Eastern Shipbuilding Group

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 regulations and performing duties with minimal supervision. The role requires flexibility in work hours and the ability to adapt to changing responsibilities.

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.
• Regular attendance at work and ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Comply with company, Federal, State, and local safety, ethics, and environmental rules.
• Layout position of parts on metal, working from blueprints or templates.
• Locate and mark reference lines, such as center, buttock, and frame lines.
• Align parts in relation to each other using jacks, turnbuckles, clips, wedges, and mauls.
• Mark the location of holes to be drilled and install temporary fasteners.
• Prepare molds and templates for fabrication of nonstandard parts.
• Install packing, gaskets, liners, and structural accessories and members.
• 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.