
• Apply comprehensive understanding of appropriate welding processes (SMAW, GTAW, FCAW) and production to join, surface, fabricate, and repair parts of metal, sheet metal, and other weld-able materials toward completion of assignments.
• Work with technical documents including controlled work packages, formal work processes and procedures, test documents, reports and task or trip reports.
• Maintain effective communications and relations. Provide reports to team and senior management.

Requirements

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate welding ability on needed processes through X-ray qualification testing and pass with a satisfactory grade from our Quality Assurance Team within the first three weeks from start date for continued employment.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• High School education, or Trade School or equivalent, and 4 years of related experience.
• Must be able to obtain medical clearance to wear a half-face respirator.
• Must have welding experience with stick welding (SMAW), Flux Core (FCAW) and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) processes in all positions from 2G to 6G.
• Must have working experience reading and interpreting drawings, blueprints, weldments, technical manuals, engineering sketches, charts and/or work orders as well as written and verbal instruction for products to be fabricated and/or installed.
• Must be able to accurately read and follow welding symbols.
• Must be able to accurately read measuring devices to 1/16 of an inch.
• Must be able to work outside of trade specific requirements as team projects require, assisting team members towards task completion.
• Must demonstrate applied comprehensive knowledge of quality control procedures to verify accuracy, compliance, and workmanship throughout all stages of fabrication and equipment operation.
• Must be able to follow and enforce safety procedures.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Security clearance.
• Must have experience working in a team environment and be able to communicate effectively with others.
• Must provide hand tools and trade specific PPE per trades designation.

Qualifications

• Candidates with experience performing welding and structural fabrication work aboard naval vessels are highly preferred.
• Candidates with experience welding pipe are preferred.
• A current, active DoD security clearance.
• Candidates with current or prior welding certificates applicable with MIL-STD-248 preferred.
• Candidates who are currently enrolled or have graduated from and/or completed a vocational school or skilled trades certificate program are preferred.
• Current OSHA 10 Maritime Certificate a plus.

Skills

• Welding ability on needed processes through X-ray qualification testing.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, blueprints, weldments, technical manuals, engineering sketches, charts and/or work orders.
• Comprehensive understanding of appropriate welding processes (SMAW, GTAW, FCAW).
• Quality control procedures to verify accuracy, compliance, and workmanship.
• Safety procedures.
• Teamwork and communication skills.

Benefits

• Best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices.
• Wellness resources.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Savings Plan Options (401(k)).
• Financial planning tools, life insurance.
• Employee discounts.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation.

Pay

Anticipated Salary Range: $44,808.00 - $58,000.00

Schedule

Full Time/Hourly/Non-Exempt