Title: GENEDGE Welding Training Supervisor

State Role Title: Training Manager

Hiring Range: $50-$60 per hour expected

Agency Website: www.genedge.org

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

*This is a GENEDGE position. Patrick & Henry Community College/VCCS serves as a fiscal agent*

Join the GENEDGE Team as Welding Training Supervisor


If you want a true seat at the table where your efforts do make a meaningful difference, then you are looking for GENEDGE! The GENEDGE mission is to positively impact the growth and prosperity of Virginia’s industry. We are passionate about helping the Commonwealth’s small and medium-sized manufacturing, engineering, and technology businesses innovate, compete, and grow. We serve as the go-to resource for accelerating the creation and expansion of industrial clusters and valuable jobs.

The Welding Training Supervisor will assist with the set-up and lead the operation of the CoBotic welding training center. The supervisor will support the initial installation, maintain equipment and documentation as needed, and ensure proper use of equipment in the facility. The supervisor will provide input as available to curriculum overview and highlight any manufacturer-specific training requirements. The supervisor will be responsible for leading training lectures and labs, supervision of trainees, supporting and evaluating learning by trainees, and administration of the program at each phase. The supervisor will represent and give feedback for the center at meetings for review and support of the project as needed at regularly scheduled as well as quarterly and annual meetings.

Expected Rate/Pay Range: $50-$60 per hour. This is an hourly wage position with no health benefits.

Hours: 15-20 hours per week anticipated. Position limited to maximum of 29 hours per week on average.

Location: Expected to work primarily from on-site location based at client facility in Norfolk


Duties and Responsibilities:

· Support set-up of training center

· Maintain equipment as needed

· Ensure proper use of equipment

· Maintain documentation and specifications for equipment

· Provide input to curriculum overview and manufacturer-specific requirements to be highlighted

· Lead training lectures and labs

· Supervise trainees in labs

· Support trainee learning through answering questions and taking active role in learning as well as having office hour(s) availability for trainees

· Assess and proctor examination of trainees including maintaining training integrity throughout program

· Participate in course outcome surveys and related closeouts of training experiences

· Maintain documentation of training

· Represent center at quarterly steering meetings and reviews of project and other meetings as needed

Minimum Qualifications

Certificate or Associate’s Degree in Welding or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or work experience is required.


Welding certifications are desirable (examples: NAVSEA, MIG, TIG, etc)


Significant applied welding experience is preferred


Prior teaching/training experience, such as tech/trade schools, is highly preferred


Experience with automation, particularly CoBots, is preferred


Desire to expand knowledge and/or aptitude for advanced welding/ weld tool capabilities is required.

Additional Considerations

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Selected applicant must pass a criminal records background check. Documents verifying identity and eligibility to work in the United States must be presented upon employment. Applicants may need to obtain a Department of Defense secret security clearance.

Required Materials: Only applications submitted through the Virginia Jobs online application process will be accepted.

Visit our website at https://www.genedge.org/about-genedge/join-our-staff/ for more information on the online application process and for the necessary links.
The position requires extensive overnight travel and a valid driver's license. Selected applicants must pass a criminal records background check. Documents verifying identity and eligibility to work in the United States must be presented upon employment.

Applicants may need to obtain a Department of Defense secret security clearance.

Failure to complete all sections of the application will render the application incomplete and applicant will not be considered.

GENEDGE ALLIANCE complies with E-Verify which is an internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees.

GENEDGE ALLIANCE, (www.genedge.org) has been helping industry since 1996 as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) network of Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers.

GENEDGE ALLIANCE is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, or veteran’s status. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA and ADAAA), GENEDGE will provide, if requested, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing and selection processes. Contact 757-807-0777 for assistance.

For additional information visit our website at www.genedge.org

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Teddy Martin

Phone: 757-807-0777

Email: tmartin@genedge.org

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.