# Welder

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Chesapeake, VA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $26.44 - $35.78
**Category**: Skilled Trades
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

We are seeking a skilled Welder to join our team in Chesapeake, Virginia. As a Welder, you will be responsible for production welding work with precision and dedication to quality, working as part of a team under the supervision of the Operations Manager.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

- Applying basic welding processes to join, surface, fabricate, or repair parts of metal or other weldable materials

- Working from blueprints, engineering sketches, charts, or work orders

- Lays out and marks points on parts or sub-assemblies using rule, square, scribe, or templates

- Positions pieces to be welded into jigs, holding fixtures, guides, and steps using measuring instruments and hand tools

- Inspects completed work for conformance to specifications

- Assemble fabricated pieces into huge structures utilizing blueprints furnished

- Fitting and tack welding the large sub-assemblies that form the hull, ship

- Fitters build in-place all interior structures, hatches, doors, bulkheads, etc., to complete all the steel work

- Provides guidance and work leadership to less-experienced welders

- Performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures

- Participates in special projects as required

Requirements:

- 3-5 years of related welding experience

- High School Diploma or GED

- Technical or vocational training preferred

- Certified in Stainless Steel, Steel, Aluminum, and Copper/Nickel; and MIG, TIG, and Stick welding processes

- US Citizenship required

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plan options, a 401(k) plan with company match, and competitive pay. The likely hourly rate for this position is between $26.44 - $35.78.

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## Skills

### Required
- Blueprints
- Manual Welding
- Stick Welding
- Welding
- Welding Procedures

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