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Job Description

Overview

The Shipfitter 1/C position at Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. involves laying out and fabricating metal structural parts for ships, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations. The role requires a high school diploma or GED and several years of shipfitting experience, with a focus on teamwork and adaptability in a dynamic work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lay out and fabricate metal structural parts such as plates, bulkheads, and frames.
  • Brace parts in position within the hull of ships for riveting or welding.
  • Prepare molds and templates for fabrication of nonstandard parts according to specifications.
  • Maintain regular attendance and work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
  • Comply with safety, ethics, and environmental regulations.
  • Layout position of parts on metal from blueprints or templates using scribe and hand tools.
  • Locate and mark reference lines such as center, buttock, and frame lines.
  • Align parts using jacks, turnbuckles, clips, wedges, and mauls.
  • Mark locations for holes to be drilled and install temporary fasteners.
  • Install packing, gaskets, liners, and structural accessories.
  • Tack weld clips and brackets in place prior to permanent welding.
  • Accountable for completion of daily work assignments.
  • Flag cranes and pull angle iron as required.
  • Work with minimal supervision.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Three to five years of shipfitting experience desired.
  • Knowledge of materials, methods, and tools to construct marine vessels.
  • Ability to cut and burn with a torch or plasma cutter.
  • Ability to tack weld with 7018, 6011 stainless rod, MIG, and aluminum.
  • Knowledge of ship terminology, safety, and OSHA regulations.
  • Ability to read and comprehend written, oral, or diagram forms.
  • Ability to read and understand blueprints.
  • Knowledge of safe operation and use of hand and power tools.
  • Ability to perform basic mathematical operations and read a tape measure.
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