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Overview

Ingalls Shipbuilding is seeking Semi-Skilled Welders to join their team in building advanced naval vessels. This role requires hands-on experience with industrial or structural welding, utilizing processes such as Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) and Flux-Core Arc Welding (FCAW).

Responsibilities

  • Perform structural welding using SMAW and FCAW.
  • Join together various metal materials to fabricate and assemble ship components.
  • Read and interpret drawings, arrangements, weld symbols, and basic blueprints.
  • Work in shipboard environments including heights, confined spaces, and varying weather conditions.
  • Support production needs in a 24/7 manufacturing environment and be available for any shift.

Requirements

  • Experience with structural or industrial welding, including SMAW and/or FCAW.
  • Ability to read basic weld symbols, measurements, and drawings.
  • Strong commitment to safety, quality, and workmanship.
  • Willingness to work in active shipyard environments and continue growing welding skills.
  • Minimum of one year of work experience in FCAW and SMAW welding.
  • Successful completion of a welding technical training certification program will be allowed in lieu of experience.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-Time position with multiple shifts available.
  • No relocation assistance available.
  • Not eligible for telework.
  • No travel requirement.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Pascagoula, MS

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 28% below the $39/hr median for welding jobs in Pascagoula, MS, where the middle half runs $25–$44/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 36% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Pascagoula, MS

We're tracking 23 other active welding openings in Pascagoula, MS right now, from 9 different employers. 6 of them were added in the last week. Across Mississippi as a whole we're tracking 85 other active welding openings from 47 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Pascagoula, or widen the search to Mississippi.

Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of HII currently has 6 other openings 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 (13), Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of HII (6), and 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick and Flux-Core work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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 - SEMI SKILLED figures were last recalculated when this page was built.