Shipfitter Supervisor
The Supervisor position requires 5 years of experience as a supervisor in repair and maintenance efforts onboard U.S. Navy ships in the Trade Skill they are supervising and On-Site Supervisors must reflect the same (2 years) experience, training, and qualifications, as the Tradesperson they are supervising. These periods of experience cannot overlap.
Supervisors shall possess 5 years experience supervising the following requirements:
- Rip-out, alter, repair, and install ship's structure (frame structure, metal deck plating and grating, hull fittings such as davits and fairleads, chocks, scuttles, sockets and deck rails.
- Template, layout and fabricate structures and fittings including bulkheads, equipment foundations, hangers, ladders, stanchions, brows, accommodation ladders, and guards.
- Remove and install corrosion-prevention plates (Zinc)
- Perform the following operations: punch, drill, ream, tap, and template cutting.
- Fit-up and make ready for welding, including chipping, nibbling, beveling, hand-grinding and cleaning of surfaces to be welded.
- Perform excavation of pits or defects in ship's structure, including pressure hull and frames.
- Perform post weld cleaning of ship's structural repair areas.
- Remove and reinstall tank access covers in support of other work.
Each Shipfitter shall have at least 2 years naval or commercial ship repair experience, or equivalent experience in a heavy industrial environment performing the Typical Trade Task identified.
- Each Shipfitter shall be proficient at performing post-weld clean-up of ship's structural repair areas and removal/reinstall of tank access covers in support of other work.
- Each Shipfitter shall be proficient at removing, altering, repairing, and installing ship's structure.
- Each Shipfitter shall be knowledgeable and proficient in the following skills: manufacture templates, layout and fabricate structures and fittings including bulkheads, equipment foundations, hangers, ladders, and stanchions; fit-up and make ready for welding, including chipping, beveling, hand-grinding and cleaning of surfaces to be welded.
- Each Shipfitter shall be trained and qualified to wear respiratory protective devices.
Must be a U.S. citizen. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. ORBIS offers an excellent benefits package and a competitive salary in a professional atmosphere.