Job Description

Overview

ModularMission Critical™ is the manufacturing campus for M.C. Dean’s complex, modular product line for datacenters and critical infrastructure. Located just north of Richmond, VA, this site is growing fast serving customers worldwide.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret detailed drawings, weld symbols, tolerances, work packages, material requirements, and inspection points; plan a practical work sequence.
  • Prepare, fit, and tack moderately complex assemblies; control gap, alignment, squareness, orientation, access, and distortion risk before welding.
  • Set up and adjust approved welding processes for position, material thickness, joint condition, access, and heat control; perform multi-position or repair work as qualified.
  • Diagnose and correct common issues involving fit-up, distortion, weld profile, equipment, consumables, sequence, or material condition; escalate code or design concerns.
  • Perform visual checks, complete approved rework, and prepare weldments for inspection with accurate identification and documentation.
  • Coordinate with supervisors, inspectors, engineering, material handling, and adjacent trades to resolve technical or production constraints.
  • Coach Welding Helpers and Welder 1 employees on setup, fit-up, safe work, defect prevention, and efficient work sequence; recommend practical improvements.

Requirements

  • Minimum of high school diploma or GED with 4 years of experience, or combination of equivalent experience and training.
  • Must be able to work night hours.
  • Additional process, position, repair, or material qualifications may be required based on assigned work.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • The position requires the ability to lift, carry, and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds on a regular basis.
  • Works at various heights up to 60 feet and can climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks and all types of ladders.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Caroline County, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 21% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia — toward the top of a $25–$33/hr middle band drawn from 80 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 80% 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 Caroline County, VA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Caroline County, 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 70 employers. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. (10), General Dynamics NASSCO (10), and 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 $30/hr, and Chesapeake at $28/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Caroline County, VA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder 2 Night Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.