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Job Description

Overview

The Structural Fitter position involves the prefabrication of parts for aircraft carriers and submarines, focusing on laying out, fitting, aligning, and assembling components prior to welding and other operations. The job is located in Charleston, South Carolina or Newport News, VA.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the prefabrication of parts for aircraft carriers and submarines.
  • Lay out, fit, align, and assemble prefabricated cast and forged components.
  • Prepare components for welding, soldering, brazing, or bonding operations.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Position is located in Charleston, South Carolina OR Newport News, VA.
  • Pay is $45/hr with a daily per diem of $140 for travelers.
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How this job compares in Moss Point, MS

Pay in context

At roughly $45/hr, this posting sits about 36% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Mississippi — toward the top of a $24–$39/hr middle band drawn from 23 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 91% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Moss Point, MS

Moss Point, MS is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Mississippi as a whole we're tracking 72 other active welding openings from 41 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Mississippi.

Aerotek currently has 1 other opening live in Mississippi, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Mississippi at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TIC - The Industrial Company (14), Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of HII (6), and HII (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Structural Fitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.