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Overview

Craft and Technical Solutions is an established Marine and Industrial Staffing Company with offices nationwide, currently reviewing resumes for Structural Welders in multiple locations including Bangor, WA and Kings Bay, GA.

Responsibilities

  • Complete fillet and butt welds using GMAW-P process in 2G, 3G, and 4G positions.
  • Use heat oxygen/propane heating torch.
  • Complete air carbon arc gouging.
  • Properly use fillet and butt gauges.
  • Maintain welding equipment and keep the work area clean and organized.

Requirements

  • Must have a thorough knowledge of various metals characteristics and qualities including the correct welding processes required.
  • Follow OSHA safety regulations.
  • Minimum 10 years of naval/commercial pulse welding experience.
  • Successfully pass several tests over a three-week period.
  • Familiar with OSHA regulations relative to the shipbuilding industry.
  • Pass a drug screen and background check.
  • Comfortable with heights and in confined spaces.
  • Lift 50lbs without assistance.
  • Must understand the layout of the ship and compartment identification.
  • Must be a US citizen.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Voluntary Life/Voluntary AD&D
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Long-Term Disability
  • Hospital Indemnity
  • Accident
  • Critical Illness
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • $180/day per diem for qualified applicants.
  • 60 hours per week.
  • Work location is in person.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Voluntary Life/Voluntary AD&D
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
Hospital Indemnity
Accident
Critical Illness
401k
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How this job compares in Kings Bay Base, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $55/hr, this posting sits about 96% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $21–$32/hr middle band drawn from 132 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 95% 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 Kings Bay Base, GA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Kings Bay Base, GA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 392 other active welding openings from 245 employers. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (8), Mullins Mechanical (6), and Yancey Bros. Co. (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Atlanta at $29/hr, Lithia Springs at $29/hr, and Marietta at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

See all structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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