15 Jul
Welder 3 - 1067
California, San diego 00000 San diego USA

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Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division provides a wide range of professional services through its Fleet Support, Mission Driven Innovative Solutions, Nuclear & Environmental, and Oil & Gas groups. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs more than 42,000 people operating both domestically and internationally.Job DescriptionThis position welds metal components together to design specifications or repair products, such as machine parts, shipboard equipment, according to layouts, blueprints or work orders, using SWRMC approved welding and brazing techniques with a variety of arc and gas welding equipment.Essential Job ResponsibilitiesApplies comprehensive understanding of production and processes toward completion of assignments. Responsible for interfacing with customers, managing subcontractors and ability to provide work direction to others. Performs a variety of complicated and non routine tasks. Develops and uses technical documents including controlled work packages, formal work processes and procedures, test documents, reports and task or trip reports. Schedules, reports and briefs customers and senior management. Performs duties outside of specialty in order to complete installation or work assignment.Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides welding support certified in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG), Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) and Gas Metal Arc Welding Pulse (GMAW-P) using 5356 filler wire.

Uses hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.

Ignites torches or starts power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.

Clamps, holds, tack-welds, heat-bends, grinds or bolts component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.

Detects faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.

Operates manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, carbon arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, submerged arc welding and pipe welding.

Ensures shop safety and housekeeping are followed

Ensures all materials and equipment are properly and safely stored, protected, and maintained

Reports the status and progress of all work to the government supervisor

Alerts the government supervisor of the causes of work delays

Monitors the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.

Examines work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straight edges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.

Recognizes, set ups, and operates hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.

Lays out, positions, aligns, and secures parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.

Performs welding methods using a mirror.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum 4 years work related experience

Minimum 2 years specific experience as a qualified production welder

Ability to obtain and maintain a DBIDS badge

Knowledge of Qualify Craftsman 301 for civilians

Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance

Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models

Ability to communicate verbally and electronically

Ability to read schematics, follow detailed instructions and be self-motivated

Ability to read, interpret, and follow detailed oral and written instructions, schematics or drawings and to conduct activities in a safe manner

Ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)

Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted

Ability to make decisions using sound judgment while complying with policies, procedure appropriate principles and applicable state and federal laws and regulations

Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures

High School education and/or Trade School degree.

Must provide own hand tools as designated per trades specialty.

Preferred Requirements

Production welder experience while in the Navy or working as a civilian production welder supporting Navy ship repair or new construction

Completion of a formal course of vocational or Navy welding training and certification

Physical RequirementsMust be able to lift, carry and transport heavy equipment and boxes. Frequent standing, sitting, crawling, kneeling, stooping, crouching, walking, handling, feeling with hands, reaching with arms. Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds. Noise conditions range from very quiet to very noisy. Manual and finger dexterity; able to grasp, manipulate, assemble small objects. Able to work on and climb ladders, work in extreme temperature environments, aboard ships, in shipyards, under industrial conditions and in confined spaces. Able to perform other duties as required which may involve high heat, humidity, noise and dirty conditions, working aloft or over the sides of vessels. May ride ships at sea for extended periods. May require wearing a respirator. Travel may be required within and outside of the continental United States.Huntington Ingalls Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Vets and Disabled Employer. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.

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