Job Description

MARINE WELDERS (JOURNEYMAN LEVEL) SUMMARY
Provide journeyman level skills and knowledge to perform welding work. Responsible for correctly planning, preparing, and executing general welding work.  Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

Essential Functions
Determine correct tools to use in each job.  Safety inspect gear, test as needed.  Operate shop machinery, welding machines and hand tools to fabricate, replace and/or repair steel in marine vessels, and the shipyard.  May perform basic maintenance to tools, machinery, and general equipment.  Operate all equipment in a safe manner.  May perform safety inspection of equipment, machines and tools.

Knowledge
Must know company safety rules.  Must know the proper use of all shop and dock-side equipment and hand tools to fabricate, replace and/or repair steel in marine vessels and the shipyard.  Must be able to identify all welding equipment, proficient at carbon arc welding, burning, track burning, and able to perform various welding procedures in a consistent and accurate manner, including SMAW (flat, vertical, overhead), GMAW – Steel (flat, vertical, overhead), FCAW (flat, vertical, overhead), advanced knowledge of GTAW (flat, vertical, overhead), and advanced knowledge of GMAW – Aluminum (flat, vertical, overhead).  Must be able to operate all basic department hand gear.

Equipment
Skilled with arc welding machines, torches, scarfing, wrenches, measuring, various hand tools, ladders, scaffolding, stairs, manlifts and associated equipment.

Supervision
Instructions given from general supervision or foreperson through oral and written instructions.  Work is performed in accordance with standard trade practices and is inspected for conformity to specifications.  May give instruction to helpers assisting in the work.

Education
High School or equivalent experience, OSHA 10 hour training

Experience
Tradesmen or Journeyman level experience

ABOUT YOU
Are you an experienced welder with expertise in shipyard, maritime, and/or heavy industrial environments? Do you have specialist interested in supporting shipyard site operations? Are you a problem solver that gets excited when a problem is more complex or more difficult, rather than less? Do you have the experience and minimal requirements as listed above? If the answer is YES, then we want to hear from you!

WHAT WE OFFER
We are dedicated to the well-being of our team members through a comprehensive compensation and benefits program. You'll work hard... you'll play hard. No compromise.

• Weekly payroll with automatic guaranteed annual pay increase
  Journeyman level wage range $27 and up | Tradesmane level wage $21 and up
• Union 401k Payroll Deferral Program plus weekly employer retriement contributions (eligibility requirement applies)
• Generous employer premium contribution for Medical and Dental coverage
• Employer Paid Term Life Insurance
• PTO (vacation and sick leave programs)
• 11 Paid Company Holidays
• Unionized workforce with the I.A.M. District lodge 4
• 24/7 Employee and HR Support Services

MAKE YOUR MOVE
We are looking for people with the same enthusiasm, passion, and respect for hard work that brought us to where we are today. Are you a person that can make a difference? If the answer is, “Yes!” we look forward to meeting you! If you are interested in joining a company with the opportunity to follow your career path and feel you meet the qualifications for this position, then this is the company for you!

To learn more about this opportunity, please complete the online application form and attach your resume. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Equal Opportunity Employer.  Veterans and Disabled encouraged to apply.

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