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Job Description

Overview

You will serve as a PIPEFITTER SUPERVISOR I in the Pipe Shop at NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, overseeing the planning and execution of pipefitting work while providing technical guidance to subordinate workers.

Responsibilities

  • Plan the use of workers, equipment, facilities, materials, and tools for assigned units of work.
  • Analyze work plans developed by subordinate work leaders and journeymen.
  • Conduct Job Briefings in accordance with applicable instructions.
  • Execute the work assigned in accordance with the production schedule established by the Zone Manager.
  • Provide technical directions to subordinate workers in the pipefitter trade.
  • Provide expert advice and guidance on pipefitter processes and trade skills to management and mixed trade supervisors.
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How this job compares in Naval Shipyard, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $51/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $45/hr median for pipefitter jobs across Virginia — toward the top of a $35–$51/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% 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 Naval Shipyard, VA

Naval Shipyard, VA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 163 other active welding openings from 83 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Naval Shipyard, or widen the search to Virginia.

United States Fleet Forces Command currently has 3 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. (14), 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 $40/hr, Norfolk at $30/hr, and Chesapeake at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. PIPEFITTER SUPERVISOR I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.