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1st Class Marine Shipfitter

St. Mary's, GA 31558

Posted: 04/29/2025 Industry: Ship Repair / Shipyard Job Number: 40161687 Pay Rate: $30 / hour

Job Description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND PURPOSE (Job Description)
  • Layout, fabrication, assembly, and installation of foundations, structures, bulkheads, frames, components and deck packages
  • Developing a working knowledge of structural weld joint fit-up/weld symbols, burning and grinding operations
  • Aligning parts in relation to each other using jacks, clips and wedges through use of blueprints and templates
  • Tack-welding structural parts as required
  • Ability to read and interpret written policies, procedures and guidelines as work assignments will be
  • Accomplished using company drawings, test documents, technical manuals, and shipyard procedures
  • Basic Mathematic ability
  • Additional tasks as assigned
 
POSITION DEMANDS (Education/Training/Experience)
  • Access to local bases.
  • Must have possession of basic tools. 
  • Must have the skill set to operate hand tools, grinders and needle scalars.
  • Must have good knowledge of ship board spaces.
  • Must be able to work in confined spaces and heights.
  • Must have basic knowledge of US Navy drawings.
  • Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
  • Must be able to safely hook up and operate a torch and a plasma arc
  • Must have knowledge of WAFs.
  • Visual Requirements: Must be able to pass a Standard Jaeger’s Test chart for near vision acuity reading J1 letters or equivalent with or without corrective aids and pass a color vision test using Ishihara’s Tests for Color Deficiency.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Assures that tank/compartment has an updated safe for hot work ticket and that requirements of the ticket have been met. (Example: ventilation, lighting, safety equipment etc.).
  • Assures that conditions of the tank/compartment have not changed since the ticket was written. (Example: fuel run back, unsafe working conditions, etc.).
  • Assures that a Work Authorization Form (WAF) ticket is on the job site and that it is for the specific job being accomplished, no work will be accomplished without a WAF posted at location of repairs.
  • Assures that any other safety issues are complied with that relate to the specific job being accomplished (Example: special staging, face shields for grinding, protective clothing for hot work related jobs, breathing apparatus with correct cartridges, etc).
  • Assures that you are trained or qualified for the work you are assigned to do (Example: JLG, forklift, welding, brazing, special electrical/mechanical repairs and etc.).
  • Assures that you and personnel working under your direction are working as safely and as productively as possible maintaining quality control at all times.
  • Assures that the job site is left in a safe and clean condition prior to departure.
  • Assures that personnel have work package and the necessary drawings, technical manuals, or specifications required for them to adequately accomplish their work assignments.
Pay: 
  • $30/hour 
Schedule: 
  • 7am-3:45pm: Monday-Friday
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