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Welder II Position

Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. is seeking a full-time Welder II in San Diego, CA. This exciting role supports the US Navy in sunny San Diego! You'll be responsible for welding aluminum components to precise design specifications and repairing diverse shipboard equipment. Using SWRMC-approved procedures, you'll work with layouts, blueprints, and various welding tools to make a real impact. Join us and be part of something meaningful!

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides aluminum welding support certified in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG), Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) and Gas Metal Arc Welding Pulse (GMAW-P) using 5356 filler wire.
• Uses hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.
• Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Ignite torches or starts power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Clamps, holds, tack-welds, heat-bends, grinds or bolts component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Detects faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Operates manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse aluminum segments, using the aforementioned processes (TIG, MIG, GMAW-P).
• Ensures shop safety and housekeeping are followed.
• Ensures all materials and equipment are properly and safely stored, protected, and maintained.
• Reports the status and progress of all work to the government supervisor.
• Alerts the government supervisor of the causes of work delays.
• Monitors the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
• Examines work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straight edges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Recognizes, set ups, and operates hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• Lays out, positions, aligns, and secures parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
• Performs welding methods using a mirror.

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years of specific experience as a qualified production welder
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DBIDS badge
• Ability to communicate verbally and electronically
• Ability to read schematics, follow detailed instructions and be self-motivated
• Ability to read, interpret, and follow detailed oral and written instructions, schematics or drawings and to conduct activities in a safe manner
• Ability to see details at close range
• Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted
• Ability to qualify to SWRMC approved welding and brazing procedures
• Ability to make decisions using sound judgment while complying with policies, procedure appropriate principles and applicable state and federal laws and regulations
• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures
• Knowledge of Qualify Craftsman 301 for civilians
• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models

Preferred Qualifications:

• Production welder experience while in the Navy or working as a civilian production welder supporting Navy ship repair or new construction
• Completion of a formal course of vocational or Navy welding training and certification

ADA Notifications:

• Frequent standing, sitting, crawling, kneeling, stooping, crouching, walking, handling, feeling with hands
• Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds
• Noise conditions range from very quiet to very noisy
• Manual and finger dexterity; able to grasp, manipulate, assemble small objects

Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.