Gdit
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Welder

Pay
$26 – $36 per hour
Location
USA VA Chesapeake
Listed
Today

About the role

  • Type of Requisition: Pipeline
  • Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None
  • Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
  • Public Trust/Other Required: None
  • Job Family: SCA

Job Qualifications

Skills: Blueprints, Manual Welding, Stick Welding, Welding, Welding Procedures:

  • Certifications: None
  • Experience: 3 + years of related experience
  • US Citizenship Required: Yes

About the role

Welder needed for an industrial fabrication shop. Reports directly to the Operations Manager and shall be responsible for production welding work with precision a dedication to quality, an exceptional work ethic, and the ability to work as part of a team. Maintain welding certifications, quality and safety standards; keep records; maintain equipment and job supplies.

  • Applies basic welding processes to join, surface, fabricate, or repair parts of metal or other weldable materials.
  • Applies appropriate welding processes to join, surface, fabricate, or repair parts of metal or other weldable materials.
  • Works from blueprints, engineering sketches, charts or work orders.
  • Lays out and marks points on parts or sub-assemblies using rule, square, scribe or templates.
  • Positions pieces to be welded into jigs, holding fixtures, guides and steps using measuring instruments and hand tools.
  • Inspects completed work for conformance to specifications.
  • Assemble fabricated pieces into huge structures utilizing blueprints furnished
  • Fitting and tack welding the large sub-assemblies that form the hull, ship
  • Fitters build in-place all interior structures, hatches, doors, bulkheads, etc., to complete all the steel work.
  • Provides guidance and work leadership to less-experienced welders.
  • Performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures.
  • Participates in special projects as required.
  • Requires a High School Diploma or GED.
  • Technical or vocational training preferred.
  • Certified in Stainless Steel, Steel, Aluminum and Copper/Nickel; and MIG, TIG and Stick welding processes.
  • 3-5 years of related welding experience.
  • Must be a US Citizen.

Gdit Is Your Place

  • At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
  • Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
  • Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
  • Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
  • Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

Own Your Opportunity

Explore a career in program management at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results.

The likely hourly rate for this position is between $26.44 - $35.78. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

  • Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
  • Travel Required: None
  • T elecommuting Options: Onsite
  • Work Location: USA VA Chesapeake

Total Rewards at Gdit

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.

To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.

To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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Read the original posting

From Gdit's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 11, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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