Job Description

Job Description

General Information:

Under general supervision, you will be expected to follow specific directions to perform tasks in an assigned area in a heavy manufacturing environment.  Assignments may include but are not limited to:

Your Responsibilities:

  • Perform duties in a manner fully compliant with prevailing safety and quality procedures and policies. Maintain housekeeping standards.
  • Use engineering drawings to fabricate and weld product ensuring the highest quality product, meeting product standards, production goals, customer specifications and delivery requirements.
  • Manually operate equipment to weld material used in transformer manufacturing.
  • Operate computer to check schedules, update manufacturing status of jobs, etc.
  • Complete and maintain all required paperwork, records, check sheets, etc.
  • Operate various types of cranes and fork trucks to aid in material handling.
  • Continually monitor quality of work, addressing and resolving inquiries and problems.
  • Participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Participate actively in team meetings and group discussions.
  • Interface with other departments to accurately communicate information.
  • Must be willing to cross train in multiple skills.
  • Assist in the training of other employees.
  • Must be a team player but able to work independently.
  • Available to work overtime as required including weekends.
  • Perform other related duties, as assigned by management.
  • Cooler, panels, seam and base welding GMAW; some is performed with semi-automated equipment.

Your Background:

  • High School degree or GED equivalent required.
  • Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.
  • Previous GMAW welding experience is required.
  • Must demonstrate acceptable GMAW welding skill during interview process. Weld sample will be subject to visual inspection and destructive testing.
  • Ability to operate industrial equipment, including cranes and forklifts.
  • Preferred qualification:
  • Basic computer skills.
  • Ability to read and understand blueprints and simple schematics.
  • Experience in lean manufacturing including 4Q, JIDOKA, 6S, etc.

Second shift positions are available. Training may occur on a different shift before being moved to assigned shift.

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How this job compares in South Boston, VA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Virginia currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$33/hr across 86 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in South Boston, VA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in South Boston, 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 138 other active welding openings from 74 employers. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

Hitachi Global currently has 1 other opening 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 General Dynamics NASSCO (12), Colonna's Shipyard (7), 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, Norfolk at $32/hr, and Chesapeake at $28/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 welder fabricator openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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