Mechanic 1/C

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc; Allanton (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is seeking a skilled maintenance technician to perform repair and overhaul of shipyard equipment, engines, and hydraulic systems. You will work with minimal supervision in a dynamic marine environment.

The ideal candidate holds a high school diploma or GED and 3+ years of heavy equipment repair experience, with OSHA knowledge and a preferred shipyard background. Join a team focused on safety, quality, and reliability in a demanding field.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and 3+ years of heavy equipment repair experience are required.
• OSHA standards knowledge is desired.
• Previous shipyard experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Regular attendance with flexible hours, including overtime, weekends and holidays.
• Comply with safety, ethics, and environmental rules, regulations and policies.
• Perform major and specialized mechanical overhaul and repair on gasoline, diesel, and marine engines and related equipment.
• Perform inspections and preventative maintenance; diagnose malfunctions and adjustments needed.
• Repair and maintain hydraulic equipment and valves.
• Maintain accurate records on inspections and repairs/maintenance.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Blueprints reading

Tape measure use

Hand and power tools

Manuals & diagrams reading

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

3+ years heavy equipment repair experience

Job description

This job description is a general description of the essential job functions and is not intended to be an employment contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. maintains its status as an at-will employer. Position requirements, skills, and abilities included in this job description have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the position. Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. reserves the right to increase, waive or reduce these minimal standards. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements described be interpreted as all-inclusive. All employees of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. are expected to perform the duties as assigned by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. To perform this job successfully, an individual is expected to be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability expected. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which imposes undue hardship on Eastern Shipbuilding.

POSITION SUMMARY

Perform skilled work in the maintenance and repair of a variety of shipyard equipment, vehicles, marine engines, and marine machinery.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Comply with Company, federal, state, and local safety, ethics, and environmental rules, regulations, and policies while performing duties.
• Perform major and specialized mechanical overhaul and repair work on gasoline, diesel, and marine engines and related marine equipment.
• Perform inspections and preventative maintenance on machinery and equipment; diagnose malfunctions, need for repairs, or adjustments.
• Repair and maintain hydraulic equipment and valves.
• Maintain accurate records on inspections and repairs/maintenance.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

May directly/indirectly supervise/ train subordinates.

REQUIREMENTS

Education/ Experience:

• High school diploma or GED equivalence plus three or more years previous heavy equipment repair and maintenance experience required.

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards desired.

Previous shipyard experience desired.

Skills:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, verbal, or diagram form.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and schematics.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors and employees.
• Knowledge of the safe operation and use of hand and power tools.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure.
• Ability to read a tape measure.

Behavioral Attributes: Integrity, ethics, flexibility/ adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety-conscious, and multitasking.

Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate.

The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery; in confined spaces and withstanding extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.

OUR CULTURE

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.