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Overview

Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is seeking experienced pipe welders with a minimum of 10 years of hands-on welding experience. The company is the largest industrial employer in Virginia and specializes in building and refueling U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines.

Responsibilities

  • Perform structural and/or pipe welds in all phases of ship construction.
  • Use a wide range of welding filler metals and processes.
  • Conduct tack, fillet, and full penetration welding on steel foundations and structural and pipe joints.
  • Satisfy all nondestructive test requirements including visual and ultrasonic inspections.
  • Receive additional training in certified visual inspection, fire watch, and troubleshooting minor welding equipment problems.

Requirements

  • Minimum 10 years of pipe welding experience.
  • Previously worked for Newport News Shipbuilding for a minimum of 1.5 years.
  • Ability to take measurements or willingness to learn.
  • Ability to work assigned shift as production needs dictate.
  • Ability to work at extreme heights or in small confined spaces.
  • Ability to kneel, squat, crawl, bend, stoop, and climb.
  • Ability to lift 40 lbs and pass a respirator fit test.
  • Ability to work indoors/outdoors year-round in all weather conditions.
  • Ability to pass Physical Agility Test.
  • Ability to perform overhead work.
  • Willingness to work overtime as needed.
  • Willingness to undergo a background investigation and drug screen.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Relocation assistance will be available.
  • Multiple shifts available.
  • No telework opportunity.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Newport News, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Newport News, VA, whose middle half runs $29–$41/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% 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 Newport News, VA

We're tracking 19 other active welding openings in Newport News, VA right now, from 8 different employers. 13 of them were added in the last week. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 146 other active welding openings from 76 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Newport News, or widen the search to Virginia.

HII currently has 5 other openings 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 Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. (15), General Dynamics NASSCO (10), and Atlantic Constructors, Inc. (8). 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 $38/hr, Norfolk at $30/hr, and Chesapeake at $28/hr. Newport News is among them.

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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/PIPE - EXPERIENCED (10+ YEARS) REQUIRED figures were last recalculated when this page was built.