Shipfitter 1st Class: Build Battle-Ready Vessels (Per Diem)

100Hires, Inc.; Pascagoula (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Per diem $180/day

Career advancement potential

Safety-focused culture

Job summary

100Hires, Inc. is seeking a Shipfitter 1st Class in Pascagoula, MS to join a premier shipbuilding team. You will cut, fit, and assemble steel components to tight tolerances, reading blueprints and using grinders, torches, and jacks to shape structures for battle-ready vessels.

This full-time role offers $43.50/hour plus $180/day per diem, with opportunities to advance in a safety‑driven, collaborative environment on mission-critical projects.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of shipfitting or structural steel fabrication experience.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints (metric and standard).
• Strong math, reading, and comprehension abilities.
• Proficiency with fabrication tools and a commitment to safety and quality workmanship.

Responsibilities

• Cut, grind, bend, and shape steel components to specified measurements and angles.
• Read and interpret complex blueprints and templates to assemble and install structural ship parts.
• Use trade-specific tools to fabricate and fit steel plates and beams.
• Align and secure metal components for accurate structural assembly.
• Work at heights, in confined spaces, and in varying weather conditions across multiple shifts to meet production schedules.
• Maintain exemplary safety standards, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and teamwork.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Structural steel fabrication

Mechanical aptitude

Math skills

Safety mindset

Tools

Grinders

Hydraulic jacks

Torches

Chain falls

Come-a-longs

Framing squares

Levels

Plumb bobs

Job description

100Hires, Inc. is seeking a Shipfitter 1st Class in Pascagoula, MS to join a premier shipbuilding team. You will cut, fit, and assemble steel components to tight tolerances, reading blueprints and using grinders, torches, and jacks to shape structures for battle-ready vessels.

This full-time role offers $43.50/hour plus $180/day per diem, with opportunities to advance in a safety‑driven, collaborative environment on mission-critical projects.