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Position:
Welding Manager (Job ID: 4075)
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Location:
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Hampton Roads, VA
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Remote Status: On-Site
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Job Id:
4075
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# of Openings:
1
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Welding Manager
Purpose:
- Valkyrie Enterprises has an immediate need for a Welding Manager who will be a key support to the Welding Department in Norfolk, VA and shipyards throughout the Hampton Roads areas.
Job Description:
- Organize, coordinate, and supervise employees and activities within the fabrication shop and out on the deck plates to ensure an effective and efficient operation that meets safety, quality, and production standards.
- Develop tasking and staffing requirements for assigned areas. Studies production schedules and estimates of worker-hour requirements for completion of job assignment.
- Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders and assign duties.
- Establish or adjust work procedures to meet production schedules using knowledge of equipment performance, quality of product, and capabilities.
- Execute safety requirements, ensures environment compliance on assigned tasks, and provides customer satisfaction.
- Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop department or work crew.
- Analyze and resolve work problems or assists welders in solving work problems.
- Train employees in procedures and assignments.
- Responsible for the areas of assembly operation, machinery operation, processing or treating operations, or packing.
- Demonstrate a strong technical writing ability as well as capability to verbally communicate effectively.
- Ability to supervise employees.
- Requires extensive and frequent use of applicable practices, procedures, and policies.
- Ability to prepare correspondence and reports. Ability and willingness to perform in critical deadline situations.
- Ability to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Ability to work in a high demand/volume work environment with changing priorities.
- Ensures that projects are completed on schedule and within budget.
- Conduct welding surveillances both in the fabrication shop and onboard ships.
Qualifications:
- Must have a High School diploma or trade school equivalent and at least 10 years of experience in the welding industry.
- Must pass weld qualifications 2G, 3G, & 4G.
- Must meet NAVSEA 248 requirements by passing MIL-STD 1689 T9074-AR-GIB-010-278 Weld Workmanship requirements.
- Must have experience managing industrial or shipboard personnel.
- Must have knowledge of Quality Assurance, Safety, and NAVSEA Standards for shipboard work.
- Must have knowledge of Naval ship repair processes and procedures.
- Must have knowledge of OSHA regulations for shipyard employment, NAVSEA standard items, Joint Fleet Maintenance Manual (JFFM), and NAVSEA Technical manuals.
- Must be able to read and understand drawing and blueprints.
- Familiar with Microsoft Office forms and databases.
Desired Qualifications:
- 10 years' experience in welding management preferred
- Direct shipyard experience is preferred..
Security Requirements:
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
- Must have the ability to gain access to private and public shipyards and Naval installations.
Travel Requirements:
- Occasional travel- up to 10%
If position requires travel by domestic flight or access to secure federal facilities/military bases, candidate must be able to obtain (by start of position) and maintain appropriate identification credentials, such as REAL ID. (More information regarding REAL ID can be found: https://www.dhs.gov/real-id )
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
- Must be able to physically access ships, small crafts, and submarines
- Must be able to spend hours, stooping, kneeling, crawling, walking, and standing
- Will require work outdoors, in inclement weather, or in confined areas
- Protective clothing or equipment and face shields or goggles shall be worn when welding, cutting, or working with molten metal.
Valkyrie strictly adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. This policy is based on Valkyrie's commitment to hire and retain qualified employees consistent with position requirements; and to seek, employ, promote and treat all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status or protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition, genetic information or sexual orientation or other protected characteristics.
Please note: The annualized pay range referenced is a general guideline. Valkyrie Enterprises considers factors such as (but not limited to) the following when determining base pay: scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's related work experience, education/training/certifications, key skills, internal peer equity/external market competitiveness, as well as other business considerations.
Additionally, Valkyrie Enterprises provides a variety of benefits to support your best health, wellness, and future, to include medical/dental/vision options, company paid life and disability insurances, 401k with match, education reimbursement, as well as company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).
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Pay Range: $80,000 - $85,000 per year
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Valkyrie Enterprises Inc.
paid time off, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
Jan 29, 2026