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Overview

Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is seeking experienced welders with over a year of hands-on welding work experience. The company is the largest industrial employer in Virginia and specializes in building and refueling U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines.

Responsibilities

  • Perform structural and/or pipe welds in all phases of ship construction.
  • Use a wide range of welding filler metals and processes.
  • Perform tack, fillet, and full penetration welding on steel foundations and structural and pipe joints.
  • Satisfy all nondestructive test requirements including visual and ultrasonic inspections.
  • Receive additional training including certified visual inspection and troubleshooting minor welding equipment problems.

Requirements

  • At least one year of welding experience.
  • Ability to take measurements or willingness to learn.
  • Ability to work assigned shift as production needs.
  • Ability to work at extreme heights or in small 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.
  • Ability to pass Physical Agility Test.
  • Ability to perform overhead work.
  • Willingness to work overtime as needed.
  • Willingness to undergo a background investigation and drug screen.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-Time position with multiple shifts available.
  • No relocation assistance available.
  • No telework opportunity.
  • No travel requirements.
  • No clearance required to start.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
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 $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$41/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 14 other active welding openings in Newport News, VA right now, from 6 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 178 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 4 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 West Fraser (14), HII (8), and Colonna's Shipyard (8). 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 Verona at $33/hr, Norfolk at $32/hr, and Newport News at $31/hr. Newport News is among them.

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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. WELDER/STRUCTURE EXPERIENCED figures were last recalculated when this page was built.