Job Type

Full-time

Education

High School / GED

Travel

None

Security Clearance Required

None

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY

Assist in the supervision and coordination of activities of workers engaged in the installation of propulsion machinery, sea valves, steering gear, anchor handling equipment, pumps, and ventilating equipment, etc. Work with other crafts as instructed by supervision.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: Because Eastern Shipbuilding is continually growing to meet the needs of our customers, your duties and responsibilities may be different than described.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Comply with Company, federal, state, and local safety, ethics, and environmental rules, regulations, and policies while performing duties.
• Provide technical assistance and oversee the workforce in the Outside Machinists Dept.
• Operate metalworking machine tools, such as lathe, milling machine, shaper, or grinder to machine parts to specifications.
• Assist in inspecting propulsion machinery, sea valves, steering gear, anchor handling equipment, pumps, and ventilating equipment, etc. installations for compliance with specifications.
• Confer with Department Superintendent/Foreman to coordinate work schedules and prioritize work.
• Monitor your work performances and productivity.
• Assist in meeting production goals.
• Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools and maintain industrial machines and equipment.
• Flag cranes, figure weights, and rig lift as required.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: May indirectly supervise and/or train subordinates.

Job Requirements

Skills: Ability to read and comprehend written, verbal, or diagram forms or plans. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to read and understand blueprints. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors and employees. Knowledge of the safe operation and use of hand and power tools. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure. Ability to read a tape measure and use a cutting torch.

Behavioral Attributes: Integrity, ethics, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety-conscious, and multi-tasking. Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery; in confined spaces and withstand extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.