Welder II

Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. is seeking a full-time Welder II in San Diego, CA Summary: 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. • Ignites 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). • Ensure 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 (within a few feet of the observer) • 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, reaching with arms • 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