OUTSIDE MACHINIST C

Bollinger Shipyards; Pascagoula (MS); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Bollinger Shipyards in Pascagoula, MS seeks an Outside Machinist to install vessel machinery and align propulsion and auxiliary systems in a shipyard setting. Work is guided by blueprints, with careful layout of connections across decks and bulkheads.

Candidates should read gauges, calipers and micrometers and be capable of operating shop tools to fabricate or fit parts. Shipbuilding experience is preferred for dock and sea trials and equipment inspection.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of gauges, calipers micrometers, lathes, boring mills, planers, shapers, slotters and milling machines.
• Capable of reading blueprints.
• Prior experience as an outside machinist or boilermaker in a heavy industrial or shipbuilding environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Works from blueprints and use hand tools, calipers and micrometers.
• Layout passage holes on bulk heads, decks and other surfaces for connections, such as shafting and steam lines.
• Installs below deck auxiliaries, such as evaporators, stills, heaters, pumps, condensers, and boilers and connect them to steam pipe systems.
• Responsible for testing and inspecting installed machinery and equipment during dock and sea trials.
• May set-up and operate such machine shop tools as a lathe, boring mill, planer, shaper, slotter and milling machine to fabricate replacement parts.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Machinery gauges usage

Tools

Gauges

Calipers

Micrometers

Lathes

Boring mills

Planers

Shapers

Slotters

Milling machines

Job description

GENERAL FUNCTION

The outside machinist is responsible for installing the vessel’s machinery, such as propelling machinery, auxiliary motors, pumps, ventilating equipment, and steering gears.

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities:

• Works from blueprints and use hand tools, calipers and micrometers.
• Layout passage holes on bulk heads, decks and other surfaces for connections, such as shafting and steam lines.
• Installs below deck auxiliaries, such as evaporators, stills, heaters, pumps, condensers, and boilers and connect them to steam pipe systems.
• Responsible for testing and inspecting installed machinery and equipment during dock and sea trials.
• May set-up and operate such machine shop tools as a lathe, boring mill, planer, shaper, slotter and milling machine to fabricate replacement parts.

DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Knowledge of gauges, calipers micrometers, lathes, boring mills, planers, shapers, slotters and milling machines. Capable of reading blueprints

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE & TRAINING

Prior experience as an outside machinist or boilermaker in a heavy industrial or shipbuilding environment. Vocational training in the field of machinist is helpful.

Bollinger is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals, and without regard to sexual orientation and gender identity.