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As a 2nd Shift Shipfitter at Steel America, a division of Colonna's Shipyard, Inc., you will be responsible for fabricating, assembling, and installing structural components and systems aboard ships, within shipyard facilities, and in heavy industrial environments. This role requires a high level of skill in metalworking, welding, and blueprint interpretation to ensure the structural integrity.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate, assemble, and install structural components and systems aboard ships.
  • Work within shipyard facilities and in heavy industrial environments.
  • Interpret blueprints to ensure structural integrity.

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How this job compares in Fort Monroe, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 31% below the $29/hr median for shipyard welder jobs across Virginia, where the middle half runs $24–$32/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 8% 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 Fort Monroe, VA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Fort Monroe, VA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 186 other active welding openings from 113 employers. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

Colonna's Shipyard, Inc. 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 HII (8), Colonna's Shipyard (8), and Mission Technologies, a division of 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.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $34/hr, Verona at $33/hr, and Norfolk at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. 1st Class Shipfitter (2nd Shift) - Steel America (Job ID: 1475) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.