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Job Title: Shipfitter

Job Description

As a Shipfitter, you'll ensure work safety and uphold quality standards. You'll be expected to layout, fabricate, and brace metal structural parts such as plates, bulkheads, and frames from blueprints or templates. You'll position parts in the hull of the ship and align them using various tools. You'll also mark location of holes for drilling and install temporary fasteners for welding. Additional duties include preparing molds and templates for nonstandard parts, tack welding clips and brackets, and shaping heavy metal parts using shop machinery. You will also be expected to keep your work areas clean and organized, adhere to all company rules and policies, and report any unsafe work conditions or practices to your supervisor.

Hard Skills

• ship fitting

• tack welding

• burning

• torch

• blueprints reading

• arc gouging

• use of scribe and hand tools

• drilling

• use of shop machinery like plate rolls, presses, bending brakes, and joggle machines

Soft Skills

• attention to detail

• teamwork

• efficiency

• good work ethics

• communication skills

Job Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 6 Month(s).

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Newport News, Virginia.

Work Environment

You'll be working on various ships around the Hampton Roads area. DBIDS and HII background are needed! You may also be required to manually lift raw materials, final products, and items packed for shipment (up to 60 pounds) or use a hoist.

About Aerotek:

We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees. Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions. Learn more at Aerotek.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.