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USAJOBS · 21 hours ago

Welder

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$36.04/hr - $42.05/hr

USAJOBS is seeking a Welder for the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, BASE NEW ORLEANS. The role involves performing various welding assignments on marine vessels and facilities, ensuring safety and quality standards are met.

ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

You will serve as a Welder and be responsible for performing welding assignments that may include work on barges, boats, ships, small vessels, facilities and their associated equipment. Welding on various components of a ship can include the shell, broken or cracked engine parts, framing, inner bottoms, tanks, boilers, decks, bulkheads, superstructures, masts, stacks, ventilation ducts, railings, piping, and similar components. Welds are made in all positions including flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead

Welding work frequently involves removing and replacing interferences in way of welds, fitting brackets and machinery foundations and fitting minor structural braces, gussets or patches

Taking all fire and safety precautions, adjusting all welding controls to insure that qualified welding procedures are maintained

Applying knowledge of a wide range of manual welding processes and difficult welds using processes such as oxyacetylene, oxyhydrogen, and other industrial gases

Working with various methods such as gas metal-arc, gas tungsten-arc, gas carbon-arc, plasma-arc, and shielded metal arc welding

Selectee must have knowledge of welding standards and how various metals and alloys, such as different kinds of steel, aluminum, cast iron, nickel, Monet metal, brass, copper, bronze and titanium, react to different welding processes and techniques

Reading blueprints, sketches, online drawings, and is capable of component layout and fit up as diagrammed

Qualification

Welding processesBlueprint readingMetal fabricationSafety precautionsDexterityTechnical practices

Required

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service

A one-year probationary period may be required

To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation

Selectee must be able to obtain/maintain a valid state driver's license

All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit

Selectee subject to successful completion of pre-employment physical

Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision (Screen-out Element)

Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (Includes Blueprint Reading)

Dexterity and Safety

Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic)