
PENDING CONTRACT AWARD
Job Title: Aerospace Structural Welder
Location: FRCASE NAS North Island/Naval Base Coronado, CA
Task Description:
Function: Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.
Required experience: Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in the field of DOD military aviation maintenance in the last ten (10) years. Of the five (5) years, the Contractor shall have a minimum of three (3) years’ experience of aeronautical welding in an aviation maintenance environment. Must have demonstrated knowledge, experience, and working level skills/ability in area of aviation and aerospace welding, and structures sheet metal and fabrication. Must follow Military Specifications 1595 in the following materials: Steel, Stainless Steel, and Aluminum.
Required education: High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) Graduate of a school equivalent to Navy A and/or C school or Certificate of Welding.
**Where there are conflicts between Department of Labor 23010 category description and the NAVAIR Manual NA 01-1A-34, the NA 01-1A-34 takes precedence.
Compensation
$44.12/hour
Other Compensation
Employees will receive a health and welfare fringe benefit of $7.75 for every hour paid up to 80 hours per pay period.
Benefits
Employees are offered medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in KAI’s 401k plan. Employees accrue bi-weekly from the first week of service 5.54 hours of PTO. KAI employees at NAS North Island/Naval Base Coronado, CA will have 11 paid holidays.
Employment is contingent on (a) your ability to provide appropriate proof of your identity and eligibility to work in the United States; (b) your references and any background check being satisfactory to the Company; (c) you successfully passing a pre-employment drug test; and (d) your ability to get a required clearance by your effective start date, if needed; and (e) KAI commencing performance on this contract.
Equal Opportunity Employer Disability/Vets

Kay and Associates, Inc. (KAI) was established in 1960 by our founder Donald Kay to provide high quality, cost effective solutions in response to the need for engineering and technical services requirements of industry and government customers worldwide. KAI's exceptional service and quality earned industry wide recognition that, by the early 1980's, positioned KAI as a leading value added provider to industry, the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, U.S. Customs Service and Drug Enforcement Agency.
KAI’s corporate experience includes an extensive maintenance pedigree supporting the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, NASA, United Nations and foreign customers including Brazil, Malaysia, Kuwait, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. As a registered AS9100D, AS9110C, and ISO 9001:2015 organization providing Contract Management for the Deployment of Contractor Maintenance Services, Contractor Support Services, and Contractor Logistics Services at Customer Facilities in the areas of Aviation Maintenance, Aerospace Ground Equipment, Flight Services and Technical Service Support Labor Acquisitions, KAI is uniquely positioned and qualified as a Prime contractor to address our customer's most challenging needs and support our world class partners in teaming and sub-contracting roles.