Shipfitter 1st/2nd Class ID:292

Fairlead; Portsmouth (VA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor seeks a Shipfitter 1st/2nd Class for their Portsmouth location. The candidate will be responsible for repairs, modifications, and installations on shipboard structures, requiring significant experience and adherence to strict quality standards. Join a committed team that values expertise and offers competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of Shipfitter experience or equivalent education.
• Must have Tack and Fillet Weld qualifications.
• Ability to gain access to military bases.

Responsibilities

• Repairs and modifies shipboard hulls, bulkheads, decks.
• Mentors junior craftsmen and conducts fittings.
• Ensures adherence to quality assurance standards.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Welding

Use of layout tools

Safety compliance

Education

Journeyman Certificate

Completion of accredited Apprenticeship Program

Tools

Plasma cutting machines

Oxy/fuel cutting tools

Job description

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Essential Roles And Responsibilities For Shipfitter 1st Class

• Repairs, modifies, installs, and dismantles various shipboard hulls, bulkheads, or decks. Designs and fabricates fixtures and jigs
• Reports directly to the Assistant Foreman/Supervisor/Production Lead
• Understands and follows PPE Policy
• Lays out material utilizing drawings and blueprints prior to performing cutting/fitting operations
• Maintains good housekeeping practices, turning off machines when not in use, disposing of waste properly, sweeping the area, etc.
• Ensures all tools listed on the "Required Tools List" are available for use within 2 weeks of employment
• Ensures that all requirements of the Quality Assurance Manual are followed when invoked by QA Workbook, Work Package (WP), Work Instructions (WI) and/or other guidance given by management
• Identifies and notifies Supervisor of unsatisfactory conditions during the production operation
• Reads and understands complex terminology, blueprints, drawings, and schematics to plan installation
• Fabricates and installs fixtures, jigs, supports, and targets to close tolerances ensuring finish requirements of the drawings are are achieved
• Determines fit-up requirements for a wide range of structural components in accordance with applicable technical drawings, manuals, and instructions
• Determines size and material requirements
• Ensures control and assumes responsibility for Contractor (CFM) and Government (GFM) furnished materials
• Ability to use lay-out tools such as tool scales, squares, combination squares, trammel points
• Understands fitting of structural components using dogs, wedges, strong-backs, etc.
• Strict adherence to safety, quality standards, good housekeeping habits, high level of critical thinking/reading
• Possesses basic computer skills
• Travel and overtime are required
• Will provide mentoring to junior craftsman
• Work outside specific trade skill as required
  
  

Qualifications

• Work Experience: Minimum 5+ years of Shipfitter experience, or graduation from accredited Apprenticeship Program or Journeyman Certificate accepted in lieu of work experience
• Understands and performs the setup, and operation of various portable tools and hand tools used in the trade including plasma cutting machines and oxy/fuel
• Has advanced knowledge of the following: shipboard plate (hull, deck, bulkhead) systems (repair/installation practices, procedures, alignments, and material requirements), blueprint reading and interpretation, MILSPEC requirements
• Must be able to fit structural components to tolerance requirements
• Must have Tack and Fillet Weld qualifications (FCAW/SMAW)
• Must have the ability to gain access to military bases and various government facilities
  
  

Primary work location: 201 Wavy Street, Portsmouth, VA

Fairlead Integrated, LLC. and its subsidiaries are proud to be Equal Employ Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers (Minority / Female / Disability / Veterans).

TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, GO HERE: https://fairleadint.com/employment-application/

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Defense & Space

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