Fitter III

NABRICO Marine Products; Caruthersville (MO); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

NABRICO Marine Products in Caruthersville, MO is seeking a Senior Fitter to lay out, align, and fit together fabricated metal parts for welding, using blueprints and drawings.

You will inspect tack-welds and ensure work conforms to company and Coast Guard standards, with potential training and testing requirements. The role involves climbing, standing for long periods, and working in confined spaces as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of structural fitter experience.
• Ability to work with a tape measure and determine center point.
• Able to perform basic math calculations using fractions; carpenter's math.
• Proficiency in reading and understanding blueprints.
• All fitters have to pass a tackers test; six-part practical test using an oxy-fuel cutting torch.
• May require working above ground.
• Must be able to climb ladders or stairs to reach objects; comfortable with heights.
• May require working in narrow or confined workspaces for extended periods of time.
• May require extensive kneeling, bending, walking and/or standing for long periods of time.

Responsibilities

• Read blueprints or other specifications
• Aligns parts using jack, turnbuckles, overhead cranes, pins, wedges and hammer
• Measure to specifications
• Identify parts for assembly in proper order
• Cut and wash with torch (Oxy-Fuel)
• Tack weld pieces together
• Removes high spots using grinders
• Inspect and ensure that completed work conforms to specifications by the company and government standards (e.g. Coast Guard standards)
• May perform repairs for testing if required
• May serve as a problem-solving resource to others
• Complete all required records

Skills

Blueprint reading

Tape measure

Carpenter's math

Structural fitter experience

Tackers test

Height tolerance

Tools

Oxy-fuel cutting torch

Job description

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Full Time Fitter Caruthersville, MO, US

6 days ago Requisition ID: 1111

NABRICO Marine Products is searching for a Senior Fitterin our Caruthersville, MO barge manufacturing plant. As a Fitter, you’ll lay out, position, align, and fit together fabricated parts of metal according to layouts, work orders, blueprints, schematics, and sketches in preparation for welding. You will also inspect tack-welds completed by the assigned welder, or in some cases their own tack welding work, for conformance to specifications.

NABRICO Marine Products is a leading U.S. manufacturer of barges that transport dry and liquid cargoes on inland waterways.

What you’ll do:

• Read blueprints or other specifications
• Aligns parts using jack, turnbuckles, overhead cranes, pins, wedges and hammer
• Measure to specifications
• Identify parts for assembly in proper order
• Cut and wash with torch (Oxy-Fuel)
• Tack weld pieces together
• Removes high spots using grinders
• Inspect and ensure that completed work conforms to specifications by the company and government standards (e.g. Coast Guard standards)
• May perform repairs for testing if required
• May serve as a problem-solving resource to others
• Complete all required records

What you’ll need:

• Minimum of 2 years of structural fitter experience
• Ability to work with a tape measure and determine center point
• Able to perform basic math calculations using fractions; carpenter's math
• Proficiency in reading and understanding blueprints
• All fitters have to pass a tackers test; six-part practical test using an oxy-fuel cutting torch
• May require working above ground
• Must be able to climb ladders or stairs to reach objects; comfortable with heights.
• May require working in narrow or confined workspaces for extended periods of time
• May require extensive kneeling, bending, walking and/or standing for long periods of time