Welder Associate - 2nd Shift

We are looking for a Welder to join our SAS team!

As our Welder you will fabricate and repair parts by welding to ASME IX, MIL-STD codes and engineering welding requirements.

Location: Summerville, SC (greater Charleston)

We Take Care of Our People

Paid Time Off I 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Referral Program I Competitive Pay I Recognition I Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture

Your Challenge:

• Read and interpret detailed part and tool drawings.  

• Examine instructions, noting specifications and requirements.  

• Obtain all tools, fixtures and related equipment.  

• Prepare all surfaces, assemble and position parts, as required, to be welded, also including layout, assembly, and fabrication to drawing requirements.  

• Assemble components or assemblies to positioners.  

• Set up required welding and brazing equipment.  

• Verify process specifications follow prescribed procedures and perform assigned operations in all positions, as certified.  

• Remove slag, chip, grind, visible defects before depositing subsequent passes.  

• Document metal joining sequences as required.  

• Grind and prepare surfaces for nondestructive examinations and perform magna flux or penetrant testing.  

• Operate ovens for pre-heating, post weld heat treatment, or stress relief as required per specifications.  

• Use all types of measuring and gauging devices.  

• Check work and record dimensions or characteristics as required.

•  Lift lighter parts by hand.  Use crane or lifting devices for heavier components.  

• Complete weld certification testing in a timely manner to meet code, process, or base metal requirements to satisfy customer orders.  

• Maintain filler metal storage and traceability per requirements.  

• Perform routine machine and equipment checks.

• Maintain cleanliness, lubrication and fluid levels, and perform simple machine error recovery.

• Keep equipment and work area in clean and orderly condition.  

• Observe all safety and hygiene requirements as specified and directed.

Your Expertise:

• Must be a sole US citizen and able to obtain and maintain DOD security clearance

• High school graduate and certified welding program or equivalent

• Ability to operate material handling equipment, read and interpret blueprint, layout and process worksheets, set-up and operate assigned welding equipment, maintain acceptable quality and efficiency level, and effectively communicate with others.

• Must pass entrance level weld qualification testing.  Vision Test per NAVSEA Technical Publication S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248 Section 5.2.12 (yearly).

• Ability to lift objects weighing 50 pounds to waist height and transporting 10 feet. Ability to perform the following tasks: pushing, pulling, and lifting, requiring the individual to overcome initial resistance.

• Requirement to conduct tasks involving repetitions of tool use, assessing aerobic capacity and tasks where bending, twisting, and stretching of a body segment occurs. Ability to conduct tasks in which stability of body position is difficult to maintain.

Who We Are:

Our Values

Environmental, Social and Governance

Curtiss-Wright Steam & Air Solutions (SAS), a business unit of Curtiss-Wright, designs, manufactures, tests and provides - Navy steam turbines and steam valves, nuclear steam turbines, and aftermarket steam parts, upgrades, and overhauls. 

Located in Summerville SC, this brand new state-of-the-art facility is approximately 134,000 square feet dedicated to manufacturing in relations to machining, welding, assembly and quality inspections.

To learn more, please visit us: Curtiss-Wright EMS - SAS (cw-ems.com)

No unsolicited agency submittals please.  Agency partners must be invited to participate in a search by our Talent Acquisition Team and have signed terms in place prior to any submittal.  Resumes submitted directly to any Curtiss-Wright employee or affiliate will not qualify for fee payment, and therefore become the property of Curtiss-Wright.  

Compliance Statement

This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening.  In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn. 

Curtiss-Wright values diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.