A‑Class Outside Machinist: Ship Machinery Installations

Bollinger Shipyards; Pascagoula (MS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Bollinger Shipyards in Pascagoula, MS is seeking an experienced Outside Machinist responsible for installing vessel machinery, including propulsion and auxiliary systems. You will read blueprints, use precision tools, and connect steam piping for systems on large ships.

Responsibilities include testing installations during dock and sea trials, fabricating replacement parts with machine tools, and ensuring workmanship in a heavy industrial shipyard environment.

Qualifications

• 5 years of outside machinist work as an A class machinist or 8 years of A class millwright experience.
• Prior experience in heavy industrial or shipbuilding environments.
• Vocational training in machinist fields is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Install vessel machinery and connect to steam pipe systems.
• Layout passage holes on bulkheads, decks and surfaces for shafting and steam connections.
• Test and inspect installed machinery during dock and sea trials.
• Set up and operate machine shop tools to fabricate replacement parts.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Calipers & micrometers

Hand tools

Education

Vocational machinist training

Tools

Lathe

Boring mill

Planer

Shaper

Slotter

Milling machine

Job description

Bollinger Shipyards in Pascagoula, MS is seeking an experienced Outside Machinist responsible for installing vessel machinery, including propulsion and auxiliary systems. You will read blueprints, use precision tools, and connect steam piping for systems on large ships.

Responsibilities include testing installations during dock and sea trials, fabricating replacement parts with machine tools, and ensuring workmanship in a heavy industrial shipyard environment.