Ship Tacker

Edison Chouest Offshore; Larose (LA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Edison Chouest Offshore affiliate North American Shipbuilding is seeking a Ship Tacker to support welding and assembly operations in a shipyard environment. The role involves coordinating with fitters to position, align, and fit components, reading tape measures, and preparing welds for final welding.

The ideal candidate will be skilled in welding short beads, using common hand tools, and performing tack welds in flat, vertical, and overhead positions.

Qualifications

• Experience welding short beads and positioning parts to support final welding.
• Ability to read tape measure and assist in layout.
• Skill in grinding or chipping rough edges and preparing weld surfaces.
• Ability to tack weld in multiple positions and inspect bead size.
• Familiarity with using hand tools and power tools for assembly.

Responsibilities

• Welds short beads at specified points to hold workpieces for final welding.
• Assist fitter in positioning, aligning, and fitting plates, shapes, piping, and weldments.
• Read tape measure to aid layout and measurement.
• Use hammers, wedges, pry bars, and come-alongs to align parts.
• Grind or chip rough edges, surplus weld, rust, or scale.
• Set up welding leads near the work area.
• Tack welds in various positions and inspect bead quality.
• Assist fitter in installing packing, gaskets, liners, bearings, doors, and other components.

Skills

Welding

Layout & tape measure reading

Grind & chip edges

Tack welding

Use hand tools

Tools

Welding equipment

Job description

Edison Chouest Offshore affiliate North American Shipbuildingis accepting applications for the position of Ship Tacker.

Position Summary:

• Welds short beads at points specified by the fitter or fitter foreman, along overlapping or adjoining edges to hold the workpiece in place for final welding.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assists fitter or fitter-welder to position, align, and fit together plates, structural shapes, piping, and weldments preparatory to assembly into fabricated products.
• Holds, positions, and reads tape measure to assist in layout.
• Uses hammers, wedges, and pry bars, and come-alongs to align parts.
• Grinds or chips rough edges, surplus weld, rust, or scale, using a portable grinder or air chipper.
• Sets up welding leads from the welding machine to the proximity of where work is to be performed.
• Tack welds in flat, horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and overhead positions. Manually guides electrode along weld line as specified by the fitter. Examines weld for proper bead size and characteristics.
• May mark reference lines or locations that are to be cut or drilled.
• Assist fitter in installing packing, gaskets, liners, bearings, doors, hatches, brackets, shafts, wheels, rudders, coolers, anodes, and other structural accessories. May use hand or power tools.

The Edison Chouest Offshore family of companies is committed to ensuring all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law with regard to any employment practices. We are dedicated to ensuring all employees are treated with the utmost level of respect as we believe this is the strongest foundation to build upon to foster an environment where employees feel comfortable handling their assignments, sharing their ideas, and pointing out opportunities for improvement.