Pipe Welder

Pipe Welder Job Highlights

Title	Pipe Welder
Type	Full Time (1st/2nd/3rd shift)
Experience	Required
Function	Manufacturing Support/Trades
Location	North Kingstown, RI, United States
Company	General Dynamics (Elec Boat)

Company Profile

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company. The company provides Gulfstream business jets, combat vehicles, nuclear-powered submarines, and communications systems.

Electric Boat is the premier designer and builder of nuclear-powered submarines for the US Navy.

Job Profile

The company is looking to hire a Pipe Welder who will perform welding procedures using GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) on all submarine piping systems materials, including bi-metallic welds.

This position has the opportunity to support various Operations Directorates across the facility based on business needs such as-

• D904-Manufacturing Shops
• D914/D923-Vertical Outfitting
• D915-Horizontal Outfitting

Educational Qualification

• Applicants should have a High School Diploma or GED (required)
• Additional preference is given to Vocational, Technical, and Community Colleges or Apprentice programs

Work Experience

• Possess training in a welding program or have experience in welding

Duties/Responsibilities

• Consumes an E.B. insert to form the root pass of a butt weld, performs 5X magnification visual inspection of pipe welds, and weld repair of excavated areas of pipe welds
• Operates automatic TIG fixed head and orbital automatic welding equipment
• Performs a visual inspection of finished welds.
• Welds on butts, sockets, boss roots, weldolets, and fillets

Preferred Qualifications

• EB experience
• Electric Boat pipe welding experience
• Military/Navy-related experience
• Nuclear welding experience
• Orbital welding
• Pipe welding training or experience
• TIG (GTAW, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) welding process training or experience
• X-Ray pipe welding experience

Required Qualifications

• Ability to work at heights, in confined spaces (in-tank welding), and in extreme temperature conditions (cold, heat) as required
• Candidates must be able to work in horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions
• Must be able to read and interpret welding and shipyard procedures, structural drawings, technical manuals, test documents, and diagrams
• Must be available to work all shifts
• Must pass an Electric Boat socket and X-Ray butt test and SSP 3.11 test per training requirements
• Must possess basic mathematical skills
• Must possess their own basic hand tools
• Previous welding training or experience
• Some lifting will be required

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Must possess communication and interpersonal skills
• Work and participate in a collaborative team environment and meet organizational goals

Physical Demands

• Climbing, color vision, crawling, kneeling, light lifting, medium lifting, pulling, pushing, reaching, stooping, and twisting

Work Environment

• Acids or alkalis, cold, dry, dusty, fumes, hot, inside, noise, oily, outside, and wet

Benefits/Perks

• 401K Plan
• Commuter/Van Services
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Paid Vacation and holidays
• Safety Boot Reimbursement Program
• Shift Premium
• Tuition Reimbursement Program

Employer’s Statement

General Dynamics Electric Boat is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.