Shipfitter 1st Class (40634694)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description: Shipfitter - Steel

Pay: $30.00

Sign-on bonus: $1,000

As a Shipfitter, you will utilize your knowledge of metalworking techniques, welding, and blueprint interpretation to craft, fit, and align various metal pieces, ensuring structural integrity and vessel functionality. Your role will involve working with a diverse range of materials and tools, contributing to the construction, repair, and maintenance of maritime structures. Collaborate with a team to achieve production goals while adhering to safety protocols and industry standards.

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE:
• 3 years in a related industry required.
• Pass approved A-Class Fitter Test
• Must demonstrate an acceptable proficiency and competency for an A-Class Fitters position.
• Must demonstrate ability to interpret and work from construction drawings, job specifications, instruction manuals, manufacturer’s handbooks, change order, and contract specifications.
• Thorough knowledge of equipment, work processes and techniques used in measuring, and fitting of aluminum/steel components, modules and vessels.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and measure using the metric system.
• Knowledge of shipyard terminology such as general ship structure and vessel layout.
• Knowledge of edge preparation and weld joint details.
• Advanced working knowledge of engineering drawings and sketches.

All employees are expected to adhere to the company’s safety policies to maintain a safe and healthy work environment. This role involves working under extreme hot or cold conditions and requires the physical ability to stand for the entire shift, use hands for various tasks, ascend stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, and hear. Team members must occasionally lift items weighing up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required include close, distant, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

Benefits

As part of the Ameri-Force team, a recognized ESOP company, you have a personal stake in the collective success of the organization, fostering a collaborative and rewarding work environment. Our competitive benefits package includes:

• Medical Coverage
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Short Term Disability Benefits
• Term Life Benefits

* Note: The specific duties, skills and qualifications may vary depending on the company’s requirements and the nature of the tasks performed at the site. Employees must be willing to make reasonable adjustments to their tasks depending on the requirements of the client. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

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