Ship Fitters

Kaizen Lab Inc.; Lockport (LA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaizen Lab Inc. in Louisiana is seeking a skilled fabricator who can verify conformance of workpieces to specifications and align parts using hand tools and measuring devices.

You will read blueprints, set up and operate fabricating machines, tack-weld and weld assemblies, and prepare parts for final assembly according to layouts.

The role requires attention to detail, manual dexterity, and the ability to work with clamps, jacks, and torches to produce precise components.

Responsibilities

• Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
• Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines.
• Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
• Tack-weld fitted parts together.
• Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
• Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
• Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses, or bulldozers.
• Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
• Preheat workpieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.
• Wash and cut with a torch.
• Read blueprints.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
• Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines.
• Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
• Tack-weld fitted parts together.
• Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
• Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
• Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses, or bulldozers.
• Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
• Preheat workpieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.
• Wash and cut with a torch.
• Read blueprints.