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Overview

The AFC Welder-Fitter/Fabricator position involves joining a team that builds the outer hull of Virginia and Columbia Class Nuclear Powered Submarines through manual and mechanized welding processes, along with metal fabrication functions.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate frames/cylinders to produce the pressure hull ready for outfitting functions using hydraulic fixtures.
  • Follow work packages, fixture set up sheets, drawings, ER's, and SSP's to produce a quality product.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, welding symbols, and fabrication drawings.
  • Prepare steel surfaces per drawing specifications for fabrication and welding of frames and cylinders.
  • Pass a semi-automatic and mechanized spray and pulse arc test to remain in the position after completing training.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent OR a minimum of 2 years related technical experience.
  • On the job welding experience or formal welding training.
  • Ability to read and interpret welding and shipyard procedures, structural drawings, technical manuals, test documents, and diagrams.
  • Available to work all shifts.
  • Ability to work at heights, confined spaces, and extreme temperature conditions as required.
  • Pass a destructive bend weld test, a semi-automatic and mechanized spray and pulse test, and meet minimum visual acceptance requirements.
  • Individuals are required to possess their own basic hand tools.
  • Some lifting and overhead welding will be required.
  • Ability to operate impact guns and high torque machinery.
  • Basic math skills.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is located at the Quonset Point facility in North Kingstown, RI.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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North Kingstown, RI currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Rhode Island as a whole we're tracking 4 other active welding openings from 2 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in North Kingstown, or widen the search to Rhode Island.

General Dynamics Electric Boat currently has 3 other openings live in Rhode Island, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Rhode Island at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are General Dynamics Electric Boat (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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