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Overview

The Welder/Pipe position at Newport News Shipbuilding requires experienced candidates to perform various welding tasks on aircraft carriers and submarines. The company, a leading industrial employer in Virginia, offers competitive pay and benefits while contributing to the construction of U.S. Navy vessels.

Responsibilities

  • Perform structural and pipe welds using various welding processes.
  • Complete tack, fillet, and full penetration welding on steel foundations.
  • Satisfy all nondestructive test requirements.
  • Receive additional training in visual inspection and troubleshooting.
  • Work in various positions using manual and mechanized processes.

Requirements

  • At least one year of pipe welding experience.
  • Ability to take measurements or willingness to learn.
  • Ability to work assigned shifts as production needs.
  • Ability to work at extreme heights or in confined spaces.
  • Ability to kneel, squat, crawl, bend, stoop, and climb.
  • Ability to lift 40 lbs and pass a respirator fit test.
  • Ability to work indoors/outdoors year-round in all weather conditions.
  • Pass a Physical Agility Test.
  • Perform overhead work.
  • Willingness to work overtime as needed.
  • Undergo a background investigation and drug screen.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-Time position with multiple shifts available.
  • No relocation assistance available.
  • Not eligible for telework.
  • No travel requirements.
  • No clearance required to start.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Newport News, VA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Newport News, VA currently run a median of $41/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$48/hr across 8 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Newport News, VA

We're tracking 12 other active welding openings in Newport News, VA right now, from 7 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 166 other active welding openings from 105 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Newport News, or widen the search to Virginia.

Newport News Shipbuilding, A Division of HII currently has 2 other openings live in Virginia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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, Staunton at $34/hr, and Norfolk at $32/hr. Newport News is among them.

Similar openings near Newport News, VA

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