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Job Description

Overview

Propulsion Controls Engineering is seeking a Structural Welder Journeyman II with a minimum of 5 years of marine and/or shipyard experience to support their Bremerton & Everett, Washington locations.

Responsibilities

  • Lay out and prepare base metals using air and power tools.
  • Read and properly interpret blueprints and drawings.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of gas line and fire prevention.
  • Run and post hot work chits, and set up worksites.
  • Fabricate and template new assemblies utilizing SMAW, FCAW, GTAW or BRAZE.
  • Perform other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

  • Must be 18 years of age or older to apply.
  • Associates Degree or Technical Certification preferred.
  • Minimum 5 years of marine and/or shipyard experience.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This position may require access to U.S. government or military sites.
  • Candidates must be eligible to obtain base access clearance, which includes passing a background check and presenting valid government-issued identification.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Bremerton, WA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Washington currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$35/hr across 73 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 Bremerton, WA

Bremerton, WA currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 89 other active welding openings from 61 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bremerton, or widen the search to Washington.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (11), Parker Hannifin (4), and All American Marine (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Seattle at $36/hr, Bremerton at $34/hr, and Bellingham at $30/hr. Bremerton is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick and Flux-Core work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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. Welder Journeyman II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.