Secret Cleared Shipfitter
Location: Kings Bay, GA
Pay Rate + Per Diem
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.
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)
