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Job Description

Overview

You will serve as a PIPEFITTER in the PRODUCTION DIVISION of NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC, responsible for installing, modifying, and repairing high-pressure piping systems and associated equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Install, modify, and repair complex new and existing high-pressure piping systems and associated equipment.
  • Plan and lay out the routing, placement, pitch, incline, and elevation of piping systems and equipment.
  • Determine the correct placement levels, install, and align critical system components.
  • Test completed installations and repairs to ensure proper circulation, flow, and pressure.
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How this job compares in Naval Base, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $38/hr median for pipefitter jobs across Virginia, whose middle half runs $34–$44/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Naval Base, VA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Naval Base, VA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 180 other active welding openings from 113 employers. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Colonna's Shipyard (8), HII (7), and Mission Technologies, a division of HII (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $41/hr, Portsmouth at $41/hr, and Staunton at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. PIPEFITTER figures were last recalculated when this page was built.