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M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

Welder 2

Welding & Metal FabricationPosted on Nov 5
Full-timeVirginia, USA$34 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or GED and four years of experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and training, is required.
  • The candidate must be able to work night hours.
  • Additional process, position, repair, or material qualifications may be required depending on assigned work.
  • The candidate must be able to lift, carry, and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds regularly and follow proper lifting techniques and safety protocols.
  • The candidate must be able to relocate a 12-foot stepladder without assistance.
  • The candidate must be able to work at heights up to 60 feet and climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks, and ladders.
  • The candidate must be able to walk, climb, lift, squat, crawl, kneel, push, pull, and reach overhead routinely and repetitively.
  • The candidate must have adequate vision, including color vision, and be able to see details at close range.
  • The candidate must be able to hear and communicate in English.
  • The candidate must be able to use a standard ladder while carrying tools without exceeding its weight limit.
  • The candidate must recognize when something is wrong or likely to go wrong.
  • The candidate must apply general rules to specific problems and combine information to form conclusions, including recognizing relationships among seemingly unrelated events.
  • The candidate must listen to and understand spoken information and ideas.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret detailed drawings, weld symbols, tolerances, work packages, material requirements, and inspection points, and plan a practical work sequence.
  • Prepare, fit, and tack moderately complex assemblies while controlling gap, alignment, squareness, orientation, access, and distortion risk before welding.
  • Set up and adjust approved welding processes for position, material thickness, joint condition, access, and heat control, and perform multi-position or repair work when qualified.
  • Diagnose and correct common issues involving fit-up, distortion, weld profile, equipment, consumables, sequence, or material condition, and escalate code or design concerns.
  • Perform visual checks, complete approved rework, and prepare weldments for inspection with accurate identification and documentation.
  • Coordinate with supervisors, inspectors, engineering, material handling, and adjacent trades to resolve technical or production constraints.
  • Coach Welding Helpers and Welder 1 employees on setup, fit-up, safe work, defect prevention, and efficient work sequence, and recommend practical improvements.

About the Company

M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

M.C. Dean designs, builds, operates, and maintains integrated cyber-physical systems for mission-critical facilities, secure environments, and large enterprises. Its work spans electrical power, security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio-visual, and IT systems, all coordinated through management platforms that support long-term operation and sustainability. The company works end-to-end: it engineers solutions, installs them, and then runs and maintains them to ensure continuous, secure, and resilient performance. What sets it apart is its ability to provide comprehensive, turnkey technology and infrastructure services for critical environments—combining physical systems with digital management to create secure, automated facilities. The goal is to deliver automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems and the platforms needed to manage them over the long term.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Tysons, VA
Founded
1949

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