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Overview

Accurate Welding Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of ValveTech Inc., seeks an experienced Electron Beam (EB) Welding Technician / Operator for precision aerospace, defense, and industrial welding operations. Candidates should demonstrate strong machine-operating ability, quality discipline, and documented experience in EB welding.

Responsibilities

  • Set up, operate, and monitor electron beam welding machines, including Hamilton Standard W2 and W3 equipment when qualified.
  • Interpret engineering drawings, work instructions, approved weld schedules, and customer specifications.
  • Prepare fixtures and parts; monitor beam parameters, vacuum conditions, and machine performance.
  • Perform pre-weld and post-weld checks and report defects, deviations, and nonconforming conditions.
  • Maintain weld logs, production travelers, traceability records, machine hours, downtime, and scrap/rework documentation.
  • Follow NADCAP special-process controls and applicable ISO 9001 and AS9100 quality system procedures.
  • Support audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement activities.
  • Perform authorized operator-level maintenance and identify equipment problems.
  • Maintain strict cleanliness, approved glove use, FOD prevention, and protection of customer hardware.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of hands-on electron beam welding experience; 5–10 years or more preferred.
  • Experience working with NADCAP welding requirements and ISO 9001 / AS9100 quality systems.
  • Ability to read engineering drawings, interpret welding instructions, and maintain accurate quality records.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude, troubleshooting ability, and professional communication.
  • Current, verifiable professional references who can speak to EB welding skills, reliability, and performance.
  • Willingness and ability to showcase practical EB welding skills during a supervised machine evaluation, subject to required safety training and authorization.
  • Hands-on experience with Hamilton Standard W2 and W3 Electron Beam Welding Machines.
  • Experience welding to SAE AMS2680 and AMS2681 specifications.
  • Experience with aerospace weld development, qualifications, audits, and mentoring other operators.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

401k
Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
PTO
Vision
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How this job compares in Windsor Locks, CT

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Connecticut, whose middle half runs $24–$34/hr across 26 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 58% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Windsor Locks, CT

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Windsor Locks, 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 28 employers. Browse welding jobs across Connecticut.

The most active employers in Connecticut at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Pursuit Aerospace (3), AMETEK (2), and WIN Waste Innovations (2). 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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