Hiring Shipfitters for Florida Shipyard
On-site · Florida, United States
Job Summary
Shipfitter 1st Class at Florida shipyard responsible for steel structural work in all stages of new marine vessel construction. Must read blueprints, interpret drawings and weld symbols, fabricate templates, square plates, and install components per drawings. Requires 3 years of related experience, strong mechanical aptitude, ability to read ship terminology, measurements in US customary and metric systems, PPE compliance, and adherence to OSHA safety practices. Housing assistance available; per-diem available; schedule includes long shifts with overtime; Spanish bilingual capability preferred.
Required Qualifications
- Ability to comprehend instructions, drawings, and general correspondence.
- Comprehensive understanding of ship new construction terminology and ship compartment location nomenclature.
- Be physically and medically capable of wearing all required PPE per OSHA standards.
- Ability to effectively confer job related information to the structural supervisor and small groups.
- Ability to read and interpret structural drawings (including weld symbols), sketches, specifications.
- Experience fabricating templates, squaring plates, scribing in structures, and installing perpendiculars on ships in accordance with drawings, specifications.
- Experience using oxy-acetylene torch and Plasma for cutting and washing.
- Experience using hand and power tools safely including but not limited to mauls, grinders, circular and reciprocating saws, and hand and magnetic drill.
- Understand the proper use and operation of structural shop fabrication equipment, including shears, punches, come alongs and brakes.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, fractions, and decimals using US customary measurement system.
- Possess a working knowledge of, and be able to take measurements using the metric system.
- Three (3) years of related experience.
- Must comply with OSHA standards and Shipyard best safety practices.
- Appropriate PPE must always be worn.
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