Job Description

Overview

BAE Systems, INC is seeking multiple Welder IVs to join our Combat Mission Systems Operations team. This role is critical in supporting manufacturing operations by ensuring high-quality components are produced safely and efficiently to meet Defense specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Load and unload parts onto weld tables and fixtures.
  • Utilize hand tools, ratchets, and air tools to securely position parts for welding.
  • Assist with weld training as required.
  • Perform visual inspection of parts and welds against quality specifications.
  • Inspect own welds to all quality standards.
  • Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills in a shop and weld environment.
  • Safely operate all equipment including hand tools, rotating tools, forklifts, and lifting devices.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe workspace in accordance with safety protocols.
  • Support overall team objectives and production schedules.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent plus three years of welding experience, or one year of welding experience with an AA in welding or equivalent.
  • Ability to successfully pass and carry at least three BAE weld certifications.
  • Basic understanding of Lean Manufacturing.
  • Familiarity with Mil Std's, AWS, and Combat Vehicle Codes.
  • Understanding of NDT and visual weld inspection methods.
  • Advanced understanding of weld discontinuities and defects.
  • Advanced knowledge of different types of welds and weld joints.
  • Strong to advanced level understanding of blueprints and hand measuring tools.
  • Ability to read and interpret instructions and use shop math.
  • Ability to use and manipulate welding tools.
  • Ability to lift 30 pounds and apply 30 pounds of torque to ratchets.
  • Ability to operate hoists, pallet jacks, and forklifts.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Aiken, SC

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting sits about 34% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across South Carolina — toward the top of a $24–$35/hr middle band drawn from 47 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 83% 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 Aiken, SC

Aiken, SC is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 114 other active welding openings from 86 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across South Carolina.

BAE Systems, Inc. currently has 1 other opening live in South Carolina, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Boiler Tube Company of America (BTA) (4), Thompson Construction Group, Inc. (4), and Parker Hannifin (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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder IV - 1st and 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.