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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 relevant experience in shipfitting.

Responsibilities

  • Lay out and fabricate metal structural parts such as plates, bulkheads, and frames.
  • Brace parts in position within the hull for riveting or welding.
  • Prepare molds and templates for fabrication of nonstandard parts.
  • Attend work regularly and be available for flexible hours, including overtime.
  • Comply with safety, ethics, and environmental regulations.
  • Layout position of parts on metal from blueprints or templates.
  • Locate and mark reference 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.
  • Complete 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 for constructing marine vessels.
  • Ability to cut and burn with a torch or plasma cutter.
  • 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.
  • Ability to read a tape measure.
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How this job compares in Panama City, FL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Florida currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$31/hr across 113 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Panama City, FL

Panama City, FL currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 231 other active welding openings from 132 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Panama City, or widen the search to Florida.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group currently has 6 other openings live in Florida, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (17), Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (14), and Welding Shop in Orlando, FL (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Fort Myers at $39/hr, Jacksonville at $29/hr, and Palmetto at $28/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

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