General Dynamics Electric Boat

Overview

The Wire Room Attendant is a crucial role at Electric Boat, responsible for supporting the welding departments to ensure the timely and accurate welding of submarines for the US Navy. The position requires highly motivated candidates to manage various tasks related to weld wire and tool crib operations.

Responsibilities

• Operate personnel and mainframe computer systems.
• Understand and administer wire room responsibilities including receiving, storage, handling, and conditioning of weld wire.
• Issue tools, PPE, and other tool crib related items.
• Participate in company and customer audits.
• Work various shifts and overtime to support shipyard construction schedules.
• Obtain and maintain a DOD secret clearance.
• Schedule, order, track, and prioritize weld consumable materials for wire rooms.
• Schedule, order, track, and prioritize tool crib materials for tool rooms.
• Move heavy pallets of weld wire and stock welding materials in an orderly fashion.

Requirements

• HS Diploma or GED or 2 or more years of related technical experience.
• 5+ years of manufacturing and/or production experience.
• Prior experience as a welder or wire room alternate preferred.
• Ability to work safely in an environment with heavy and heated products.
• Strong verbal communication skills for proper weld wire issue identification.
• Comfortable participating in company and customer audit procedures.
• Ability to learn and operate the ATICTS system for weld wire programming.
• Ability to master other related programming such as MRPII for weld wire ordering.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervisor oversight.
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with level 1 welding and construction materials.
• Physical ability to lift a minimum of 25 lbs and perform various physical tasks.

Additional Information

• Must be able to work until the end of the normal scheduled shift hours.