Machinist - 28364

Huntington Ingalls Industries; Pearl City (HI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries is seeking a skilled Machinist to join their SEMAT Hawaii team in Pearl City, HI. The role involves machining, fabricating, and refurbishing components for U.S. Navy warships. Candidates must have at least 6 years of experience in shipboard maintenance and the ability to read technical drawings. Responsibilities include operating various machines, ensuring accuracy with precision tools, and developing work documents. If you're ready to contribute to the Navy's readiness, apply today!

Qualifications

• 6+ years of related experience as a Machinist.
• Ability to read and interpret ship drawings.
• Experience with mechanical equipment in ship repairs.
• Must provide own hand tools.

Responsibilities

• Machine, fabricate, and refurbish shipboard components.
• Set up and operate various machines and tools.
• Maintain dimensional accuracy using precision instruments.
• Develop and use technical documents and reports.

Skills

Machining

Fabrication

Mechanical maintenance

Interpreting technical documents

Education

High School diploma or Trade School equivalent

Tools

Conventional lathe

Milling machine

Precision measuring instruments

Bench tools

Job description

Summary

For over a century, HII has built and maintained the U.S. Navy’s most powerful warships. Join us as we continue to maintain the Navy’s readiness! We are seeking a Machinist to serve on our SEMAT Hawaii team located in Pearl Harbor, HI. This Machinist will be responsible for machining, fabricating, and refurbishing newly designed and replacement shipboard components and mechanical maintenance and training to assist shipboard personnel in the operation, maintenance, and repair of specific items of engineering systems/equipment onboard USN Surface Ships.

What You Will Do

• Machine, fabricate, and refurbish newly designed and replacement shipboard components utilizing templates and technical documentation, including ships’ drawings. Work includes removing, repairing, manufacturing new parts, modifying, and testing various shipboard components.
• Set‑up and operate conventional lathe, milling, horizontal and vertical band saw, and vertical floor type drill press machines and other manual tools/machines.
• Determine speeds and feeds, coolants, and lubricants or abrasives to be used to cut, turn, drill, mill, bore, tap, thread, ream, lap, hone, shape, and grind or finish items.
• Maintain dimensional accuracy by inspecting parts using various precision measuring instruments, including sine plates, comparators, micrometers, calipers, v‑blocks, angle plates, indicators, dial height gauges, go/no‑go gauges, thread gauges, surface gauges, and other measuring tools.
• Utilize bench tools, including files, deburring tools, file brushes, die handles, tap handles, mallets, spanner wrenches, combination squares, standard mechanic’s tools, and sandpaper/emery cloth.
• Master understanding of production and processes.
• Responsible for interfacing with customers, managing subcontractors, and ability to provide work direction to others.
• May manage one or more multiple jobs.
• Completes comprehension of specialty trades functions and tools. Performs a variety of complicated and non‑routine tasks.
• Develop and use technical documents including controlled work packages, formal work processes and procedures, test documents, reports, and task or trip reports.
• Schedules, reports and briefs customers and senior management. May perform quality inspections on finished products.
• Performs duties outside of specialty to completion installation or work assignments.

Qualifications

• High School education, or Trade School or equivalent, and 6 years of related experience.
• Must have experience as a Machinist and mechanical trades specialty with 6 or more years of shipboard maintenance and repair experience.
• Must be able to read and interpret equipment and systems, ship drawings and ship technical documents and manuals.
• Must be able to machine, fabricate, and refurbish newly designed and replacement shipboard components utilizing templates and technical documentation, including ships’ drawings.
• Must be competent in the use of mechanical equipment and tools in corrective repairs efforts to accomplish ship repairs.
• Must provide own hand tools as designated per trades specialty.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOD Confidential security clearance.
• Start date contingent upon approval of base access, which is required for this position and continued employment.

Bonus Points For

• Prefer technical/professional certifications.
• A current, valid DOD Confidential security clearance or higher

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to lift, carry and transport heavy equipment and boxes. The exact weight requirements will be determined by the specific job, but no less than 30 lbs.
• Able to work on and climb ladders, work in extreme temperature environments, aboard ships, in shipyards, under industrial conditions and in confined spaces.
• Able to perform other duties as required which may involve high heat, humidity, noise and dirty conditions, working aloft or over the sides of vessels.
• May ride ships at sea for extended periods.
• May require wearing a respirator.
• Travel may be required within and outside of the continental United States.

The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII's Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function and a candidate's education or training, work experience, and key skills.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

Do You Need Assistance?

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case‑by‑case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance.