Fitter

Essential Roles and Responsibilities for Shipfitter 1st Class:

• Repairs, modifies, installs, and dismantles various shipboard hulls, bulkheads, or decks. Designs and fabricates fixtures and jigs


• Reports directly to the Assistant Foreman/Supervisor/Production Lead


• Understands and follows PPE Policy


• Lays out material utilizing drawings and blueprints prior to performing cutting/fitting operations


• Maintains good housekeeping practices, turning off machines when not in use, disposing of waste properly, sweeping the area, etc.


• Ensures all tools listed on the Required Tools List are available for use within 2 weeks of employment


• Ensures that all requirements of the Quality Assurance Manual are followed when invoked by QA Workbook, Work Package (WP), Work Instructions (WI) and/or other guidance given by management


• Identifies and notifies Supervisor of unsatisfactory conditions during the production operation


• Reads and understands complex terminology, blueprints, drawings, and schematics to plan installation


• Fabricates and installs fixtures, jigs, supports, and targets to close tolerances ensuring finish requirements of the drawings are are achieved


• Determines fit-up requirements for a wide range of structural components in accordance with applicable technical drawings, manuals, and instructions


• Determines size and material requirements


• Ensures control and assumes responsibility for Contractor (CFM) and Government (GFM) furnished materials


• Ability to use lay-out tools such as tool scales, squares, combination squares, trammel points


• Understands fitting of structural components using dogs, wedges, strong-backs, etc.


• Strict adherence to safety, quality standards, good housekeeping habits, high level of critical thinking/reading


• Possesses basic computer skills


• Travel and overtime are required


• Will provide mentoring to junior craftsman


• Work outside specific trade skill as required

Qualifications:

• Work Experience: Minimum 5+ years of Shipfitter experience, or graduation from accredited Apprenticeship Program or Journeyman Certificate accepted in lieu of work experience


• Understands and performs the setup, and operation of various portable tools and hand tools used in the trade including plasma cutting machines and oxy/fuel


• Has advanced knowledge of the following: shipboard plate (hull, deck, bulkhead) systems (repair/installation practices, procedures, alignments, and material requirements), blueprint reading and interpretation, MILSPEC requirements


• Must be able to fit structural components to tolerance requirements


• Must have Tack and Fillet Weld qualifications (FCAW/SMAW)


• Must have the ability to gain access to military bases and various government facilities

Primary work location: 201 Wavy Street, Portsmouth, VA

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  Work Shift Hours: 6am - 4:30pm (Mon. - Thurs.); overtime potentially on Fridays.
  

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