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Overview

The Pipe Welder position focuses on performing high-quality welding procedures for submarine piping systems using GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding). The role emphasizes safety and precision in a collaborative environment to support the production of submarines for national defense.

Responsibilities

  • Welds on butts, sockets, boss roots, weldolets and fillets.
  • Consumes an E.B. insert to form the root pass of a butt weld.
  • Performs 5X magnification visual inspection of pipe welds.
  • Conducts weld repair of excavated areas of pipe welds.
  • Operates automatic TIG fixed head and orbital automatic welding equipment.
  • Performs a visual inspection of finished welds.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent OR a minimum of 2 years related technical experience.
  • Formal GTAW/TIG welding training and/or on the job experience.
  • Available to work all shifts.
  • Ability to work at heights, in confined spaces, and extreme temperature conditions.
  • Some lifting will be required.
  • Ability to work in horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
  • Pass an Electric Boat socket and X-Ray butt test and procedures test per training requirements.
  • Ability to read and interpret welding and shipyard procedures, structural drawings, technical manuals, test documents and diagrams.
  • Basic mathematical skills.
  • Individuals are required to possess their own basic hand tools.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Relocation Assistance provided to qualified candidates.
  • This position is located at the Quonset Point facility in North Kingstown, RI.

Benefits

Paid Training
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in North Kingstown, RI

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 66% above the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Rhode Island — toward the top of a $24–$33/hr middle band drawn from 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 85% 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 North Kingstown, RI

North Kingstown, RI currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Rhode Island as a whole we're tracking 18 other active welding openings from 14 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in North Kingstown, or widen the search to Rhode Island.

General Dynamics Electric Boat currently has 4 other openings live in Rhode Island, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Rhode Island at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are General Dynamics Electric Boat (4) and Ultimate Staffing (2). 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 TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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