Job Description

Shipyard Staffing is currently hiring Advanced Shipfitter/Fabricator (Multi-Pass Tack & Burn) for work in Newport News, VA.

Job Description
Four years of commercial/naval experience as a first-class Shipfitter. Experience must be documented.

Required Skills:

• Multi-Pass Tack Welding.
• Burning-Oxygen/Propane Burning Torch.
• Heating-Oxygen/Propane Heating Torch.
• Ability to comprehend complex structural assembly drawings, blueprints, and sketches to include weld symbols, material types, datum, and reference lines.
• Ability to comprehend fractional dimensions with the use of a ruler.
• Ability to lay off piece parts for fabrication and assembly.
• Ability to assemble structural piece parts in accordance with specifications in a quality manner.
• Experience working in a physically demanding environment (shipbuilding, steel fabrication, etc.).
• Familiarity with OSHA regulations relative to the shipbuilding industry.
• Use vibratory tools (grinders and needle guns).
• Air Carbon Arc Gouging.
• Ability to use Work Packages and Drawings to plan and execute work.
• Ability to use Molded Lines and Ship Reference Lines to execute required work.
• Ability to Erect, Set, and Makeup Complex-shaped Shell Plates.
• Ability to Erect, Set, and Makeup Decks, Bulkheads, Longitudinal, trunks, etc.:
• Ability to Install and Replace Hull Inserts and Penetrations, Ability to Install Miscellaneous and Complex Foundations.

Optional Skills:

• Rigger/Material Handling
• Optical instrument experience (Level, Transit)
• Shipwright / Erect & Set experience.
• Tank Testing
• Mobile equipment operation (JLG, Scissor Lift, etc.)

Tack Welding Qualification:

• All Shipfitters will be required to pass a Multi-Pass Tack Welder Qualification Test upon reporting for the first day of work. This test will be:
• Using the Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Process.
• With MIL-10718-M (A-5A) Filler Metal of MIL-E-22200/1.
• In both the Vertical Up (3F) and Overhead (4F) positions.

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Job Tags

Full time, Currently hiring,

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