Manufacturing Technician

Davita Inc.; St. Marys (GA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor seeks Manufacturing Technicians to support operations at the D707 Manufacturing Facility in Kings Bay, GA. Ideal candidates are multi-disciplined, with expertise in naval submarine maintenance preferred. Responsibilities include working on ship systems and collaborating in a team to ensure high-quality production standards. Candidates must be certified and adaptable, willing to travel and work flexible hours in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in shipbuilding, ship repair, or manufacturing.
• Certification in Respiratory Protection and Fall Arrest Protection.
• Willingness to accept extended work assignments.

Responsibilities

• Perform submarine shipboard and manufacturing work.
• Participate in maintenance and modernization activities.
• Comply with safety and quality improvement goals.

Skills

Ability to use NAVSEA/SP ships drawings

Flexible as well as adaptable

Experience in shipbuilding

Team environment collaboration

Education

High school Diploma / GED

Job description

Manufacturing Technician

Requisition ID

2025-14606

Location

US-GA-St. Marys

Seat Location

EB Kings Bay Trident Site

Trade

Manufacturing Support/Trades

Shift

1st

Security Clearance Required

Secret

Number of Openings

10

Overview

This position supports the D707 Manufacturing Facility in Kings Bay, GA, in addition to projects being worked at other sites.

Maintenance and Modernization has openings for Manufacturing Technicians. In this role you will be responsible for performing submarine shipboard and manufacturing work to support delivered ships at the EB East site. The successful candidate must be experienced in naval submarine Maintenance and Modernization activity and be flexible as well as adaptable, working in a team environment.

A Manufacturing Technician is a multi-disciplined person that must have one or more skills within the trades. Welders, Pipefitters and Shipfitters will be preferred and considered first.

Candidates shall be experienced in reading blueprints and math skills necessary for establishing or determining ships lines relative to positioning components for installation. Candidates shall be willing to learn new skills and apply them as needed with the appropriate training.

In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to know, comply with and participate in site improvement goals for Safety, Quality, Cost, Schedule and continuous Improvement. Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays. Shift work and emergency overtime may be required.

Qualifications

Required:

High school Diploma / GED

• Experience in shipbuilding, ship repair, and/or manufacturing industry
• Ability to use NAVSEA/SP ships drawings, technical manuals, ship system manuals and various other documents in the performance of this task
• Must have the ability to perform the functions of the craft to the proper procedures and policies in a safe manner
• Must be able to qualify and maintain Respiratory Protection certification
• Must be able to qualify and maintain Fall Arrest Protection certification
• Must be able to qualify and maintain Lifting & Handling / Industrial Trucks certification
• Must be able to qualify and maintain the EB Heavy Metals Program requirements
• Travel to other shipyards in the continental United States is required. Must be willing to accept extended work assignments. The organization is a traveling team
• Must be able to obtain a DoD Secret Security clearance

Preferred:

• Minimum of 1 year working in an industrial marine or Navy environment
• Welding, NDT, Electrical, RADCON and QA experience in Maritime environment

Physical Qualifications

Climbing, Color Vision, Crawling, Kneeling, Light Lifting, Medium Lifting, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Stooping, Twisting

Environmental Attributes

Cold, Hot, Inside, Noise, Outside

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