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Overview

The Operations Supervisor - Pipe Hanger Welding position involves providing technical assistance and direction to a team of hourly employees, focusing on safety, quality, cost, schedule, and continuous improvement. This role is ideal for an engineer or experienced trades-person looking to advance into a leadership position within a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the activities of approximately 10-15 hanger welding employees in the performance of welding of hangers on hull to support ships systems.
  • Coach and mentor welders to establish a driven and skilled workforce.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact to interface with engineering, ship's management, quality, and other trade departments.
  • Lead the team to achieve company goals for safety, quality, cost, schedule, and continuous improvement.
  • Take ownership of team performance.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • 3+ years of trade, manufacturing, and/or military experience.
  • Structural, pipefitting, and/or welding experience.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, procedures, and related reference documents.
  • Effective oral and written communication skills with subordinates and supervisors.
  • Must be able to work all assigned shifts and extended hours.
  • Must obtain and maintain a DOD security clearance.

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How this job compares in Groton, CT

Pay in context

At roughly $47/hr, this posting sits about 55% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Connecticut — toward the top of a $24–$33/hr middle band drawn from 26 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% 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 Groton, CT

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Groton, CT, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Connecticut as a whole we're tracking 35 other active welding openings from 24 employers. Browse welding jobs across Connecticut.

The most active employers in Connecticut at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gpac (5), Pursuit Aerospace (3), and Collins Aerospace (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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