Welder

Bonneville Power Administration; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Bonneville Power Administration is seeking a Welder to lay out, fabricate, assemble, and repair welded products in the BPA system, in the Specialty Services organization. The role involves working from drawings and verbal instructions to fabricate copper or aluminum bus fittings and related components in shop or field settings.

Experience with copper/aluminum bus fabrication, various welding processes (heliarc, MIG, stick), and related cutting methods is essential.

Qualifications

• There are no specific education requirements or substitution of education for experience for this position.

Responsibilities

• Fabricates, assembles and repairs all types of bus fittings from copper or aluminum from drawings or verbal instructions.
• Fabricates and pre-stresses bus from copper or aluminum and erects bus in switchyards.
• Installs oil lines on transformers and breakers from drawings.
• Performs welding on shop fabrications: steel, stainless steel, aluminum, chromium structures, trucks, dozers, cranes, booms, shovel buckets, etc.
• Selects electrode alloys for the metal being welded and uses welding machines including heliarc, MIG, and stick processes.
• Uses cutting and material removal tools (plasma, oxy-fuel, carbon arc gouging) and heavy machines as required.

Skills

Welding

Job description

This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration, in Specialty Services (TFHS) organization of Construction & Maintenance Services (TFH), Transmission Field Services (TF), Transmission Services (T). A successful candidate in the Welder position will lay out and fabricate welded products in the shop or at other installations in the BPA system.

Key Responsibilities

As a Welder, you will: From drawings and verbal instructions, fabricates, assembles and repairs all types of bus fittings from copper or aluminum. From work sheets or drawings, fabricates and pre-stresses all types of bus, consisting of copper or aluminum. Erect copper or aluminum bus in switchyards From drawings and verbal instructions, fabricates and installs at proper elevations, oil lines on transformers and breakers.

Perform all types of general welding on shop fabrications, steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and chromium structures, trucks, dozers, cranes, booms, shovel buckets, etc. Select proper electrode alloys for the type of metal to be worked. Uses electric and diesel generator welding machines, including heliarc, mig, and stick process. Silver solder, plasma, and oxy-fuel cutting, carbon arc gouging.

Uses various heavy machine tools as required, such as power saws, cut off saws, CNC guided plasma & oxy/fuel cutting machine, drill press, pipe bending machine, etc. From written or oral instructions, blueprints or sketches, the Welder plans own work, makes templates when necessary, and selects methods, materials and machines appropriate for the project.

Requirements & Education

There are no specific education requirements or substitution of education for experience for this position.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $72.41 – $72.41/hr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-01.

How many openings are available?

There are 4 openings for this position.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.