Secret Cleared Shipfitter

Required Skills & Experience

• 2+ yrs recent, relevant experience on submarines or naval or commercial ship repair experience, or equivalent experience in a heavy industrial environment performing the Typical Trade Task identified.
• Security Clearance: Must be eligible for or hold an active security clearance (due to defense - related work).
• Trained and qualified to wear respiratory protection devices
• Proficient at removing, altering, repairing, and installing ship’s structure.
• 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.
• 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.
• Trained and qualified to wear safety harnesses and work from scaffolds/platforms where drop off will be greater than 5 feet

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift at least 50+ lbs,
• Be able to climb ladders and maneuver within small spaces inside submarines

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Certifications: OSHA 10 (active), Confined Space (IG to provide candidates)

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking highly skilled Shipfitters to work onsite in Kings Bay, GA to perform the following tasks:

-Remove, alter, repair, and install ship structures, including framing, metal deck plating and grating, and hull fittings such as davits, fairleads, chocks, scuttles, sockets, and deck rails.

-Template, layout, and fabricate structural components and fittings, including bulkheads, equipment foundations, hangers, ladders, stanchions, brows, accommodation ladders, and guards.

-Remove and install corrosion-prevention components, including zinc anodes.

-Perform metalworking operations such as punching, drilling, reaming, tapping, and template cutting.

-Fit up and prepare materials for welding, including chipping, nibbling, beveling, hand grinding, and surface cleaning.

-Excavate pits or defects in ship structures, including pressure hulls and frames.

-Perform post-weld cleaning of structural repair areas.

-Remove and reinstall tank access covers in support of related shipboard work.