Job Description

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitments are underpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are integral to success.

Position Responsibilities:

• Maintains a safe workplace and ensures that safety is the highest priority in the workplace.
• Accomplishes manual welding tasks on equipment and construction projects.
• Performs cutting, fitting, and welding of metal components, including plate, structural steel, and pipe.
• Accomplishes welding of various types of metals including mild steel, stainless steel and aluminum.
• Advises VMF management on job progress and material requirements.
• May be required to work outside at various job sites in extreme cold weather conditions.
• Complies with all ASC Environmental, Health & Safety, and Quality Assurance requirements and goals. Provides documentation as necessary to ensure adequate legal documentation.
• Performs physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of equipment, crawling, and working outdoors.
• Performs other duties as required.

Required Education, Experience, Certificates and Licenses:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• A minimum four years’ experience in all phases of welding and fabrication

Preferred:

• Experience working with a wide variety of materials is highly preferred.
• The ability to read and analyze shop drawings and blueprints is preferred.
• Experience in an industrial or equipment repair environment is required.
• Cold weather welding experience is preferred.

Physical and/or Other Requirements

• Willingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica for extended periods
• Successful completion of Medical and Dental examinations required by the NSF for deployment to Antarctica
• Successful completion of drug screening and background check required by employer
• Successful completion of Federal Background Check required by the NSF
• Must be willing and able to lift and move items, parts, assemblies, and equipment up to the safety regulation maximum as required by the position.
• Must be willing and able to perform physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of equipment, crawling, and working outdoors in extreme cold as required by the position.
• Must participate in community programs, such as “house-mouse” (chores), “daisy-picking” (cleaning-up around the station), recycling efforts & safety objectives.
• Valid Driver’s License issued in the United States

• No clearance requirement but the contract and/or the site requires US Citizenship to be approved for access. (includes NACI / T1, MRPT, CAC): Must be able to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for facility credentials/authorization at this work location.

Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks, and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to job.