Entry Level Shipboard Welder

General Dynamics Electric Boat; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat site in Honolulu, Hawaii is seeking an Hourly Technician - Welder to perform submarine shipboard installation and manufacturing tasks. Applicants should have training in naval submarine/shipboard maintenance and be able to work in a team environment.

Responsibilities include welding, brazing, reading blueprints, and using Navy drawings to align components. Willingness to travel and adapt to shift schedules is required; DoD secret clearance is preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED (or equivalent).
• Experience in shipboard installation, repair and/or manufacturing environments or formal welding training.
• Ability to perform craft functions safely per procedures and policies.
• Willingness to travel and accept extended out-of-area work and varied shift assignments.

Responsibilities

• Perform submarine shipboard installation and manufacturing work.
• Read blueprints and use Navy drawings to position components for installation.
• Support safety, quality, cost, schedule and continuous improvement initiatives; learn new skills as needed.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Math skills

Welding training

Travel willingness

Navy drawings

Clearance required

Education

High school diploma / GED or equivalent

Job description

Job Details

• Requisition ID: 2026-18773


• Location: US-HI-Honolulu


• Seat Location: EB HSI


• Trade: Manufacturing Support/Trades


• Shift: 1st


• Security Clearance Required: Secret

Overview

Electric Boat site in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Hourly Technicians - Welders will be responsible for performing submarine shipboard installation and manufacturing work. Candidates must have training in naval submarine/shipboard maintenance and modernization activity and be flexible as well as adaptable, working in a team environment. Shipboard welding, brazing and shipboard mechanic's skills are required to accomplish this work. These include, but are not limited to: various types of pipe and structural weld techniques using various materials and welding equipment, including those involving submarine specially controlled materials; various inspection and non-destructive testing techniques and standards; and associated brazing, mechanical and pipefitting skills.

Candidates should be experienced or have training in reading blueprints, and possess appropriate math skills for establishing or determining ship's lines to position components for installation. Candidates must be willing to learn new skills and apply them as needed with the appropriate training and supervision. All candidates must be willing to support the company's goals of safety, quality, cost, schedule and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Required

• High school diploma / GED or equivalent


• Experience in shipboard installation, repair and/or manufacturing environments or formal welding training


• Ability to perform the functions of the craft to comply with procedural standards and policies in a safe manner


• Candidates must be willing to travel and accept extended out of area work assignments, as well as various working shift assignments

Preferred

• Vocational school/military experience


• Skilled shipboard welders/mechanics who can perform their assignments with reasonable direction and oversight preferred

Skills

• Must be physically capable of routinely working in industrial facilities and shipboard environments (submarines and surface ships in maintenance availabilities, drydocked and waterborne), going up and down ladders in narrow spaces, working in environments occasionally requiring respiratory protection and other personal protective equipment


• A DoD secret clearance is required as a condition of employment


• Ability to learn or use Navy ship's drawings, technical manuals, ship's system manuals, task group instructions (TGIs), and controlled work packages

Physical Qualifications

• Climbing


• Color Vision


• Crawling


• Heavy Lifting


• Kneeling


• Light Lifting


• Medium Lifting


• Pulling


• Pushing


• Reaching


• Stooping


• Twisting

Environmental Attributes

• Acids or Alkalis


• Cold


• Dry


• Dusty


• Fumes


• Hot


• Inside


• Noise


• Oily


• Outside


• Wet