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General Dynamics

Builds submarines, combat vehicles and business jets

Mechanic – Machinist Entry Level & Skilled

Precision Machining & Toolmaking +1Updated on Nov 5
Full-timeNorth Kingstown, RI, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or equivalent, or a minimum of two years of related technical experience.
  • Availability to work all shifts.
  • Ability to work at heights, in confined spaces, and in extreme temperature conditions as required.
  • Must possess basic hand tools.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and meet organizational goals.

Responsibilities

  • Perform layout work to support machining, assembly, and installation of components into modules that will become working parts of a nuclear submarine.
  • Take measurements using basic measuring tools and precision equipment, including inside, outside, and depth micrometers, dial calipers, vernier calipers, and indicators.
  • Use standard hand tools, including combination wrenches, torque wrenches, screwdrivers, and pliers.
  • Use portable and fixed machinery, including bench and handheld grinders, drill presses, handheld, magnetic-base, and hydraulic drills, portable boring equipment, milling machines, and lathes.
  • Perform work using technical work documents, blueprints, specification manuals, and written or oral instructions.
  • Perform installation or machining tasks generally within a module or on a hull; work inside tanks or confined spaces should be expected, while bench-type assignments are generally rare and temporary.

Desired Qualifications

  • Machine shop, millwright, mechanical assembly, or related experience.
  • Strong math skills.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
  • Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
  • Metal fabrication, milling, or military shipbuilding experience.
  • Vocational, technical, or community college education, or participation in an apprentice program.
  • Advanced training programs such as Workshop for Warriors and ADTM.
  • Military or Navy experience.
  • Ability to use precision measuring tools such as micrometers, dial indicators, vernier calipers, and height gauges.
  • Experience operating outside machining equipment and tools.

About the Company

General Dynamics

Builds submarines, combat vehicles and business jets

General Dynamics builds warships, nuclear submarines, combat vehicles, and munitions for the U.S. military and allied governments, plus Gulfstream business jets for corporations and private owners. Gulfstream designs large, long-range jets and maintains them through its own service centers and completion shops. A separate technologies arm runs IT, cybersecurity, and command-and-control systems for defense and federal civilian agencies. The company earns its money from multiyear government contracts for ships, vehicles, and services, and the rest from selling and servicing jets. General Dynamics was founded in 1952 and is based in Reston, Virginia.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Reston, VA
Founded
1952

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