Shipfitter Supervisor

Now Hiring:

Shipfitter Supervisor 

Job Location:  Philadelphia, PA

Long Term Project 

Wages:

$32.00 - $34.00 per hour

$150.00 Per Diem offered, if eligible

$400.00 Travel Pay 

Job Summary:

Responsible for overseeing the shipfitting operations within a shipyard.  This role typically involves the following duties: 

• Supervising Shipfitters and other personnel involved in the constructions, repair, modification, and installation of shipboard hulls, bulkheads, or decks.
• Reviewing project schedules and budgets during ship availabilities to ensure that assigned production work is complete on schedule and within budget.
• Controlling labor and materials to support schedule milestone requirements.
• Ensuring compliance with quality, safety, environmental, and health regulations and policies.
• Rigging plates and equipment safely and being accountable for the completion of daily work assignments.
• Installing and fitting parts on ships, locating positions of pieces by reference to various reference points, and installing necessary items like packing & gaskets.

Must be technically proficient in tasks, work processes, and equipment operations, and capable of effectively conferring job-related information to the structural supervisor and small groups.  Supervisor may play a crucial role in participating in the planning process and may be involved in hands-on work alongside their team. 

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years’ professional experience: in shipyards with shipbuilding production or ship repair, in businesses with manufacturing of heavy steel structures, in the production of pressure vessels, boilers and other quality products.
• Provable welding/shipbuilding technical knowledge
• Several years of experience in the instruction of production teams
• Several years of experience in the use of computers
• Experiences with modern production machines and automated production lines, as well as modern building methods.

To Apply:

Submit a detailed resume for review.