Ship Fitter

Ship Fitter

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED Diploma.
• Two to three years of experience as a ship fitter in shipyard preferred.
• Experience with reading prints preferred.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Promotes, executes and adheres to the company’s safety program.
• Comprehends blueprints, sketches, and templates.
• Enters and moves through manholes to reach and work in internally confined spaces.
• Manipulates and operates all machines and hand/power tools essential to this position.
• Uses jacks, turnbuckles, clips, wedges, and mauls to align parts.

• Marks the location of holes that need to be drilled and temporary fastens parts in place for welding or riveting.
• May use cutting torch to cut materials or scrap.

• Installs packing, gaskets, liners, and structural accessories, such as doors, hatches, brackets, and clips.
• May roll, bend, flange, cut, and shape plates, beams, and other heavy metal parts, using shop machinery, such as plate rolls, presses, bending brakes, and joggle machines.

• Maintains quality that can pass NDT testing procedures.
• Performs fitting assignments in a safe and efficient manner practicing safety at all times.

• Assists welder to position, align, and fit together plates, structural parts, and weldments to prepare for assembly.
• Holds, positions, and reads tape measure to assist in layout.

• Operates high reaches or man lifts as required when having to perform fitting assignments above ground level.
• Follows instructions, written and/or verbal, with little or no supervision.
• Examines work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straight edges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Cleans up area, picks up scrap, sweeps, and returns all unused materials and supplies.
• Perform other construction duties or task as required based on company’s needs.

You will receive an email to confirm your application is received.

Eagle Drydock and Marine Services is an at-will employer who fully supports and practices the principles of equal employment opportunity and strictly prohibits any form of unlawful discrimination. Eagle Drydock and Marine Services considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

https://www.eagledms.com

Posted 7/10/2023