Shipfitter 2/C

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.; Panama City (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. in Panama City, FL, is seeking a skilled shipfitter to lay out and fabricate metal structural parts for ship hulls, brace them in position for riveting or welding, and prepare molds for nonstandard components.

The role requires reading blueprints, interpreting diagrams, and using hand and power tools, torches or plasma cutters, and welding with 7018/6011 and MIG processes. Applicants should have a high school diploma or GED and 1–3 years shipfitting experience.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED, plus 1–3 years shipfitting experience.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Knowledge of materials, methods, and tools to construct marine vessels; knowledge of ship terminology.
• Ability to cut and burn with a torch or plasma cutter.
• Tack weld with 7018, 6011 stainless rod, MIG, and aluminum.
• Knowledge of ship terminology, safety, and OSHA regulations.
• Ability to read and comprehend written, oral, or diagram forms.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints.
• Knowledge of safe operation and use of hand and power tools.
• Ability to read a tape measure.

Responsibilities

• Regular attendance with flexible hours including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Comply with safety, ethics, and environmental policies and regulations.
• Assist in aligning parts using jacks, turnbuckles, clips, wedges, and mauls.
• Prepare molds and templates for nonstandard parts.
• Install packing, gaskets, liners, and structural members.
• Tack weld clips and brackets prior to permanent welding.
• Lay out parts, bulkheads, and frames; loft parts from offsets.
• Make quality cuts with torch or plasma.
• Flag cranes and rig lifts as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Reading diagrams

Tape measure literacy

Hand & power tools

Education

High school diploma or GED

1–3 years shipfitting experience

Equivalent education/experience

Tools

Torch cutting

Plasma cutting

7018/6011 welding

MIG welding

Aluminum welding

Templates & molds

Job description

This job description is a general description of the essential job functions and is not intended to be an employment contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. maintains its status as an at-will employer. Position requirements, skills, and abilities included in this job description have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the position. Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. reserves the right to increase, waive or reduce these minimal standards. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements described be interpreted as all-inclusive. All employees of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. are expected to perform the duties as assigned by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

To perform this job successfully, an individual is expected to be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability expected. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which imposes undue hardship on Eastern Shipbuilding.

POSITION SUMMARY

Lay out and fabricate metal structural parts, such as plates, bulkheads, and frames. Brace them in position within the hull of ships for riveting or welding. May prepare molds and templates for fabrication of nonstandard parts according to specifications.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: Because Eastern Shipbuilding is continually growing to meet the needs of our customers, the essential duties and responsibilities may be different than described.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Comply with company, Federal, State, and local safety, ethics, and environmental rules, regulations, and policies while performing duties.
• Assist in aligning parts in relation to each other, using jacks, turnbuckles, clips, wedges, and mauls.
• Assist in preparing molds and templates for the fabrication of nonstandard parts.
• Assist in installing packing, gaskets, liners, and structural accessories and members, such as doors, hatches, brackets, and clips.
• Tack weld clips and brackets in place prior to permanent welding.
• Lay out parts, bulkheads, and frames
• Loft parts from a table of offsets
• Make quality cuts with torch or plasma
• Flag cranes, figure weights, and know how to rig all types of lifts
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

May indirectly supervise and train subordinates.

REQUIREMENTS

Education/ Experience: High school diploma or GED equivalent, plus one to three years shipfitting experience desired. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Knowledge of materials, methods, and the appropriate tools to construct marine vessels; knowledge of ship terminology. Must be able to cut and burn with a torch or plasma cutter. Tack weld with 7018 6011 stainless rod, mig, and aluminum. Requires knowledge of ship terminology, safety, and OSHA regulations.

Skills: Ability to read and comprehend written, oral, or diagram forms. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to read and understand blueprints. Knowledge of the safe operation and use of hand and power tools. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure. Ability to read a tape measure.

Behavioral Attributes: Integrity, ethics, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety conscious, and multi-tasking. Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery; in confined spaces and withstanding extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.