Precision Metal Fabrication Operator

BOLLINGER MISSISSIPPI SHIPBUILDING LLC; Pascagoula (MS); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding LLC is seeking a Machine Operator-A to set up and operate metal fabrication equipment in Pascagoula, MS. You will read blueprints, adjust controls, and help ensure parts meet specifications.

This full-time, on-site role emphasizes safety, precision, and teamwork in a marine fabrication environment. Prior machinist experience is helpful, with preference for shipbuilding exposure.

Qualifications

• Prior machinist experience is helpful.
• Prior experience as a machine operator in a shipbuilding or marine fabrication environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fabricates items such as angles, brackets, eye beams, curved plates and foundations.
• Reads and interprets blueprints, engineering specifications and shop orders to determine machine setup, production methods, and sequence of operations.
• Selects, positions and secures dies, blades, cutters and fixtures onto machine, using rule, square, shims, templates, hand tools and built-in gauges.
• Adjust controls to set and regulate machining factors.
• Uses instruments to locate and mark bending or cutting lines and reference points on work piece.
• Positions work piece by using various items such as stops, guides, layout marks, cutting blades and hoists.
• Starts machine and observes in order to make adjustments as needed.
• Inspects work for compliance with blueprints, drawings and or specifications.

Skills

Machinist experience

Job description

Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding LLC is seeking a Machine Operator-A to set up and operate metal fabrication equipment in Pascagoula, MS. You will read blueprints, adjust controls, and help ensure parts meet specifications.

This full-time, on-site role emphasizes safety, precision, and teamwork in a marine fabrication environment. Prior machinist experience is helpful, with preference for shipbuilding exposure.