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Overview

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is seeking a Shipfitter 3/C to perform craft-specific duties in support of steel construction and repairs on marine vessels. The position requires adherence to safety regulations and the ability to work flexible hours.

Responsibilities

  • 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, regulations, and policies.
  • Assist in aligning parts using jacks, turnbuckles, clips, wedges, and mauls.
  • Assist in installing packing, gaskets, liners, and structural accessories.
  • Tack weld clips and brackets in place prior to permanent welding.
  • Lay out parts, bulkheads, and frames.
  • Loft parts from a table of offsets.
  • Build bulkheads and decks with assistance from supervisor.
  • Flag cranes and perform some rigging of small lifts and bulkheads.
  • Perform some general layout work.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED equivalent, plus one year shipfitting experience desired.
  • Knowledge of materials, methods, and appropriate tools to construct marine vessels.
  • Ability to cut and burn with a torch.
  • 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 form.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions.
  • Ability to read and understand simple blueprints.
  • Knowledge of safe operation and use of hand and power tools.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
  • Ability to read a tape measure.
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How this job compares in Port St Joe, 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 Port St Joe, FL

Port St Joe, FL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 231 other active welding openings from 132 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across 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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