Steel Shipfitters: Precision Fabrication & Assembly

St. Johns Ship Building, Inc.; Palatka (FL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Johns Ship Building, Inc. in Palatka, FL is seeking skilled Steel Shipfitters to join our shipyard team. You will fabricate, lay out, align, fit, and weld structural metal components to blueprints and layouts used in new builds and repairs.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED and 6 months to 1 year of related experience; basic computer skills including Microsoft Office are preferred. This is a full-time, on-site role requiring safety awareness and reliable performance.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Graduate or GED.
• Experience: Six months to one-year related experience.
• Computer Skills: General Computer Skills, Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
• Tack-weld fitted parts together.
• Lay out and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
• Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
• Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.

Skills

Detail Oriented

Accuracy

Safety Awareness

Technical Aptitude

Oral Communication

Education

High School/GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

St. Johns Ship Building, Inc. in Palatka, FL is seeking skilled Steel Shipfitters to join our shipyard team. You will fabricate, lay out, align, fit, and weld structural metal components to blueprints and layouts used in new builds and repairs.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED and 6 months to 1 year of related experience; basic computer skills including Microsoft Office are preferred. This is a full-time, on-site role requiring safety awareness and reliable performance.