SHIPFITTERS

JOB SUMMARY:

A shipfitter with approximately 4 or more years of experience laying out, positioning, aligning, and fitting parts of structural metal products with the use of regular supervision and while always adhering to industry safety standards. This position requires the ability to work long hours, including nights and weekends, on short notice.

Essential Functions:

1. Positions, aligns, fits, and welds parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools
2. Verifies conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes
3. Tack-welds fitted parts together
4. Lays out and examines metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met
5. Aligns and fits parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers
6. Locates and marks workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications
7. Positions or tightens braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting
8. Studies engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences
9. Moves parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes
10. Sets up and operates fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components
11. Performs other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

1. Measures, templates, cuts, grinds components for foundations and other structural members
2. Efficient use of material to prevent waste
3. Advanced use of cutting equipment (Plasma Cutter and Oxy/Fuel Torch)
4. Advanced reading, interpreting of blueprints (successful identification of material types, parts, references, applicable views/details)
5. Advanced use of temporary attachments
6. Advanced understanding of weld joint design (full and partial penetration welds, chamfers, and bevels)
7. Advanced skill in installation and removal of fasteners and rivets
8. Correctly identify base material types and thicknesses
9. Advanced level tack welder in common shipboard positions (overhead, vertical, horizontal)
10. Intermediate tack welding in uncommon/ limited access positions (mirror, confined, heavy interferences)
11. Expert to Advanced understanding of fitting operations (coping, straightening, carbon arcing)
12. Advanced knowledge of Erect and Set principles (identification/use of extra material, set to lines, etc.)
13. Advanced understanding of material fabrication
14. Recognizes tooling needs (Which tool to use for which application)
15. Able to solve job issues without need for Supervisory approval
16. Ability to read fit up/alignments measuring devices (rulers/tape, levels, bobs, squares, etc.)
17. Advanced use of power tools (grinders, reciprocating saws, drills etc.)
18. Advanced use of hand tools (hammers, punches, clamps, etc.)
19. Correct set up of tools prior to use (running lines, drop tests, etc.)
20. Knowledge of power tool safety, (correctly identifying kick direction and pinch points)
21. Advanced use of positioning equipment (dogs/wedges, rams, saddles)
22. Advanced knowledge of shipbuilding standards (009-12, W1689)
23. Advanced knowledge of inspection standards (009-25, 009-06)
24. Adheres to fire safety principles (hot work tickets, positioning firewatchers, 35’ rule, etc.)
25. Ability to instruct others to navigate onboard vessels to find work areas/backsides of work areas
26. Advanced knowledge of industry safety standards/training
27. Adheres to industry safety standards
28. Requires occasional supervision to accomplish work