WELDER/STRUCTURE-ENTRY-LEVEL - FOR 2025 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS OR GRADUATES - SIGN-ON BONUS

Huntington Ingalls Industries • Newport News, VA

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About The Position

This Job Listing is for recent or upcoming 2025 High School Graduates. Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is offering a $500 sign-on bonus to entry-level welder new hires. In addition, NNS is offering $500 in relocation bonus to Entry-Level welder new hires that live 50 miles or greater from Newport News, VA. Job seekers who apply are eligible for the sign-on and relocation bonus. Newport News Shipbuilding offers competitive pay, weekly paychecks, paid time off, paid holidays, medical benefits including an on-site health center, 401K company match, employee discounts, and more. The sign-on bonus is for external new hires. Current Newport News Shipbuilding employees are ineligible for the sign-on bonus.

Requirements

• Candidates must be 18 years of age or older and legally eligible to work in the U.S.
• Ability to climb ladders and work at extreme heights.
• Ability to work in small, tight, or confined spaces.
• Ability to kneel, squat, crawl, bend, stoop, and climb on a daily basis.
• Ability to lift heavy objects weighing 40 lbs. or more.
• Ability to work while repeatedly reaching overhead.
• Ability to work indoors or outdoors year-round in all weather conditions.
• Ability to work in areas with radiation.
• Ability to take and pass a respirator fit test.
• Ability to work assigned shift as production needs.
• Ability to take and pass a Physical Agility Test.

Nice To Haves

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform tack, fillet, and full penetration welding on steel foundations and structural joints in production on aircraft carriers and submarines.
• Use various welding processes including SMAW, FCAW, GMAW, and GTAW.
• Satisfy all nondestructive test requirements including visual inspection, magnetic particle inspection, ultrasonic inspection, and radiographic inspection.
• Complete training through the shipyard's state-of-the-art welding school.
• Use a wide range of welding filler metals and processes to perform structural and/or pipe welds.
• Receive additional training including certified visual inspection, fire watch, carbon arcing, and troubleshooting minor welding equipment problems.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices.
• On-site health centers.
• Tele-medicine and wellness resources.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Savings plan options (401K).
• Financial education and planning tools.
• Life insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee discounts.
• Early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: High school or GED